Lake Hengemühle – View of the Ems River loop from Feuchtgrünlandkomplex Ellinghorst

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Steinfurt

Rheine

Lake Hengemühle – View of the Ems River loop from Feuchtgrünlandkomplex Ellinghorst

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Lake Hengemühle – View of the Ems River loop from Feuchtgrünlandkomplex Ellinghorst

04:15

16.7km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 23, 2026

Tips

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Wald-Grünlandkomplex bei Schloss Bentlage

Emsaue

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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30 m

Salinenpark Gottesgabe

Highlight • Structure

The park around the Saline Gottesgabe is really beautifully planted.

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4.97 km

Forest Trail by the Lake in Landkreis Emsland

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Very beautiful natural paths along the stream, at the moment you can find many mushrooms there.

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6.34 km

The "Blue Lagoon" of Salzbergen
The people of Salzbergen affectionately call their Hengemühlensee the “Blue Lagoon”. Indeed, the lake's fine sandy beach bears a resemblance to the romantic tropical beach …

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7.06 km

Fischteich Hengemühlensee

Lake

7.44 km

Lake Hengemühle

Highlight • Lake

Nice calm lake. Beautiful hiking trails.

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10.4 km

View of the Ems River from the B70 Bridge

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Nice view

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11.8 km

Beech Forest Along the Salinenkanal

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The adjoining monastery and the saltworks park with its green spaces also invite you to take a short walk.

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12.8 km

Wald-Grünlandkomplex bei Schloss Bentlage

Nature Reserve

14.5 km

Riverside Rest Area on the Ems

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From here you have a beautiful view of the Ems. The bench is a few meters off the track.

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15.0 km

View of the Ems River

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A small hiking trail goes directly along the Ems and you have beautiful views over the Ems to the very varied opposite bank

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15.5 km

Kloster Bentlage

Castle

16.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.77 km

6.27 km

467 m

243 m

Surfaces

5.49 km

4.52 km

3.26 km

1.61 km

1.33 km

539 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

16°C

9°C

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Comments

October 16, 2021,Wanderung 16.10.2021, Bentlage, Hengemühlensee, Walshagenpark, Saline

I created this tour with komoot.
Sometimes the planned route was very interesting (stream crossings without a bridge, path over private land) so that I spontaneously had to look for alternatives.
But it was still a very nice lap.

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May 20, 2024,Ganz viel Wasser bei Rheine🌞

That was a particularly beautiful hike. It starts at the Rheine Nature Zoo, then straight into a beautiful forest. There is a lot of water: fishing ponds, Hengemühlensee and Ems. Be sure to follow it 😀

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September 20, 2023,1. 🐕‍🦺runde Deluxe 🥾🥾: Bentlager Wald, Ems, Hengemühlensee, Walshagenpark

After the weather totally spoiled us in our first week of vacation, we didn't feel like going out today 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️. The wind 💨 wasn't as annoying as yesterday, but still. So, Ayla 🐕‍🦺 get in the car and off to Rheine. Parked at the zoo.

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November 7, 2021,Hübscher Wald und viel Ems bei Rheine🌞

That was a very nice hike. First it started on particularly pretty forest paths, then followed a long stretch along the Ems.

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February 26, 2023,Ganz viel Wasser bei Rheine🌞

This is a particularly beautiful hike. It starts at the Rheine Nature Zoo. At the beginning beautiful forest paths, then past larger fish ponds and past the very pretty Hengemühlensee. In the second part then a lot of Ems. And the sun was shining the whole time. Perfect:)

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September 26, 2021,Vom Walshagenpark in Rheine zum Hengemühlensee

Komoot invented the two dangles at Bentlage Monastery. The total distance is therefore only 12.5 km.

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April 17, 2022,Rheine: Ostersonntagtour mit anschließendem Zoobesuch 🐰🐣🥾🍀☀️

Today's Easter Sunday tour began at the Saline Gottesgabe. On the way there and back to the Hengemühlensee, we walked along the Ems for a long time. It was a really nice tour with very little asphalt through a varied nature. When we got back to the Saline, some of our children and grandchildren went to the Rheine Nature Zoo. …

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October 29, 2023,🌳🥾☀️ Emswehr, Kloster Bentlage, Hengemühlensee, Salinenpark Rheine 🌲🍄🎣

Hello everyone 🙂
The highlights of this tour, in addition to the rushing Ems itself, are clearly the Ems weir and the salt park in Rheine. The Bentlage Monastery offered another eye-catcher.

Starting at Walshagenpark we went along the Ems to Hengemühlensee. The water level is quite high and the Ems is moving quite quickly. The Hengemühlensee, beautifully located in …

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