Tönning Packhouse – Historic Harbour of Tönning loop from Süderdeich

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Tönning Packhouse – Historic Harbour of Tönning loop from Süderdeich

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Tönning Packhouse – Historic Harbour of Tönning loop from Süderdeich

03:10

56.2km

70m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

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Train Station

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Cycle Path Along the North Sea Dike

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Here the cycle path leads along the dike through the fields. A very nice route to Tönning.

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Eider Bridge at Tönning

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One of the few bridges over the Eider

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In 1783 three packing houses were built in Tönning, Kiel-Holtenau and Rendsburg at the same time. From 1784 these packing houses were to serve as goods transshipment points and storage areas along the new Schleswig-Holstein Canal (Eider Canal).
At the time of the Elbe blockade from 1803-1807, Tönning served as an alternative port for Hamburg and handled almost all goods destined for the large Hanseatic city. At that time the packing house was full of a wide variety of products, including fine spices such as saffron, wine, nuts, tobacco, coffee, lemons, animal hides and skins, meat, fish, marble, windows, mirrors and much more . After the Elbe blockade, this hustle and bustle ended and the packing house was no longer fully utilized.
When today's Kiel Canal was opened in 1895, the heyday of trade in Tönning ended and the packing house lost its original importance. Since then, parts of the packing house have repeatedly been used as storage space, but most of the building was empty.

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17.3 km

Historic Harbour Tönning

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The picturesque harbor with the packing house and the pretty old town characterize Tönning. The town on the Eiderstedt peninsula is also known for the Multimar Wattforum adventure exhibition

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17.6 km

Historic Harbour of Tönning

Highlight • Historical Site

Only used by recreational captains. Goods handling and crab fishing no longer play a role. But still very nice to look at. There are numerous, very good restaurants all around.

It is also interesting that the boats are dry at low tide. So don't forget to fold in the sword. A friend had once moored her boat so that it hung in the air at low tide.

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