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The approximately 100 km long Ahornweg runs in the southern part of the Osnabrück region as a circular hiking trail in the form of a figure eight. In total, five viewing towers offer hikers views of the varied landscape with its moderately hilly profile.
Attractive transitions between forest and field make every hiker’s heart beat faster. The Ahornweg is divided into six routes, split into a small and large loop.
The small loop leads hikers from the Kneipp spa Bad Iburg via Urberg, Heidhornberg, and Borgberg to a water-treading pool in the cozy town of Hagen in the Teutoburg Forest. From here, the route continues to Georgsmarienhütte to Lammersbrink with its viewing tower and to the Dörenberg, which also features a viewing tower and is the highest elevation of the Teutoburg Forest in the Osnabrück region at 331 m. After crossing Musenberg and Limberg, you return to Bad Iburg.
Note: The Ahornweg can also be started at any other point along the route.
Infrastructure and Signposting: Signposting is provided at junctions through destination signs of the Osnabrück Land hiking guidance system using insert and location signs. Between destination signs, marking signs or color markings measuring 10 x 10 cm are attached according to the specifications of the German Hiking Association.
Information boards provide an overview. Rest benches, rest areas, and lounge chairs offer regular opportunities to relax and catch your breath. With a total of five viewing towers, magnificent views open up over the southern Osnabrück region.
Terrain: The terrain is moderately hilly to partially flat. Especially in the area of the viewing towers, the wonderful views demand hiking with challenging climbs.
Hiker type: Ideal for hikers who appreciate attractive transitions between forest and field in a hilly landscape and also want to hike some challenging climbs. Divided into 6 routes, the Ahornweg offers the right hiking experience for every type of hiker. Challenging climbs, slightly hilly or flat – on the Ahornweg every hiker gets their money’s worth.
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When the first warm sun rays touch the forest floors along the Ahornweg after the long winter, you witness a unique natural spectacle. Early bloomers like wood anemone and corydalis awaken like a carpet to new life. Here, as a hiker, you can also draw new energy from the springtime nature of the Ahornweg to take home!
The lush bloom in the Freeden nature reserve near Bad Iburg is almost legendary and is related to our earth’s history, as the 120 million-year-old limestone forms the nutrient base for these special early bloomers!
A little later, the snow-white cherry blossoms, in beautiful contrast to the blue sky, make your walk on the Ahornweg feel like a journey through a <strongtrue natural idyll. Especially in Hagen a.T.W, the cherry is a special focus: here, not only is the preservation of historic varieties promoted, but also the sweet red fruits are processed into delicious products.
The subsequent blooming of wild garlic, with its intoxicatingly intense scent, heralds culinary spring specialties to which you should indulge yourself.
Information about the flowering status of corydalis and a rich program with entertaining tours and excursions is always provided timely on the website of TERRA.vita!
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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Actually, you are doing a coastal hike on the Ahornweg!!
Compared to the low mountain ranges further south, the Teutoburg Forest in the area of the Ahornweg is not particularly high. Its highest point reaches 331 meters. But a beach walk on the Ahornweg? How is that possible?
To understand this, take a closer look at the embankments and the small quarries along the path. Where the Ahornweg runs along the northern mountain ridge, the attentive hiker will repeatedly discover very sandy, yellow-brown rock. It weathers into sandy soil, on which blueberries, pines, and sometimes even heather like to grow.
But on the southern ridge, you notice an almost white limestone that is often used as gravel on the paths. It becomes slippery when it rains and provides a good base for some well-known plants like corydalis or wild garlic.
Still, no coast in sight, right? But yes! The sandstone on the northern slope is nothing other than finest beach sand! Around 120 million years ago, at the beginning of the Cretaceous period, waves lapped here against the shore and spread sand over many kilometers. If we had been here then, we might have had a good chance of spotting a dinosaur sunbathing.
If you take a closer look at the white limestone of the Teuto’s southern ridge, you’ll spot here and there small or larger fossilized shells. A clear sign that this rock is also linked to the sea: It was deposited as lime mud near the end of the Cretaceous on the seabed. The sea level had risen and flooded the old beach areas.
The current hiking map (1:30,000) with lots of info and tips on the Ahornweg can be obtained directly from the publisher, the Nature and Geopark TERRA.vita, for the price of EUR 2.95: info@geopark-terravita.de
Or in the shop at www.geopark-terravita.de
Of course, all tourist information offices in the Ahornweg towns also have the hiking map available. The Osnabrück Land Tourist Association and the Bad Iburg Tourist Information also offer free hotel reservations:
www.badiburg.de
www.osnabruecker-land.de/ahornweg
Route changes in July 2022
In July 2022, the Ahornweg was rerouted in a few places. The re-marking work of the small loop has been completed in these areas:
- Hagen a.T.W. between the center and the Achter de Welt area over a length of approx. 2 km.
- Hagen a.T.W. in the area of the outdoor swimming pool, west of Birkenweg over approx. 750 m.
- Hagen a.T.W. in the Achter de Welt area over approx. 1.5 km.
The hiking signs set up on-site are expected to be replaced in August 2022.
Roadbook
Small loop from Bad Iburg clockwise (Routes 1,2,3)
Bad Iburg-Urberg-Borgberg-Hagen a.T.W., approx. 15 km
Narrow paths, ridge trails, and repeatedly views of the surrounding landscape – this sums up the hiking experience on Route 1 of the Ahornweg.
