Route length: approx. 17 km
The historic town centre of Bienenbuettel is the starting point of a bicycle tour full of impressions on the Ilmenau cycle path:
You can see a cultural gem right at the start of your tour: the Wichmannsburg St. George’s Church, a Roman fieldstone church with a Gothic chancel and timber-frame tower. Inside the church there is a late Gothic carved altar (winged altar) that dates from the year 1520.
Once you have crossed the Ilmenau in
Bienenbuettel, we recommend a stop-off to plan in a visit to the Sculpture Path. What
began in 2005 with mysterious stone towers and wood figures carved into dead
tree trunks has meanwhile become an overall work of art that unites the topics
of art and nature. Eleven artists made the appealing river landscape along the
Ilmenau the theme of their works of art and created impressive objects made of
wood, metal, glass and stone along a 4 km stretch.
Note:
Only certain parts of the idyllic route along the riverbanks are navigable by bicycle, although it does rejoin the Ilmenau cycle path.
Alternatively, you can cycle from Bienenbuettel to the village of Hohenbostel, home to one of the oldest farmhouses in Lower Saxony (Dorfstrasse 16). From here your journey continues to Diecksbach.
Note:
For reasons of nature conservation, the cycle path runs alongside a railway line for approx. 1 km.
Your route takes you through Deutsch Evern and
past Forsthaus Rote Schleuse, a romantic timber-framed building
with a restaurant, garden terrace and beer garden on the Ilmenau - a beautiful
spot for a short break.
Your cycle tour now takes you through Lueneburg State Forest of
Wilschenbruch, an arborescent woodland on the outskirts of the
hanseatic salt town of Lueneburg. From here it is only a short journey to
the 1,000-year-old hanseatic town of Lueneburg.
TIP:
Lueneburg – the hanseatic city on
the salt dome – can look back on 1,000 years of history. The wealth of
the hanseatic town of Lueneburg is founded on salt. A large part of the town is
undermined by a salt dome on which the Hanseatic League’s monopoly as a salt
supplier was founded. Every visitor will agree that the incomparable atmosphere
of the hanseatic town of Lueneburg with its unique, well-preserved Gothic brick
façades has a magical attraction about it. Numerous places of interest invite
you to explore the town.
Further information about this stage and the entire Ilmenau cycle path is available under www.ilmenauradweg.de