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Grafschaft Fietsentour 5

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  • Family in Nordhorn
    Family in Nordhorn
    Photo: Lena Wilken, Grafschaft Bentheim

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    Through the Vechte Valley to Singgraven Castle
    Length: approx. 47 km
    The route: Nordhorn, Hesepe, Brandlecht, Hestrup, Neerlage, Isterberg, Wengsel, Syenvenn, Holt, Mekkelhorst, Denekamp, Nordhorn-Almelo Canal, Nordhorn

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    Distance 47.4 km
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    Here you can stop for refreshments: In Nordhorn and Denekamp, you will find numerous cafés, inns, and restaurants in town.


    In the area of route 5, you will find the following Bett+Bike accommodations: Hotel “Nickisch”, Schüttorf; Hotel Bonke, Nordhorn; Hotel “Am Stadtring”, Nordhorn; Holiday Home “Storchennest”, Nordhorn; Apartments “Bisonblick”, Nordhorn;
    InSide-Hotel, Nordhorn; Hotel Rammelkamp, Nordhorn; move INN, Nordhorn


    For further overnight options, please refer to our
    website: http://www.grafschaft-bentheim-tourismus.de/


    Grafschaft bicycle service station with charging facilities for e-bikes: Isterberger Forest Café on the Isterberg and train station café Hestrup, Nordhorn Zoo


    More information: VVV Town and City Marketing Nordhorn, Tel. 0 59 21 / 80 39 - 0

    Author’s recommendation

    The old customs house on the Nordhorn-Almelo Canal is one of the most popular photo motifs around Nordhorn. The border between Germany and the Netherlands also runs here. From this house, ships were previously controlled. The canal was intended to connect the Dutch waterway network and the Twente industrial area with Prussia. However, the canal was only fully navigable from 1904. It quickly proved to be too small for the large cargo barges. The border lock was built from 1903 to 1905 and also served as an artificial watershed between the Vechte in Nordhorn and the Dinkel in the Netherlands. After shipping was discontinued, an earth dam in the Nordhorn-Almelo Canal took over the function of flood protection. Then as now, unusual and special is the arrangement of the gates, which consist of two pairs of mitre gates and outer double-wing flood protection gates.
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    Signposting: Ride by numbers with the new junction system. We have pre-planned this route for you: 3 – 1 – 33 – 57 – 48 – 21 – 64 – 27 – 39 – 26 – 44 – 41 – 35 – 79 – 78 – 58 – 55 – 18 – 53 – 23 – 17 – 15 – 14 – 12 – 13 – 10 – 57 – 33 – 1 – 3

    More info: http://www.grafschaft-bentheim-tourismus.de/radfahren-und-wandern/radfahren/fietsentour/grafschafter-fietsen-tour-5.html

    Roadbook

    From the VVV tower on Neumarkt in Nordhorn, you first ride over the historic lock at Vechtesee and then continue along the Vechte. On the way is the zoo, which is home to 1,700 animals from monkeys to zebras. The historic Vechte farm, the many enclosures, as well as the family attractions, are worth a detour. On lightly trafficked roads, you cycle further through Hesepe and past the Brandlecht estate up to the Isterberg. Enjoy a walk to the natural rock formations. After climbing the steps of the observation tower, you will be rewarded with a magnificent panoramic view.
    Along the Syen Venn, a large nature reserve, you go almost car-free across the border into the Netherlands. The route leads through the Lutterzand nature reserve to Denekamp, where you should treat yourself to a “Koffie” after a shopping tour. Via the Molendijk, you ride past Singgraven Castle with the old water mill – with its ancient beech forests and idyllic water landscapes, perhaps one of the most beautiful parts of the Fietsentour. Over the Nordhorn-Almelo Canal, past the Schuivenhuisje (see description of route 16), it goes completely car-free back to Vechtesee in Nordhorn.

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    52.351974, 7.148023
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    52°21'07.1"N 7°08'52.9"E
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    32U 373865 5801801
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