Your hike begins at Iburg Castle and leads you over Schlossberg to Charlottensee. After the steep ascent to Urberg, you are rewarded on the ridge with a magnificent view of Iburg Castle.
On your further hike, you reach the Heidhornberg via the particularly winding "Schmuggelpättken". This part of Route 1’s path is especially characterized by narrow paths and a cozy forest atmosphere.
Through the collage, you can repeatedly enjoy beautiful views of the surrounding landscape on the way to Borgberg. Here, forest and farmland alternate – versatile impressions await you.
Past the Duvensteine, your hike passes a tree nursery with a fallow deer enclosure. Here, another wonderful view awaits you. You then climb the last ascent to Borgberg on the further route before you can enjoy magnificent views from the alpine meadow.
You leave Borgberg behind and, after the descent, have the opportunity to refresh yourself at a knee-deep water treading pool. Afterwards, the path leads you past the "Breiten Stein" into the recreational town of Hagen, the goal of the first route on the Ahornweg.
Hagen a.T.W.-Schöpper Siedlung-Lammersbrink-Dörenberg/B 51, approx. 14 km
From the meadow valley through the southern Osnabrück hilly country to the summit of the Dörenberg – this sums up the hiking experience on Route 2 of the Ahornweg.
Your hike starts in Hagen a.T.W. and leads you through the dreamy meadow valley before continuing over the Krusenpass and the foot of Baumannsknollen (245 m) to Lammersbrink. There, you can enjoy an excellent view of Georgsmarienhütte from the Varus Tower.
On your further hike, you can enjoy the tranquility of the extensive forest areas of the Dörenberg. Passing the inn "Forsthaus Oesede", you reach Bardenburg, where relics of a former moat system are still visible.
Via Karlsplatz, you continue to the Dörenberg, the highest elevation of the Teutoburg Forest at 331 m. From the Hermann Tower, you can enjoy wonderful panoramic views of the surrounding landscape.
After these varied landscape impressions, your hike leads you, after the descent from Dörenberg, finally to the country inn on the B 51, the endpoint of Route 2.
Dörenberg/B 51 – Musenberg – Limberg – Bad Iburg, approx. 11 km
Through forest and fields, over streams and high peaks – these 11 km are rich in forest and hilly.
Your hike starts at the country inn on the B 51 and first leads you through picturesque farmland past the rest bench "Teuto-Blick" and a wayside cross before you enter the forest on cozy paths.
On your further hike, you cross the Breenbach and reach the hiking parking lot at Musenberg. Here a short break is recommended before you climb the summit of Musenberg.
After descending from Musenberg, you cross the street "Am Limberg" and follow the path past the "Zeppelinstein". Your hike continues through quiet forest areas. Passing the Freedenbach, you finally reach Bad Iburg, the destination of Route 3 on the Ahornweg.
Kneipp-Erlebnispark
Schloss Iburg
Parkplatz Holperdorper Kreisel
Tourist-Information Bad Iburg
TERRA.vita Pavillon
Baumwipfelpfad Bad Iburg
Kurpark
Waldkurpark
Osning-Sandstein
Wanderparkplatz zum breiten Stein
Freibad Hagen a. T.W.
Gemeinde Hagen a.T.W.
St. Martinus Kirche
Wanderparkplatz am Zuckerhut
Wanderparkplatz Schützenhaus/Lammersbrink
Wanderparkplatz Herrenrest
Wanderparkplatz zum Freden
Public transport
Local bus service in all towns along the small loop (Bad Iburg, Hagen aTW, Georgsmarienhütte) Timetable and current information: www.vos.infoDB train stations: Osnabrück main station + old town
The Haller Willem runs on the route Osnabrück - Halle - Bielefeld with stops in Hilter and Dissen/Bad Rothenfelde. Info: here
Directions
To Bad Iburg:Connections
- Motorway exit A 30 Osnabrück - Bad Iburg
- Motorway exit A 1 Lengerich
- Motorway exit A 33 Hilter
- Federal road 51 Osnabrück - Münster (Westphalia)
- State roads 96, 97 and 98
- District roads 332 and 333
Arrival:
By car from the north (Bremen/Hamburg):
Motorway A1 towards Dortmund to the Osnabrück/Lotte interchange. Here change to motorway A30
towards Hannover, exit Osnabrück Nahne/Bad Iburg, continue on B 51 (approx. 13 km)
By car from the south (Cologne/Dortmund):
Motorway A1 towards Münster, exit Lengerich, continue via Lienen to Bad Iburg (approx. 22 km)
By car from the west (Netherlands/Rheine):
Motorway A30 towards Hannover, exit Osnabrück-Nahne/Bad Iburg, continue on B 51 (approx. 13 km)
By car from the east (Berlin/Hannover):
Motorway A2 to Bad Oeynhausen, motorway A30 towards Osnabrück/Hengelo, exit Osnabrück-Nahne,
continue on B 51 (approx. 13 km)
Parking
- in the communities bordering the Ahornweg
- at accommodation providers
- at the water-treading pool in Hagen a.T.W.
- hiking parking lot Borgloher Straße (Musenberg)
- parking lot at Eggeweg (Bismarckhütte)
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