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Germany
Lower Saxony
Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim
Wietmarschen

Lake Vechte – Vechtesee (Lake Vechte) loop from Wietmarschen

Moderate

4.7

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262

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Lake Vechte – Vechtesee (Lake Vechte) loop from Wietmarschen

02:23

35.5km

40m

Cycling

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

Last updated: August 11, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 12.3 km for 105 m

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Bus stop

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3.31 km

Path Along the Süd-Nord-Kanal

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Typical, beautiful canal landscape in the Lower County of the County of Lower Saxony.

Paths with varying surfaces, always directly along the canal.

Depending on the season, the ride can be better or worse!

But mostly good -:)

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5.02 km

South-North Canal

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Beautiful, varied cycle path along the South-North Canal, sand, gravel, tarmac, everything. :-)

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8.32 km

Locks are always something special

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13.8 km

Lake Vechte

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Here you can take a nice relaxing walk.

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13.8 km

Vechtesee (Lake Vechte)

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From the rider's bridge you have a wonderful view of the Vechtesee, where many waterfowl cavort.

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18.6 km

Ems-Vechte Canal Cycle Path

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Very nice, long cycle path that runs parallel to the canal and is lined with tree-lined avenues.

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27.3 km

Nordhorn-Klausheide Airfield

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Very interesting to watch the sail and motor aircraft. You get directly to the airfield and can overlook the entire square.

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31.5 km

Very nice route between Wietmarschen and Nordhorn/Klausheide.
Quiet paths, great tree avenues

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35.5 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.8 km

9.30 km

6.91 km

5.82 km

1.70 km

Surfaces

12.4 km

8.83 km

8.64 km

4.26 km

1.38 km

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Thursday 13 August

37°C

16°C

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Comments

April 25, 2026,Nordhorn Tag 3
Along the Ems-Vechte Canal, our 3rd tour 🚲 begins towards Klausheide, passing the Nordhorn Air-Ground Shooting Range and Nordhorn-Lingen Airfield 🛩️. From Klausheide, we ride on beautiful and quiet paths to the pilgrimage site of Wietmarschen with its pilgrimage church 🔔 and the historic collegiate area ⛪️. At Café Menke, right by the collegiate, it was then time for a …

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PATH OF FAITH OF BEATRIZATION
The sculptures on the 7 km long PATH OF FAITH OF BEATRIZATION from Lohne to Wietmarschen are meant to be a stumbling block.
There are nine pillars in total.
More information: search the internet for... PATH OF FAITH WIETMARSCHEN

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Just get going... Optimism wins -:)
Easy route through the Grafschaft, easy to cycle, starting at the Nordhorn-Almelo Canal to the Ems-Vechte Canal and continuing along the South-North Canal. It's a continuous 14 km ride on good canal paths with old, interesting lock systems along the route to the Grafschaft town of Wietmarschen. A small, well-known pilgrimage site in the …

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Spontaneous Grafschafter Fiets tour
Very simply structured and described, with 14 km of canal paths along the Vechte and Ems-Vechte canal from the south of Nordhorn towards the north on the south-north canal to the Grafschafter town of Wietmarschen. Varied paths, firm, loose, good, bad surfaces, everything there -:) But overall good to ride and beautiful canal landscapes!
Wietmarschen, a …

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Let's go... Grafschafter Fietstour
An easy route through the Grafschaft, easy to ride for everyone and still beautiful -:)
From the start at the Nordhorn-Almelo Canal to the Ems-Vechte Canal and further along the South-North Canal, the route is 14 km long on good canal paths with varying surfaces and old, interesting lock systems to the Grafschaft town of Wietmarschen. …

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