KinderErlebniswelt Natur Oh!

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6.08 km long

Difficulty: easy

condition: medium

Great panorama

Regional hiking trail

01:59 h
293 m
84 m
154 m
373 m
219 m
6.08 km
Start: LWL Open-Air Museum Detmold, Krummes Haus, 32760 Detmold
Destination: Hermannsdenkmal, Grotenburg 50, 32760 Detmold

Exciting adventure route in Detmold from the open-air museum and its historic villages up to the Hermannsdenkmal. The open-air museum is open from April 1 to October 31 and costs €8 for adults and €4 for children.

120 half-timbered buildings with historical facilities on an area of around 90 hectares: the LWL Open-Air Museum Detmold is the largest of its kind in Germany and forms a charming cultural landscape. Explore the forests and gardens on foot. You can also experience old craftsmanship with the blacksmith, baker and miller, among others. The museum is one of the exciting stops on the "KinderErlebniswelt Natur" discovery tour.

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Directions

Your tour starts at the entrance to the LWL open-air museum in Detmold. From there, you first walk through the museum grounds along the Münsterländer Gräftenhof. Next, you walk past the poorhouse across the museum grounds to the Bock windmill just before the Paderborn village. Just a few steps later, you enter the Paderborn village with its smithy and the Valepagenhof. From here, you can make a short stop at the museum bakery to the left of the village pond. The route continues to the museum restaurant "Im Weißen Ross". You can also take a break here. On your way back through the museum, the route takes you past the Uhlmann house, the historic petrol station and the observation tower to the Kappen windmill. Here you follow the path past the Westhellweghof to the exit of the museum. From there, your route now takes you directly to the Hermannsdenkmal. Here, too, you have the opportunity to make a stopover, for example at the eagle observatory in Berlebeck, before you reach your destination.

Tour information

Familiy-Friendly
Stop at an Inn

Directions & Parking facilities

From the north, take the A 2 exit Herford/Bad Salzuflen, B 239 towards Detmold/Horn-Bad Meinberg and follow the signs to "Freilichtmuseum" in Detmold.

From the west, also take the A 2 to exit 27 Kreuz Bielefeld Zentrum and then take the B 66 towards Lage/Lemgo and in Lage the B 239 towards Detmold/Horn-Bad Meinberg.

From the south, take the A 33 exit 26 Paderborn-Elsen, then the B 1 towards Hameln/Horn-Bad Meinberg until the Altenbeken/Horn exit towards Horn, then towards Detmold until Heiligenkirchen, then continue on Paderborner Straße towards Detmold.

Sufficient parking spaces are available, on the campaign days you can also use the overflow parking lot on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße.

From Detmold train station, bus route 701 (direction Berlebeck) or 703 (direction Hiddesen); from Easter to October also tourist route 792; stop Freilichtmuseum

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

A visit to the museum's bakery is definitely worthwhile for a snack in between!

KinderErlebniswelt Natur Oh!

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