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Bleckede Old Town – Bleckede Moor loop from Bleckede

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Bleckede Old Town – Bleckede Moor loop from Bleckede

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Bleckede Old Town – Bleckede Moor loop from Bleckede

01:51

31.5km

130m

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Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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558 m

Bleckede Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

Beautiful city on the Elbe with castle.

After the fall of Henry the Lion, the Welfs lost the end of the 12th century, the disposal of the Elbe crossing Artlenburg and trade routes Bardowicks. Bleckede was therefore founded in 1209 as a city by Duke William of Brunswick and Lüneburg as a new trading center under the name Löwenstadt / Lowenstat on the Elbe. The name chosen in memory of Henry the Lion did not prevail. The place name Bleckede is probably due to the old Germanic "Blek-ithi", blek and -ithi here mean bright, free, bright spot, and originated from the former German and Wendish settlement Bleketsa and Slavicum Bleckede

After the fall of Henry the Lion, the Welfs lost the end of the 12th century, the disposal of the Elbe crossing Artlenburg and trade routes Bardowicks. Bleckede was therefore founded in 1209 as a city by Duke William of Brunswick and Lüneburg as a new trading center under the name Löwenstadt / Lowenstat on the Elbe. The name chosen in memory of Henry the Lion did not prevail. The place name Bleckede is probably due to the old Germanic "Blek-ithi", blek and -ithi here mean bright, free, bright spot, and originated from the former German and Wendish settlement Bleketsa and Slavicum Bleckede

Source:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleckede

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Bleckede Castle

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Beautiful town on the Elbe with a castle.

After the fall of Henry the Lion, the Guelphs lost control of the Artlenburg Elbe crossing and Bardowick's trade routes towards the end of the 12th century. Bleckede was therefore founded in 1209[2] as a town by Duke William of Brunswick and Lüneburg as a new trading centre under the name Löwenstadt / Lowenstat on the Elbe. The name chosen in memory of Henry the Lion did not prevail. The place name Bleckede is probably derived from the Old Germanic "Blek-ithi", blek and -ithi mean bright, free, light place, and originated from the earlier German and Wendish settlement Bleketsa and slavicum Bleckede.

After the fall of Henry the Lion, the Guelphs lost control of the Artlenburg Elbe crossing and Bardowick's trade routes towards the end of the 12th century. Bleckede was therefore founded as a town in 1209 by Duke Wilhelm of Brunswick and Lüneburg as a new trading center under the name Löwenstadt / Lowenstat on the Elbe. The name chosen in memory of Henry the Lion did not prevail. The place name Bleckede is probably derived from the Old Germanic "Blek-ithi", blek and -ithi mean bright, free, light place, and arose from the earlier German and Wendish settlement Bleketsa and slavicum Bleckede

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de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleckede

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10.5 km

Thomasburg–Ellringen Scenic Route

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Very nice and quiet route from Thomasburg to Ellringen. A good alternative route to the larger and more frequented country road "Am Neetzetal".
On this route, near Thomasburg, there is a small bench that can be used for a rest.

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14.7 km

Thomasburg Watermill

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A dense floodplain forest runs along the Neetze near Thomasburg and limits the village to the west. Where the road crosses the swampy valley bottom and leads in an arc to the castle hill with its stone church, lies between mill pond and Bruchwald the Thomasburger mill. Between Burgberg and Mühle also the earliest settlements approaches of this place developed and presumably also the mill was already created in the early Middle Ages for the first time. However, it is only documented since 1373, when a fire destroyed it. Originally owned by the monastery of Rastede, it belonged to the monastery Lüne since the 15th century and became a landlord after the Reformation. In the Thirty Years' War, moving Swedes destroyed the mill, which was a grain, oil, bake and fulling mill. The long dilapidated mill was rebuilt in 1839. At that time, today's two-storey half-timbered building with a new residential building was built. In 1935, the mill received its turbine and worked with two roller mills until the 1970s. Opposite the mill is the building of the former oil mill.

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niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=41

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19.3 km