Esterwegen Memorial – Esterweger Dose Moor loop from Esterwegen
Esterwegen Memorial – Esterweger Dose Moor loop from Esterwegen
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Esterwegen Memorial – Esterweger Dose Moor loop from Esterwegen
02:10
42.1km
40m
Mountain biking
Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 17, 2026
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Your route passes through protected areas
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Naturpark Hümmling
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Bus stop
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59 m
Esterwegen Memorial
Highlight • Historical Site
If you like to read a little more, about life in the camps, about the song of the "Moorsoldaten", this article from Spiegel will serve you very well: spiegel.de/einestages/die-moorsoldaten-vom-kz- song-to-the-world-hit-a-1224223.html
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2.85 km
View of the Esterweger Dose nature reserve
Highlight • Natural Monument
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7.75 km
Field railway locomotive from 1946 and peat shed
Highlight • Historical Site
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11.6 km
Tier N-Huus Insect Hotel
Highlight • Structure
12.5 km
Esterweger Dose Moor
Highlight • Natural
The 4746 hectare area was placed under nature protection in 2005 (NSG WE 245). Here, in addition to the high moor areas that can be renatured, we find e.g. Bog forests, mat grass and moor grass meadows, peat bog gullies, transitional and oscillating grass bogs and damp tall herb corridors. What initially sounds like positive news is clearly diminished by the fact that peat extraction is still permitted on a large part of the area until 2036. The Esterweger Dose belongs to a formerly 11,000-hectare area, which also included the 1,500-hectare Ostrhauderfehner Moor, the 3,800-hectare Saterland Westermoor and the 2,000-hectare Timpermoor.
The last breeding occurrence of the golden plover in Central Europe can be found in the Esterweger Dose. The golden plover needs raised bogs with low vegetation as habitat. However, all efforts were unsuccessful, in recent years there have been no more breedings, so that the protection program was discontinued.
Other rare species that we find in the Esterweger box are redshank, curlew, black-tailed godwit, crane, greater mermaid and sundew.
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42.1 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
18.3 km
10.1 km
6.89 km
4.84 km
1.96 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
24.3 km
11.7 km
3.27 km
2.40 km
286 m
< 100 m
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