Hellwegbörde – Börde landscape between Erwitte and Geseke
Cycling
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The Hellwegbörde plain has been shaped by agricultural use for thousands of years. Deep quarries and stream valleys known as "Schledden", which only hold water after heavy rainfall, provide an insight into the geological history.
moderate
Distance 56.4 km
The Hellwegbörde is an important breeding area for farmland birds – some of them rarities, like the Montagu's Harrier – but also for Partridges, Quails and Skylarks. In the Schledden valleys and quarries, the abundance of flowers in the nutrient-poor meadows attracts large numbers of butterflies and grasshoppers.
Difficulty
moderate
Stamina
Experience
Landscape
Highest point
227 m
Lowest point
86 m
Best time of year
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Track types
Asphalt
16.9 km
Dirt road
20.2 km
Path
0.6 km
Road
11.4 km
Start
Coordinates:
DD
51.607964, 8.500182
DMS
51°36'28.7"N 8°30'00.7"E
UTM
32U 465388 5717554
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Turn-by-turn directions
You can start the circular cycling route through the Hellwegbörde at the park "Mythos Stein", an old limestone quarry south of Geseke. It leads along the Westerschledde and past the Eringerfeld forest on the Haarstrang range of hills at Oestereiden. In Westereiden the route crosses the Pöppelsche Valley in two places before it goes down again past the Erwitte quarries into the low plain of the Unterbörde. In this area, the route passes the Muckenbruch nature reserve. In Geseke, the cycle path leads back to the starting point.
Note
all notes on protected areas
Public transport
By train (Hamm - Paderborn) to the stations Soest, Bad Sassendorf, Lippstadt and GesekeGetting there
The area is easily accessible by car via the B1 and A44.Address for satnavs: no localisation possible
GPS (UTM): no information
Google coordinates: no information
Parking
On the long circular tour there a number of places where you can park your car, for example at the Park "Mythos Stein" and at the "Fortuna" limestone quarries south of Geseke.Coordinates
DD
51.607964, 8.500182
DMS
51°36'28.7"N 8°30'00.7"E
UTM
32U 465388 5717554
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike
Equipment
You are recommended to take binoculars for bird watching.Difficulty
moderate
Distance
56.4 km
Duration
4:00 h
Ascent
357 m
Descent
357 m
Highest point
227 m
Lowest point
86 m
Statistics
2D
3D
Maps and trails
- 9 Waypoints
- 9 Waypoints
Distance
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Duration
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Ascent
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Descent
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Highest point
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Lowest point
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