Rhaude Church – Bird Sanctuary loop from 1. Südwieke/Papenburger Straße

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Rhaude Church – Bird Sanctuary loop from 1. Südwieke/Papenburger Straße

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Rhaude Church – Bird Sanctuary loop from 1. Südwieke/Papenburger Straße

01:47

30.7km

40m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 7, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

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After 7.52 km for 20 m

After 20.8 km for 18 m

After 22.6 km for 17 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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765 m

Hahnentanger Mill

Highlight • Monument

The Hahnentanger Mühle, built in 1864, is located on the 1st Südwieke, about three kilometers from the Rhauderfehner Unterende. In 1982 the Dutch mill was bought and restored by the …

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7.54 km

Westrhauderfehn Harbor

Highlight • Settlement

The location allows a beautiful view equally on the navigable channel and the Rhauderfehner "promenade".

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10.7 km

Rhaude Church

Highlight • Religious Site

If you drive from Rhauderfehn in the direction of Holte along the canal (which later flows into the Leda), you come to Osterhörner Straße after a short distance through the …

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15.3 km

Polder Hofer Hammrich Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Bietzestrasse leads us in the west axis along the bird sanctuary "Polder Holter Hammrich" and "Polder Leyßer Hammrich", where we see a multitude of different birds breeding, resting or …

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16.0 km

View of the Leda from Holter Siel

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very beautiful landscape and a nice destination for nature lovers.

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18.3 km

Bird Sanctuary

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

For an immense 33,000 Reichstaler, the 7.1 kilometer long main fen canal was finally completed in 1781. The construction of this then indispensable canal by the "Rhauderfehn Compagnie" took a …

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22.5 km

Station 18 | Tobiasbrücke [Wiekentour]

Highlight • Bridge

For centuries, floods and flood disasters have repeatedly occurred in the river valleys, especially in spring and autumn. Storm surges pushed enormous volumes of water from the North Sea into …

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22.6 km

Holter Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

On the way from Ostrhauderfehn to the bird sanctuary at the Polder Holter Hammrich, you drive along the traditional main fen canal to its confluence with the Leda. The road …

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28.0 km

1. Südwieke

Lake

30.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.5 km

9.05 km

8.44 km

2.34 km

325 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

18.9 km

7.77 km

3.13 km

579 m

342 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 8 November

10°C

3°C

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Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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Comments

March 10, 2024,Fahrradtour

I like driving by the water and in small towns like Rhaude. It's a cute tour for in between.

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July 29, 2023,Ostrhauderfehn - Hauptfehnkanal - NSG Holter Hammrich

Today we paid another visit to the nature reserve Holter Hammrich. This was worth it in several respects - on the one hand we were presented with a fantastic sky with great cloud formations and only recognizable at second glance, a swarm of spoonbills had settled down and was eagerly searching for food with their beaks wildly swaying back and …

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