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Special tourist sights:
The maritime open-air museum in Haren, the Meyer Werft in Papenburg, and the Ems barrier near Oldersum. Proximity to the Ems as well as to numerous lakes and canals offers a variety of leisure activities related to water.
As a historic trading place at the Ems crossing between Holland and Northern Germany, the former fortress town of Lingen is worth admiring. Lingen stands out in its historic core with many sights: at the market square the old town hall from the 15th century, the House of the Kivelinge from 1583, the "Old Post Office" from 1653, the Cross Church at University Square, the former university and professors' house, Palais Danckelmann (district court) and the Hellmann House with richly ornamented half-timbered gable in Burgstraße, to name just a few.
The town of Papenburg is the largest and oldest fen colony in Germany. There were around two dozen shipyards here, of which today only the Meyer Werft remains, specialized in building cruise ships. Worth seeing are the Meyer Werft and the Forum Alte Werft, a former Meyer Werft site which today functions as a cultural and conference center in Papenburg with city hall, theater on the shipyard, painting school and gallery, and boiler smithy.
The town of Leer, also called the "Gateway to East Frisia," is certainly worth a visit.
In the old town, numerous historic buildings from previous centuries can be found. The harbor, town hall with scales, and the Haneburg are as much attractions as the Evenburg in Loga. And those who come to Leer in October experience the traditional Gallimarkt, connected with the cattle market.
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Tips and suggestions
Emden Marketing and Tourism GmbH
Bahnhofsplatz 11
26721 Emden
Tel: 04921 97400
Fax: 04921 97409
ti@emden-touristik.de
www.emden-touristik.de
Tourism GmbH "Southern East Frisia"
Ledastraße 10
26789 Leer
Tel: 0491 919696 40
Fax: 0491 2860
Roadbook
Emssperrwerk/Zugang Nendorp
Neuer Binnenhafen
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Arrival is possible at any point on the route. It is possible to park your car at your starting hotel for the duration of your cycling tour and pick it up again at the end of the tour.
Of course, arrival by train is also possible. Almost all towns along the routes have train stations:
* Emden
* Leer
* Papenburg
* Aschendorf
* Lathen
* Haren
* Meppen
* Geeste
* Lingen
* Emsbüren
* Salzbergen
* Rheine
* Emsdetten
* Greven
* Münster
* Telgte
* Warendorf
* Gütersloh
* Rheda-Wiedenbrück
* Hövelhof
* Paderborn
Tip: To get from Emden back to Hövelhof, you only need to change trains twice. Travel from Emden to Rheine, from there to Bielefeld, and then with the NordWestBahn to Hövelhof.
Between Rheine and Leer, train stations with local and long-distance connections can be found at relatively short intervals. Only between Leer and Emden is there a long stretch without a rail stop.
Directions
Arrival at the source
The starting point of the Ems cycle route is about 7 km outside Hövelhof. The starting point is at the information center EmsQuellen & Ems cycle route, Emser Kirchweg 82, 33161 Hövelhof. You can reach it via the Ems cycle route signposted from the station. It is also easy to begin the journey at almost any other place along the route since more than 20 towns along the 375 km stretch have a train station with regular connections. Additionally, it is possible to travel to Münster or Paderborn and cycle from there over a feeder bike route to the Ems cycle route. From Paderborn to the Ems sources is about 25 km. The route from Münster to the junction at the historic canal crossing near Gimbte is about 9 km long.
Arrival at the mouth
* from Leer: motorway A31 to the Emden-Mitte exit, towards the city center
* from Aurich/ Norden: via B210 to Emden city center (Auricher Str., Neutorstraße)
* from Greetsiel (Campen, Rysum): via Larrelter Straße towards Emden city center, over the railway bridge, immediately on the left is the water tower
Destination: Water tower, Abdenastraße, 26721 Emden
Parking
Parking route source - mouth
You can park your car free of charge for several days directly at Hövelhof station or about 150 m further along Bahnhofstraße between the police station and town hall. Free parking spaces for cars are also available at the information center at the Ems sources & Ems cycle route.
Parking route mouth - source
* from Leer: motorway A31 to the Emden-Mitte exit, towards the city center, about 2.5 km, keep right onto Agterum street, after about 400 m turn left into the parking garage
* from Aurich/ Norden: via B210 to Emden city center (Auricher Str., Neutorstraße), at the large intersection turn right towards the station/water tower/art gallery (street name: Agterum), after about 400 m turn left into the parking garage
* from Greetsiel (Campen, Rysum): via Larrelter Straße towards Emden city center, cross the railway bridge and immediately keep left, entrance to the parking garage at the water tower
Destination: Parking garage at the water tower, Abdenastraße, 26721 Emden
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