Floodplain cycle path

44.55 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Regional bike tour

Auen Radweg | Aabachtalsperre — © Reinhard Rohlf | CC-BY-SA

Auen Radweg | Paderborner Land — © REINHARD ROHLF r.r. | CC-BY-SA

Auen Radweg | Gut Holthausen — © REINHARD ROHLF r.r. | CC-BY-SA

3:30 h
44.55 km
248 m
248 m
208 m
456 m
248 m
Start: Jesuit Church Büren
Destination: Büren

The Auen cycle path is a beautiful circular route without any major inclines. It runs around Büren along the picturesque floodplains of the Aabach, Afte, Alme, Nette and Lühlingsbach streams.

The Bürener Land region is very diverse in terms of landscape and extremely interesting in terms of cultural history. It is criss-crossed by many hiking trails, but it is often too mountainous for cyclists. This gave rise to the idea of creating a circular cycle route that even less trained cyclists could complete in one day and that is largely free of inclines.

The 44 km Auenradweg meets these requirements. It leads along the Alme, Nette, Lühlingsbach, Aabach and Afte rivers through one of the most scenic regions of the Bürener Land.

The route along the floodplains offers rare flora and fauna typical of floodplains as well as natural history and cultural history stations on the subject of water:

The Aabach dam as the region's drinking water reservoir

Kneipp facilities in the Naturerlebnis-Aatal

Water birds at the Keddinghauser See retention basin

Historical water mills in Büren

Amphibian and fish nature trails

Flösswiesen

and limestone alluvial cones.

Except for short sections near Bleiwäsche, there are hardly any inclines along the route.

Auen Radweg | Logo

Pavements

Street (4%)

Asphalt (25%)

Gravel (59%)

Trail (5%)

Path (7%)

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

Directions

From the Jesuitenkirche in Büren, follow the route through the Aftetal valley towards Hegensdorf/Keddinghausen, past the Keddinghäuser See lake. Continue along the Aftetal valley to Bad Wünnenberg. Go straight on at the traffic lights and then turn right into the road "Im Aatal". Follow this road with a short ascent to the Aabach dam. After approx. 2 km, turn off in an anti-clockwise direction towards Bad Wünnenberg-Bleiwäsche. This is the last climb on the circuit.

After you have crossed the village, the route goes downhill past the Lühlingsbach and the Nette into the Almetal valley. Here you continue to follow the signs through Ringelstein, Siddinghausen and Weine until you reach your starting point in Büren again.

Route markings

Follow the blue logo of the Auen cycle path.

Tour information

Loop Road
Possibility of Accommodation
Stop at an Inn
Suitable for Bike

Equipment

Round tour without major ascents. No special equipment required.

Directions & Parking facilities

Getting there

A44 - exit Geseke/Steinhausen, then direction Steinhausen to Büren or exit Büren.

Parking

Parking lot at the Haus des Handwerks or at the Schützenhalle (Fürstenberger Straße).

Public transportation

Stop: Büren, Alte Post

Nahverkehrsverbund Paderborn/Höxter
Always know what's running: The smart number for buses and trains in NRW 01803 504030 (timetable information for €0.09/min from a German landline, mobile max. €0.42/min)

Additional information