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Wild Thief route in Extertal-Silixen (circular route) – art and history in the Teutoburg Forest

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Lippe

Extertal

Wild Thief route in Extertal-Silixen (circular route) – art and history in the Teutoburg Forest

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626

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Wild Thief route in Extertal-Silixen (circular route) – art and history in the Teutoburg Forest

03:34

12.7km

260m

Hiking

The nearly 13-kilometer-long Poacher's Route is brimming with historical highlights: 20 information panels not only tell you the fascinating story of the Silix poachers, who stole meat and timber a century ago, but also introduce you to the fascinating history of the Silix poachers. The trail also takes you past…

by Teutoburger Wald Urlaubsregion

Last updated: March 24, 2025

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4.21 km

Poacher’s Route

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The poacher's route follows the traces of the Silixen poachers and timber thieves who, 100 years ago, covered their meat and timber needs in a not entirely legal way by …

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5.46 km

Two-Country Corner Shelter

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The hiking trail leads along the Lippe border. On this section you will find centuries-old boundary stones at the side of the path, because the border was already defined in …

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6.26 km

Picnic Area With View of Rafelder Berg

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A wonderful place to rest - fantastic view!

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8.48 km

Potsdamer Platz

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Nice place to take a break with a great view!

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12.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.85 km

2.02 km

1.34 km

520 m

Surfaces

5.74 km

3.44 km

2.66 km

500 m

380 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Thursday 4 June

18°C

11°C

88 %

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Comments

February 12, 2022,𝕊𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕩𝕖𝕟: Auf den Spuren der Wilddiebe

The title already suggests that there is something for big 👫 and small 👦🏼. And indeed, today we had to catch the poachers in the act 🔍. In the extensive forests near the border 🌳 this should not have been uncommon at the beginning of the last century. Thus, the motivation for the entire route was almost taken care of.

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January 18, 2024,Den Wilddieben auf der Spur 🦌🐇🐗

We started at the farm site in the center of the village of Silixen and were allowed to park the car in the small Nahkauf parking lot.
The poaching route follows in the footsteps of the Silix poachers and timber swindlers who, 100 years ago, covered their meat and wood needs in a not entirely legal way by poaching and …

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March 16, 2025,20250316_Heidelbeck_Wilddiebsroute

A beautiful tour with many great forest paths

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August 31, 2025,Wilddiebs-Tour im Extertal / Silixen

Great tour; many different surfaces, many rest stops, lots of Schauinsland

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February 12, 2022,🎵oh☀️happy day 😄🎶oder WILDDIEBS-Route bei Silixen

On the search for poachers we made some borderline experiences and were able to catch many wonderful views on the way 😉 But from the front...

The 🌞 finally lured us out and so this time we should go to Silixen, try a really good "hiking" route from the hiking guide. Due to a lack of time, we saved ourselves …

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May 28, 2023,Wilddiebsroute 🥾🌞

Beautiful signposted circular hike through the Kalletal in the most beautiful Whitsun weather 🌞

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April 23, 2024,Wilddiebs-Route im Möllenbecker Wald 🌳🌞🐾🌿🌞🌳

Great hiking trail, not only because of the many beautiful trails and forest paths through deciduous and mixed forest. We found the signs along the path with descriptions of the history of the past and the way of life of the locals very interesting.
Very nice hiking trail 🌞👍🤗

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November 16, 2024,🐗 Wilddiebsroute 🦌

I once became aware of this hike 🥾 on a mountain bike ride 🚵‍♂️. In my mind 😶‍🌫️ I thought that I would do it at some point 😂.

It was 27 months ago now ⌛🤫, I looked it up 🤭! But now it happened very quickly..., planned the day before yesterday together with the Lemgo hike I did yesterday …

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November 15, 2022

The nearly 13-kilometer-long Poacher's Route is brimming with historical highlights: 20 information panels not only tell you the fascinating story of the Silix poachers, who stole meat and timber a century ago, but also introduce you to the fascinating history of the Silix poachers. The trail also takes

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Wild Thief route in Extertal-Silixen (circular route) – art and history in the Teutoburg Forest

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