Veltheim Windmill – St. Nicolai Market Church, Hameln loop from Vlotho

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Herford

Vlotho

Veltheim Windmill – St. Nicolai Market Church, Hameln loop from Vlotho

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Veltheim Windmill – St. Nicolai Market Church, Hameln loop from Vlotho

04:55

92.4km

240m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 46.2 km for 359 m

Open: • 8:00 PM-10:00 AM (otherwise dismount required)

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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11.3 km

Veltheim Windmill

Highlight • Monument

The Veltheim windmill from 1903 is a Wallhollander with sails and wind rose (dummy). Your grinder is now operated with a motor and used for grinding for your own use.

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13.5 km

Landrat Petersen Bridge (Eisbergen)

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The road "Aue" leads in icebergs with a narrow bridge of steel over the Weser. The view of the river is great and below the bridge are a pier and a lawn with barbecue hut.

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23.9 km

NSG Aher Kämpe

Nature Reserve

29.4 km

Großenwieden Cable Ferry

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Before crossing, you can get ice cream, drinks and coffee at the local kiosk and sit in the shade under the trees and watch what is happening.

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46.0 km

Golden Rat Bridge (Goldene Rattenbrücke), Hamelin

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Up on the blue bridge, the golden rat is watching the action :)

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46.4 km

St. Nicolai Market Church, Hameln

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The view from the church tower is very nice - the climb is really adventurous! The ascent cost 1 euro or 0.50 cents (child). The wooden stairs lead through the …

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46.7 km

Weser Cycle Route: Hameln to Minden

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

73.1 km

Hindenburg Bridge

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The bridge was opened in 1927 as the "Hindenburg Bridge". The bridge was blown up in 1945, but opened again the following year - as the first road bridge over …

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91.7 km

View from the Weser bridge in Vlotho

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My view from the Weser bridge in Vlotho falls on the former shipyard "Büsching & Rosemeier", today the seat of the sign factory & screen printing Heinrich Sellmann.

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92.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

37.1 km

29.2 km

17.3 km

5.36 km

2.92 km

515 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

60.4 km

23.1 km

4.51 km

4.16 km

268 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

13°C

8°C

98 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 29.0 km/h

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Comments

January 2, 2025,erste Kaffeetour 2025 nach Hameln und retour (Januar 2025)

No rain and even some sun "accompanied" me on the tour

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October 29, 2023,Holtrup, Rinteln , Hameln und retour (Oktober 2023)

On the way back the headwind was already waiting for me.

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June 24, 2024,Etappe 3: Von Hameln nach Minden – Weser-Radweg

Started in Hameln!
Great historic town. Didn't see a rat, except for the one on the bridge. The route was mostly along the Weser today. Stopover in Rinteln. Very nice old town. The temperature was already borderline today. From km 55 onwards my bum started to hurt😩
Tomorrow we'll continue.😊

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