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The 380 km² large Aukrug Nature Park located in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein offers a particularly varied landscape shaped by the Ice Age, consisting of gentle hills, wide valleys, and natural forests with typical springs and flowing waters, which repeatedly allow unobstructed views over the land. The many floodplains that run through the charming central Holstein landscape are the namesake for the Aukrug Nature Park.  "Krug" does not derive from hospitality aspects but means that the streams flow in natural meanders.

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Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Sarlhusen’s Blue Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 8.6 km
Duration 2:05 h
Ascent 30 m
Descent 30 m

The farming villages of Sarlhusen, Willenscharen, and Fitzbek lie along the route and have significantly shaped this North German cultural ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Schlotfeld's Yellow Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 2.3 km
Duration 0:35 h
Ascent 14 m
Descent 14 m

In Schlotfeld, impressive linden trees catch the eye. What stories would they tell about this small North German village? The old, pretty farms ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Boxberg Fitness Trail
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 2 km
Duration 0:29 h
Ascent 12 m
Descent 21 m

Two kilometers over natural sand paths, noticeable altitude differences, and six stations to train agility, flexibility, and strength.

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Boxberg route
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 3.8 km
Duration 0:50 h
Ascent 42 m
Descent 40 m

At almost 77 m high, the Boxberg is an impressive feature in the Aukrug Nature Park. The moraine hill dates back to the penultimate ice age, some ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Red Route in the Gro�es Haaler Gehege
recommended route Difficulty T1 moderate
Distance 12 km
Duration 2:55 h
Ascent 63 m
Descent 63 m

This route traverses all corners of the 700 ha Gro�es Haaler Gehege, including parts of the nature reserve "Naturw�lder in den Landesforsten ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Nindorf’s Red Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 11.6 km
Duration 2:50 h
Ascent 45 m
Descent 74 m

Nindorf's coat of arms says it all: ridge, watershed, and springs in a wooded environment. Blue and white for the sky and clouds, yellow and green ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Grauels Red Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 moderate
Distance 7.4 km
Duration 1:50 h
Ascent 44 m
Descent 44 m

A time travel walk through an ice age meadow lowland, over wooded hills with prehistoric burial mounds, and through villages that originated in the ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Blue Route in the Große Haaler Gehege
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 1.8 km
Duration 0:25 h
Ascent 24 m
Descent 23 m

The long history of the Barlohe Forestry Office is literally carved in stone at the parking lot. The short, sturdy loop is suitable for the feet, ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Kellinghusen's Red Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 moderate
Distance 5.7 km
Duration 1:25 h
Ascent 30 m
Descent 35 m

The ceramic town of Kellinghusen on the Stör invites its visitors to explore on natural paths the steeply rising geest edge - the Lieth - and the ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Kellinghusen's Yellow Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 difficult
Distance 15.4 km
Duration 3:45 h
Ascent 44 m
Descent 44 m

Beyond the borders of the ceramics town Kellinghusen, the route leads through the Rosdorf forest, past historic giant trees, and through the gem of ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Bargstedt's Orange Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 4.8 km
Duration 1:09 h
Ascent 21 m
Descent 21 m

Bargstedt has come to terms with the active gravel pit and has revived a gravel lake through a successful citizen initiative, including a footpath ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Nindorf's Blue Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 10.6 km
Duration 2:35 h
Ascent 61 m
Descent 61 m

A true countryside and people route for young and old, along which Nindorf shows its natural phenomena and historical highlights. Nindorf ridge, ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Forest action trail in Westerholz
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 4.5 km
Duration 1:05 h
Ascent 32 m
Descent 32 m

A magnificent enclosure walk for young and old at any time of the year. The special features of the nature reserve are highlighted by information ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Schlotfeld's Blue Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 2.7 km
Duration 0:40 h
Ascent 15 m
Descent 15 m

Anyone traveling this route walks through an exciting chapter of German and Steinburg railway history against the rich backdrop of the Rantzau Valley.

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Sarlhusen's Green Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 7.7 km
Duration 1:50 h
Ascent 28 m
Descent 26 m

The Green Route is a hike of perspectives and contrasts. The millennia-old moss-covered boulders from the penultimate ice age contrast with the ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Grauel's Blue Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 5.7 km
Duration 1:25 h
Ascent 44 m
Descent 44 m

From historic Grauel along the back over Neu-Böternhöfen through the green gem of old Böternhöfen. Every step on tarmac is compensated again on sand.

