Deisterkreisel – cycle Tours in the Hannover holiday region

A varied tour that has a lot to offer; from very good roads/cycle paths to poor gravel paths in the forest, rapid descents and tough climbs.

Pretty fresh😵‍💫but it's getting warmer☀️ We left early because first we took the car to Bad Nenndorf. That's where we started our tour of the Deisterkreisel. The landscape was super beautiful but unfortunately the condition of the path was so-so🙃😵‍💫Nevertheless it was nice. Again and again you passed through small villages where you could always take a break.

Four of us, three of whom were organic bikers, started the tour in wonderful weather.

Nice round around the Deister. Well signposted. More road than gravel, which was quite pleasant considering the weather: it had rained all night and on the western edge of the Deister it was fine but nasty. Eat well in Bad Münder and at the end of the tour in Bredenbeck. County rulez OK!

Today I did a bike tour and not a MTB tour 😉 also with one or the other short trail. It was an interesting mix between road and forest, at least in more than half of it. I took my lunch break in the beer garden at the Jagdschloss Springe, delicious wild boar food 😋 All in all, it was a good route for me to get used to driving downhill without getting stressed. Maybe I'll drive the route again in the opposite direction. Since I am also trying to work on my battery management, I now have 42% battery with 97% Tour and 3% Turbo. Today I saw 2 stork nests with 2 storks each.

About 15 years ago I rode the roundabout 🔄️ with the same bike 🚴‍♂️ (although it was new back then 😆). However, I drove it to the left back then 👈. Predestined is probably the other way around, so today I drove it to the right 👉. The route led from Bad Nenndorf 🏘️ on the northeast side of the Deister ⛰️⛰️ via Barsinghausen 🏘️, Wennigsen 🏘️, Völksen 🏘️ and past the bison enclosure 🦬, first to Springe 🏘️. The three longer climbs 🥵 of the entire route (according to Garmin) are also on this section. And the parking spaces 🚗 in the bison enclosure were really well filled! The second section, which does not run quite as close to the Deister ⛰️⛰️ as the first, led on the southwest side through Bad Münder 🏘️, Eimbeckhausen 🏘️, Hülsede 🏘️, Lauenau 🏘️ and Rodenberg 🏘️ and finally back to Bad Nenndorf 🫶. The old towns worth seeing on this tour are in Springe 🏘️ and Bad Münder 🏘️. It was a lot of fun again! 😊

On the Deisterkreisel with the 🚲 gyrate around the Deister - that was the long-cherished plan. Today it was put into action 😀; at fairly tropical temperatures. The landscape of this approximately 80 km long route is very beautiful! It goes through forest, meadows and fields and again and again there are wonderful views over the Calenbergerland or on the other side towards Süntel and Ith. For the length of the route, however, the subsoil is sometimes questionable. It is mostly on unpaved, gravel paths. This should perhaps be mentioned when advertising through tourism associations. Still manageable with "e-support"; without, the route should probably be divided into two stages. But that also means driving twice 😌. There are plenty of places to stop for refreshments along the route. In addition to the Naturfreundehaus Barsinghausen, the Waldhotel Steinkrug, the Jagdschloss Springe with its beer garden, the small towns also have a lot to offer.

The Deisterkreisel is a signposted circuit that can be accessed from Hanover by S-Bahn via 9 different local train stations: Bad Nenndorf-Bantorf-Barsinghausen-Kirchdorf-Egestorf-Wennigsen-Völksen / Eldagsen-Springe-Bad Münder. The organizers divide the circuit into 4 routes and issue useful brochures for each route free of charge. The last time we drove the circuit was in the summer of 2012, but back then we didn't have a mobile phone or sat nav, only with maps and personal orientation. Signposting had priority on this tour, the smartphone with track controlled the route in each case. However, the track and signage do not match in most of the sections. There are many gaps in the track that you have to open up by looking at the map material. Conclusion: the signs leave a lot to be desired. The logic of some signposts is incomprehensible. Maybe even several are twisted, such as the one in Bantorf. The signs with the arrow are partially faded and hardly recognizable. The best thing to do is to program the route yourself and only use the signpost to check it. The track is hardly usable. Overall, however, the route runs through an attractive landscape with impressive panoramic views and various sights. The nature of the path is predominantly gravel, in the northern part of the Deister it is shady, so it is very suitable for midsummer days. However, the vertical meters require either an appropriate level of fitness or the use of an e-bike. The excellent connection to the S-Bahn network with return options to Hanover and around is excellent.