Schunter cycle path

Route description

► Sights on the route

Schunter mouth

Schunter culvert at the Mittelland Canal in Braunschweig-Wenden

Renaturation of the Schunter in the Dibbesdorf/Hondelage area

Wendhausen windmill

Wendhausen water castle

Schunter floodplain in Ochsendorf

Uhra mouth near Ochsendorf

Schunter floodplain in Beienrode

Construction site of the megalithic tomb Bockshornklippe in Groß Steinum

Liesebach mill

Schunter spring

► Route course

From the starting point of the route at the Okerhalle in Groß Schwülper, the route leads directly to the point where the Schunter flows into the Oker and the actual Schunter route begins.

The first stage passes through Harxbüttel to the Schunter culvert in Wenden. Here, the Schunter is impressively led under the Mittelland Canal, and a short break gives strength for the next stage.

You ride through Wenden and then the path winds along the Schunter past the Mittelriede and Wabe mouths through the green Braunschweig. Shortly afterward, the renaturation area of the Schunter between Dibbesdorf, Hondelage, and Wendhausen is reached. Information boards set up in this area provide comprehensive details about the renaturation carried out on the Schunter here. Viewpoints give you the opportunity to take a break, enjoy nature, and observe animals.

Upon arriving in Wendhausen, a look at the windmill and the water castle is worthwhile before the route continues towards Lehre.

Along the further route to Flechtorf, there are again natural areas, and those planning an overnight stay on the route will find a good place at Landhaus Dieterichs in Hattorf.

The route leads via Beienrode (Lehre), Glentorf, and Klein Steimke to Ochsendorf, where a short detour to the Schunter floodplain is obligatory.

The observation tower shortly afterward at the Uhra mouth must of course be climbed. The Schunter floodplain in Beienrode (Königslutter am Elm) and the Bockshornklippe in Gr. Steinum are also interesting sights.

Past St. Johannis in Süpplingenburg, the path follows the Schunter through Süpplingen and Frellstedt to Räbke. The Liesebach mill, which has been restored by the mill association and is fully functional again, offers a comprehensive insight into the mill history of Räbke.

Always close to the Schunter, the path now leads towards Elm. The Räbke leisure park will be left on the right, and on a narrow path, which finally leads over a meadow, you reach it: the source of the Schunter. An information board located in the area of the largest spring pots provides comprehensive information about the spring area and the course of the Schunter, which you have already covered from the mouth to the source.