"Drei auf einen Streich: Die Drei-Städte-Tour"

48.80 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Regional bike tour
  • 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
This route touches the three towns of Steinheim, Nieheim and Marienmünster. It leads into the foothills of the Eggegebirge mountains, through the Steinheimer Bördelandschaft landscape to Marienmünster and extends south to the heights of Holsterberg and Bilsterberg near Nieheim. You will pass through villages whose centers you have hardly got to know and landscapes that you have perhaps all too often only seen from a distance. Many views and new impressions are the result of this short journey through the landscape east of the Eggegebirge.

The circular route leads mainly through fields and meadows, partly through forest on asphalted farm tracks and cycle paths; only between Himmighausen and Oeynhausen is there a 1 km long, easily passable gravel section and between Rolfzen and Sommersell a 500 m long unsurfaced section.

Good to know

Pavements

Unknown
Street
Asphalt
Gravel
Trail
Path

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

From Steinheim station, head into the town center and, near the church, take Höxterstraße in the direction of Höxter / Hagedorn at the eastern end of the town to cross under the B 252. Immediately after this, turn right into Rolfzener Straße and soon cross under the B 239. You now stay on Rolfzener Straße until you turn right at a farmstead below the Stoppelberg. At the next junction, turn left and follow the old route of the B 239, crossing under the B 239 at the end to reach Rolfzen.

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

Starting point Steinheim:
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

Steinheim:
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

Steinheim: Train station

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)

Thomas Strathmann
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Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Sightseeing and visits: Steinheim: Furniture Museum; Nieheim: German Cheese Museum; Vörden: Leisure facility and adventure playground

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)

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