- 4:00 h
- 48.80 km
- 410 m
- 410 m
- 133 m
- 240 m
- 107 m
- Start: Steinheim, train station; Vörden, hiking parking lot at the end of the village in the direction of Marienmünster Abbey or Nieheim, German Cheese Museum
- Destination: Steinheim, train station; Vörden, hiking parking lot at the end of the village in the direction of Marienmünster Abbey or Nieheim, German Cheese Museum
Good to know
Pavements
Best to visit
Directions
In Rolfzen, soon turn left into the street "Zum Schildern", follow the signs for "Radroute Steinheim 2" and you will reach the cemetery. Turn left here and then right again immediately after the cemetery and you will reach the outskirts of Sommersell via a partly unpaved section of road. Follow the road downhill into the village center and turn left in front of the church (signpost house no. 84-82), then left again (signpost no. 81-66), then right and left again. You come to the playground, turn right and shortly after passing under the B 239 you reach the Grevenburg estate. Cycle through the estate, reach the L 886, turn right here and follow the cycle path signs for "Marienmünster" via Münsterbrock to Marienmünster Abbey and from there to Vörden.
At the entrance to the town, you meet the R 1 cycle path again, which you follow to Nieheim (cycle path signpost "Nieheim"). You can cycle comfortably downhill at first, then the route is largely flat through fields and pastures to Nieheim.
From Nieheim, your route takes you a short distance along the L 755 towards Merlsheim. Shortly after leaving Nieheim, turn right onto a farm track (cycle route signpost "Radroute Steinheim 5"). The path takes you over the eastern slope of the Brodberg and then, after a left turn, down into the Emmer valley and the so-called Emmerbruch. Here you follow the river upstream to the village of Oeynhausen and turn right towards Bergheim as you pass through the village. Shortly before the railroad line, turn left onto a paved path (hiking trail signpost "Himmighausen 1.8 km).
The path runs alongside the railroad until you reach Himmighausen, where you cross under the railroad and pass the castle before reaching the through road. Turn right and at the end of the village you reach the R 1 cycle path and follow the signpost "Sandebeck 3.2 km".
First you cycle above the Fischbach stream and then through a hilly pasture landscape with many wooded areas, always within sight of the railroad line, until you reach Sandebeck. From here, follow the cycle path signs to Steinheim. Our route initially takes you along the Mühlenbach stream to the Wintrup estate. Shortly before Vinsebeck, the Mühlenbach picks up the Silberbach, promptly loses its name and from then on is called Heubach. The cycle path now takes you through the Heubach valley, partly along the watercourse, to Vinsebeck moated castle and then on to the Vordereichholz and Hintereichholz estates. Turn left before the railroad line and, after a winding ride through the Heubach lowlands, you will reach Steinheim. Heubachstraße and Sedanstraße take you to our starting point at the station.
Tour information
Familiy-Friendly
Loop Road
Stop at an Inn
Directions & Parking facilities
from the north: B 252/B 239 to Steinheim;
from the east: B 239 to Steinheim
from the south: B 252 to Steinheim
from the west: B 1/B 239 to Belle; from Belle follow the K 75 towards Steinheim
In Steinheim follow the signs for "Bahnhof"
Starting point Nieheim:
From the north and south: B 252 to Nieheim
From the east: from Höxter on the L 755 to Nieheim
From the west: A33 to Paderborn, B64 to Bad Driburg, continue on the L951 to Merlsheim, Am Osterberg on the L755 to Nieheim
Starting point Vörden:
From the north and east: B 239 to Marienmünster Abbey, L 825 to Vörden
From the south: B 252 to Bellersen exit, L 825 and L 755 to Vörden
From the west: A33 to Paderborn, B64 to Bad Driburg, continue on L951 to Merlsheim, Am Osterberg onto L755 via Nieheim to Vörden
public street space near the train station
Nieheim:
German Cheese Museum and in the village
Vörden
Hikers' parking lot at the end of the village in the direction of Marienmünster Abbey
Nieheim: Kornhaus and central bus station
Vörden: Bus station - Amtsstraße
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)
www.nph.de
www.bahn.de
License (master data)
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
The shortened version of this route runs north from Nieheim on the cycle path through the picturesque Emmertal valley (follow the "Steinheim" cycle path signs) to Steinheim. (31 km)
Another option is to cycle this tour as a two-city tour. To do this, follow the cycle path in the Emmertal from Steinheim in a southerly direction to Nieheim (follow the "Nieheim" cycle path signs). From there, follow the route described via Sandebeck. (35 km)



