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Research Museum Schöningen (paläon)Photo: Thomas Kempernolte, Elm-Freizeit, CC BY-SA, Community
Route overview
An amazing journey from the early human Homo heidelbergensis at the Schöningen Research Museum (paläon) to the more recent history of the region awaits you. The paläon route is the southernmost of three cycle routes around the renatured opencast mines in the Helmstedt mining district.
It leads through the town of Schöningen with its many sights, the Wulfersdorf Switzerland, and to the former inner-German border.
Author’s recommendation
Schöningen :
- Castle
- St. Vincenz
- Market square with Water Maiden and history fountain
- Local history museum
- Opencast mine information point
- Schöningen Research Museum
Büddenstedt :
- Wulfersdorf Switzerland (renatured opencast mine)
Hötensleben :
- Hötensleben border monument
The indicated travel time refers exclusively to the ride. Therefore, you should plan more time to explore all sights extensively.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Safety information
The route partly runs on field and forest paths; therefore, appropriate riding skills are required.
If you notice any damage or pollution, these can be reported to the responsible persons in Elm-Lappwald Nature Park.
Email: np-elm-lappwald@lk-wf.de
Phone: 05331 84463
Tips and suggestions
https://www.elm-freizeit.de/Roadbook
Route description
The start and end point of this route is at the Schöningen Research Museum (paläon). This route is a circular route, so it can alternatively be started and ended at any other location described along the route.
From the Schöningen Research Museum (paläon) (stamp point 15), the route leads directly into the center of Schöningen with its many sights. (Please push your bike in the pedestrian zone). One of these is the local history museum. It was founded in 1927 and has been located since 1957 in the patrician house directly on the market square. This is also the location of the history fountain, old town hall, and Water Maiden, the landmark of Schöningen. The sculpture commemorates the time when the hardest water in Germany flowed in Schöningen.
At Burgplatz are Schöningen Castle (stamp point 16) and the former gatehouses of the castle with the tourist information and changing exhibitions.
The route continues through the castle courtyard to the castle meadow and through the public park. Shortly after reaching the city outskirts, a roadside cycle path leads to Büddenstedt. The church tower of Büddenstedt can already be seen from afar, and after passing through the town, you reach the renatured Wulfersdorf opencast mine via an avenue.
The entrance to the former opencast mine over a narrow bridge is challenging. However, the further path leads in a relaxed manner through a renatured and natural, picturesque landscape, the so-called Wulfersdorf Switzerland.
The route leads via Hohnsleben and Reinsdorf to Offleben, where the border hiking trail is located directly on the former inner-German border.
After crossing the former border strip, it continues past the Viktoriasee to Hötensleben with the Hötensleben border monument.
The decades-long division of Germany can still be vividly experienced here.
The final destination of the route is the opencast mine information point in Schöningen, where locomotives, coal wagons, and a bucket-wheel excavator explain the technology of coal mining.
The starting point of the route at the Schöningen Research Museum (paläon) is already within sight from here.
St. Vincenz
Heimatmuseum Schöningen
Marktplatz Schöningen
Wassermaid Schöningen
Geschichtsbrunnen
Seilereimuseum
Schloss Schöningen
Grenzdenkmal Hötensleben
Tagebauinformationspunkt
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Nearest stops:
Bus: Schöningen, Paläon (0.2 km)
Train station: Helmstedt (10.3 km)
www.vrb-online.de
Parking
Free and also disability-accessible parking spaces are available in sufficient numbers directly at the town hall, and parking spaces are also available at the Schöningen Research Museum.
http://www.meinestadt.de/schoeningen/stadtplan/parkplaetze/burgplatz
Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
The book about the routes in Elm-Lappwald Nature Park:
Elm-Lappwald Nature Park - The 20 most beautiful cycling routes, ISBN 978-3-945715-12-3, 12.90 EUR (D)
This book contains 20 carefully developed cycling routes through this wonderful region by an expert and is supplemented by free online information such as route flyers, GPX data, and a smartphone app (Android). Additionally, a fold-out map with the cycling routes in the book is included. The book is available in all bookshops, regional bike dealers, and online.
The app for the routes in Elm-Lappwald Nature Park:
The flyers for the routes in Elm-Lappwald Nature Park:
Author’s map recommendations
Braunschweig – Helmstedt with Elm-Lappwald Nature Park
ISBN 978-3-89920-462-9
Cycle maps for the region:
http://www.elm-freizeit.de/index.php/fahrrad/fahrrad-radkarten-region
Equipment
A bicycle helmet should be part of the equipment for the route.
Provision for snacks on the go is recommended.
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
User Questions