NORDPFAD Rotenburg Wasserreich (Water Kingdom)

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Lower Saxony

NORDPFAD Rotenburg Wasserreich (Water Kingdom)

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417

hikers

NORDPFAD Rotenburg Wasserreich (Water Kingdom)

05:22

21.2km

40m

Hiking

City - Country - River – wherever you start in Rotenburg, you'll quickly find yourself on the river! Three rivers, the Wümme, Rodau, and Wiedau, flow through the city. Large forests are also nearby. This diverse landscape awaits you on the approximately 21-kilometer hike.

And right in the middle of…

by Touristikverband LK Rotenburg

Last updated: July 21, 2025

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Wümmeniederung mit Rodau, Wiedau und Trochelbach

Großes und Weißes Moor

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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464 m

Heimathaus Rotenburg (Wümme) Museum

Highlight • Historical Site

The Rotenburg Local History Museum is a Low German hall house dating from 1779. Originally moved from the village of Bellen (Rotenburg district) to the former castle grounds in Rotenburg, …

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2.45 km

Gothard Bridge Over the Wümme

Highlight • Bridge

There is a sandy section at the bridge that also serves as a bathing beach. The Wümme widens considerably here and is therefore rather gentle and shallow.

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11.8 km

Little Bullensee

Highlight • Lake

Everything that can be said about the Großer Bullensee applies to the small Bullensee: The name of both lakes has nothing to do with cattle or the police. Wikipedia tells …

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12.4 km

Great Bullensee

Highlight • Lake

A beautiful swimming lake south of Rotenburg. The large parking lot also makes it an ideal starting point for a hike. Here, you have direct access to two northern trails. …

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13.4 km

MEGa Interactive and Adventure Garden at Hartmannshof

Highlight • Natural

The NABU hands-on and adventure garden is two hectares in size and offers a nice place for a rest.

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20.7 km

Rotenburg Town Church

Highlight • Religious Site

The neo-Gothic Rotenburg town church was built in 1862.

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21.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.9 km

2.44 km

1.87 km

1.75 km

268 m

Surfaces

9.20 km

4.13 km

3.73 km

2.96 km

1.18 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 6 November

7°C

2°C

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

March 6, 2026,NORDPFAD Rotenburger Wasserreich 💧🐟🌞

Finally, the time has come again: I've been hiking for what feels like forever! Unfortunately, I spent half the winter with the flu and was sidelined for quite a while. And to be honest, it was probably also my own laziness that kept me from hiking these past few weeks, given the cold and persistent snow. So it's all the …

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June 20, 2025,NORDPFAD Rotenburger Wasserreich

Today we tackled our second Northern Trail. After warming up yesterday, we set off on one of the longest Northern Trails, the "Rotenburg Water Kingdom." A section ran parallel to the Dör't Moor Trail we hiked yesterday, past the large and small Bullensee lakes. The trail offered a variety of landscapes, passing through heathland, forest, and meadows, and through the …

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June 2, 2024,Nordpfad #21/24: Rotenburger Wasserreich

The Rotenburg Water Kingdom North Trail seems to overlap with the Rotenburg Mosquito Kingdom. The damp meadows next to the Wümme, Rodau and Wiedau provide ideal conditions for the beasts and force hikers to not go slower than 5 km/h. But otherwise it is a beautiful and varied tour.

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March 15, 2025,1. warm up

In preparation for the highlight next weekend on the northern paths (Rotenburg Water Kingdom) we have gained some endurance and wanderlust

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January 3, 2023,Nordpfad-Wanderung: Rotenburger Wasserreich

Start and finish are at the town hall in Rotenburg. (I started from home, so the tour is 5 km longer.) Best hiking weather in the new year and the tour is varied.

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September 19, 2024,NORDPFAD Rotenburger Wald(Wasser)reich

We are a little disappointed with this northern path. The name "Wasserreich" raised expectations that were not fulfilled. The route mostly led along forest paths through forests. Only the sections at the Bullensee and along the Wümme lowlands lived up to the name.

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October 23, 2022,NORDPFAD Rotenburger Wasserreich

Last night we found the quiet parking lot by the playground. We can start right there this morning. Perfect!
It's still a bit foggy, which enchants the area on the Wümme. The path leads us through the pretty forest on great paths. The nesting box trail is interesting and a somewhat spooky highlight is the huge courtyard sale of pumpkins …

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June 8, 2024,Nordpfad - Rotenburger Wasserreich #WirWunderWanderwoche

We Wonder Hiking Week - hiking for a good cause, I have to be there and so today we went to Rotenburg, the home of the Northern Paths. The way there brought back many memories of various Northern Path hikes, all of which I walked.

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April 4, 2025

City - Country - River – wherever you start in Rotenburg, you'll quickly find yourself on the river! Three rivers, the Wümme, Rodau, and Wiedau, flow through the city. Large forests are also nearby. This diverse landscape awaits you on the approximately 21-kilometer hike.
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And right in the middle of it

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