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Aukrug Yellow Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 9 km
Duration 2:10 h
Ascent 13 m
Descent 13 m

The route passes through the Aukrug floodplain landscape and moves between land cultivation and rewetting. Traditional agriculture meets modern ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Schierenwald circular route
recommended route Difficulty T1 moderate
Distance 10.1 km
Duration 2:25 h
Ascent 22 m
Descent 22 m

Following a suggestion from the Wanderverein Kreis Steinburg e. V., we slightly adapted the circular route through the enclosure to make forest, ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Aukrug’s Blue Bünzau Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 4.8 km
Duration 1:10 h
Ascent 5 m
Descent 5 m

Blue like the color of water - but actually the Bünzau is more gray-brown. When the water isn't falling from above, you can watch its flow ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Aukrug's Green Route
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 11 km
Duration 2:45 h
Ascent 65 m
Descent 65 m

Three highlights of Aukrug's nature in one: Tönsheider Forest Nature Reserve, Waldhütten Pond Landscape, and Altmöranenkuppe Boxberg! Stunning!

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Red Route in the Holtdorfer Gehege
recommended route Difficulty T1 moderate
Distance 8.5 km
Duration 2:05 h
Ascent 42 m
Descent 41 m

One of the somewhat longer routes in the nature park area, which leads almost exclusively through forest. Refreshing and quiet in both summer and ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Schlotfeld's Green Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 4.8 km
Duration 1:10 h
Ascent 11 m
Descent 11 m

With your feet on a railway embankment and on farm tracks. Lost in thoughts about railway history, landscape formation, and agriculture on the Hohe ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Sarlhusen’s Yellow Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 7.4 km
Duration 1:50 h
Ascent 50 m
Descent 51 m

Unlike other routes in the Aukrug Nature Park, this hiking trail goes in only one direction. It describes a figure eight, and otherwise, we would ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Grauel's Green Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 moderate
Distance 8.8 km
Duration 2:05 h
Ascent 28 m
Descent 28 m

The Green Route indeed offers a lot of greenery, especially in the summer months, as it mainly leads through our North German cultural landscape ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Forest Adventure Trail Boxberg
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 1.6 km
Duration 0:22 h
Ascent 35 m
Descent 26 m

The forest adventure trail of the Rendsburg West district hunting association will be 30 years old in 2025. The hunters thus contribute to ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Schlotfeld's Red Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 9.5 km
Duration 2:20 h
Ascent 21 m
Descent 33 m

One might have hiked Schlotfeld's Yellow, Blue, and Green routes – and still not have seen and experienced everything the community has to offer in ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Grauel's Yellow Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 2.9 km
Duration 0:45 h
Ascent 38 m
Descent 39 m

Village routes like this are very pleasant because they are low-barrier, versatile, and entertaining. The internet also reveals historical ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Tönsheider Circular Route
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 3.4 km
Duration 0:50 h
Ascent 23 m
Descent 23 m

The Tönsheider Forest is one of the near-natural terminal moraine forests in the central area of the Aukrug: the forests are interspersed with ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Aukrug's Bünzau hiking route
recommended route Difficulty T1 moderate
Distance 11.3 km
Duration 2:45 h
Ascent 11 m
Descent 11 m

The Bünzau hiking route combines the Red, Green, and Blue Bünzau routes, offering the highlights from all of them over a longer distance.

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Aukrug's Green Bünzau route
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 3.3 km
Duration 0:50 h
Ascent 4 m
Descent 4 m

Barrier-free through the lowland of the Bünzau. There are several benches, but the river itself cannot be seen.

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Blue route in the Holtdorfer Gehege
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 5.3 km
Duration 1:15 h
Ascent 36 m
Descent 36 m

The Holtdorfer Gehege is a must for every forest and hiking enthusiast. Regardless of the season or time of day: a walk beneath the trees has a ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Yellow route in the Große Haaler Gehege
recommended route Difficulty T1 easy
Distance 4.8 km
Duration 1:10 h
Ascent 25 m
Descent 25 m

Anyone traveling on the heavily frequented B77 between Elmshorn and Schleswig should definitely take a relaxing detour into this special FFH and ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Sarlhusen's Red Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 11.6 km
Duration 2:50 h
Ascent 60 m
Descent 56 m

Hikers, including groups, will find a spacious parking lot, a good overall length, plenty of variety, and fascinating birdlife. BUT the footpath ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug
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Der Naturpark Aukrug hat landschaftlich und kulturhistorisch viel zu bieten - niemand weiß das besser als unsere Mitgliedsgemeinden. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Naturpark haben sich einige Gemeinden ...

Naturpark Aukrug
Hiking Trail · Schleswig-Holstein inland
Aukrug's Red Bünzau Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 2.9 km
Duration 0:42 h
Ascent 8 m
Descent 8 m

The path follows the sandy, leisurely Bünzau. The tributaries Bredenbek and Sellbek are highlighted. Beautiful, calm, natural - and occasionally ...

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from Bonnie Bogner,   Naturpark Aukrug

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