MI-MI Dützen: Sterntour 2 zum potts park

The destination of this tour is potts park, a family leisure park where you can join in and be amazed.

You start your tour at the tourist information office in Minden and travel along Lindenstraße past the central bus station until just before Simeonsplatz. Simeonsplatz is home to the impressive Prussian Museum, and on the left-hand side of the street you will see the former garrison hospital. Behind this building, which is faced with Porta sandstone, you will find the consumer advice center and some parts of the district administration. The district administration of the Minden-Lübbecke district is located directly next door. On the right-hand side of the street, a remarkable design by the Ticino architect Mario Botta - the administration building of HARTING KGaA - joins the classicist buildings of the Prussian era.

Through the Simeonsglacis, you reach the Bastau, a tributary of the Weser. The Weser-Bastau path runs here, which you follow westwards. To cross the B61, the ring road, keep to the south and continue along the Bastau.

At the height of the Hohenstaufenring, cross the Bastau and follow the course of the river for a few kilometers.

You reach Dützener Weg via Johnstraße and follow it beyond Lübbecker Straße until you turn right into Friedgartenstraße. At the end, you will reach the Dützener Mühle mill. Home-baked cakes and bread are on offer there on milling and baking days. If you continue south along Zechenstraße, you will pass a branch of the Melitta group of companies and turn right at this junction into Bergkirchener Straße.

You can already see Potts Park from there. The leisure park offers great attractions for the whole family on the former mine site. Among other things, you can experience the world through the eyes of a toddler in the giant apartment and understand scientific phenomena in the permanent exhibition Terra Phänomenalis. For more information, visit the park's website at www.pottspark-minden.de 

After an eventful day, cycle the 7 kilometers or so along the Wiehengebirge back to the city and round off your day here.

This tour can be taken at any time of year - however, Potts Park is only open during the season.