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Lower Saxony
Wendland

Gorleben Chapel – Thurauer Tower loop from Bösel

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Road cycling routes
Germany
Lower Saxony
Wendland

Gorleben Chapel – Thurauer Tower loop from Bösel

Moderate

5.0

(1)

29

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Gorleben Chapel – Thurauer Tower loop from Bösel

02:21

57.9km

180m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 18, 2026

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9.70 km

Bench with angel figurines and sunrise view near Schweskau

Highlight • Viewpoint

Before that I saw such a lovingly prepared bench. With appropriate weather and appropriate time of day, it enables the observation of sunrises.
Just the clearly visible lettering "Please take a seat" invites you to linger. There are also three angel models at the north end of the bank. Unique.

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16.8 km

Very old deciduous forest stands: beeches, oaks, etc.
Very attractive roots overgrown with moss invite you to admire and linger.

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24.9 km

Perfect road bike track: dead straight, sheltered from the wind, little traffic

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32.1 km

Gorleben Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

The small chapel in Gorleben was built in the middle of the 17th century on the northeastern edge of the village. Due to its exposed location on the highest point of the site, it served the residents as a refuge when the Elbe flooded.
A simple hall building was created on a rectangular floor plan, which ends at the top with a gable roof. A structure of half-timbering, which is lined with bricks, forms the outer walls. On the west side there is a ridge turret with a tent roof. Access to the chapel is also via the western side.


Parts of the equipment go back to the time of construction. In 1873 the chapel was extensively restored. Half-timbering, interior painting and tower were repaired in 2004.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapelle_Gorleben

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32.3 km

WunderBar Gorleben

Highlight • Pub

A must on our longer tours in and through the Wendland.
The landlord is quiet but still very friendly.
The non-alcoholic beer quickly replenishes the isotonic memory.
Prices are okay.
You can also freshen up in the toilet and fill up bottles.

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34.6 km

Gorleben Interim Storage Facility

Highlight • Structure

Who does not know the discussion about the final storage of spent fuel elements from nuclear power plants in Germany. At the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, there was a very intensive search for final storage sites and test drillings for them were carried out or planned. The salt domes near Gorleben were one of the selected final storage sites.
At that time a massive resistance formed in the region, supported by the entire Federal Republic of that time. Today, many cultural traces and ways of life, as well as organic farming and forms of alternative energy generation, testify to the "convicts" of the time.
Today the interim storage facility for the fuel elements is set up there. Behind an earth wall you can see the halls in which the castor casks with the spent fuel elements are temporarily stored.
Every time Castor containers are delivered again, the protest is formed anew.

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40.5 km

Forest Route from Dünsche to Laase

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The route leads over a good asphalt road from Dünsche directly to Laase on the Elbe.
It is a shortcut if you do not want to drive the long route via Gedelitz and Gorleben.

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52.1 km

Thurauer Tower

Highlight • Monument

The Thurauer tower was long time as a BW base and was used to listen to the radio networks of the Eastern Bloc. Today the tower civil is used. A great view over the Wendland. The bench and the table can be used as a break.

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57.9 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.3 km

3.87 km

3.20 km

2.19 km

322 m

Surfaces

49.2 km

7.89 km

730 m

113 m

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Tuesday 28 July

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