Cycle route "From the Devil's Moor to the Wadden Sea"
- 28:20 h
- 447.08 km
- 395 m
- 395 m
- 40 m
- Start: Bremen main station, Bürgerweide rear exit
- Destination: Bremen main station, Bürgerweide rear exit
Discover the varied natural landscape in the green triangle between the two estuaries of the Elbe and Weser and the North Sea coast.
Join natural rivers such as the Wümme, Hamme, Geeste and Lune on the one hand and the powerful and large rivers Weser and Elbe on the other. Enjoy the tranquillity of the vast geest and marsh landscape, clear lakes and breathtaking moors such as the Devil's Moor, which covers over 600 square meters. A special highlight of this tour is certainly the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here you should take the time to enjoy the spectacle of the ebb and flow of the North Sea in peace.
In addition to this varied natural landscape with its diverse flora and fauna, idyllic villages and small towns, coastal bathing resorts, the old Hanseatic cities of Bremen and Stade and the maritime cities of Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven invite you to explore, stop for a bite to eat and stay overnight.
The circular tour is suitable for a multi-day cycle tour as well as for interesting day trips.
If you want to cycle the entire 450 km cycle route, we recommend that you start at Bremen main station and follow the route anticlockwise towards Worpswede and Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Of course, it is possible to start at any other point along the route.
In addition to the main route, there are also three attractive alternative routes.
- The "Alternative route Bremervörde-Bremerhaven" and numerous rail connections along the route offer various options for shortening the cycle route or taking it as a day trip.
- You can cycle directly along the coast on the "Alternative route Cuxhaven-Bremerhaven".
- The "Alternative route Nordenham-Lemwerder"offers the opportunity to explore the Wesermarsch region and get to know the Jade Bay.
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Directions
The round trip officially starts at Bremer Hauptbahnhof and leads in an anti-clockwise direction to the artists' village of Worpswede and the Teufelsmoor moorland region. From there, it goes via the moor metropolis of Gnarrenburg and the recreational town of Bremervörde on the Oste to the Hanseatic city of Stade and through the Alte Land on the Ebstrom, Germany's largest fruit-growing region.
The northernmost section of the route begins in Freiburg on the Elbe and takes you parallel to the Elbe to Cuxhaven. Here, the "Alte Liebe" viewing platform and the beach offer sweeping views of the North Sea or the UNESCO World Heritage Wadden Sea, depending on the tide. From there, the route continues across Cuxland, past the Ahlenmoor nature reserve and Lake Bederkesa to Bremerhaven. The seaside town offers exciting museums in the Havenwelten, which are all within walking distance and which you should take time to visit.
The last stage is accompanied by the Weser and leads via the northern Bremen district of Vegesack through the Wümmeniederung to the Freie Hansestadt Bremen. The historic heart of the city is the market square with the UNESCO World Heritage town hall and Roland statue and St. Peter's Cathedral. Nearby are the Bremen Town Musicians and the Schnoor, a winding old town district.
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Directions & Parking facilities
The A1, A26 and A27 freeways will take you directly to many places along the cycle route. The route planners map24 or www.google.de/maps.
How to get there by bike
There are a number of long-distance cycle routes that connect to or run parallel to the cycle route "Vom Teufelsmoor zum Wattenmeer". In Bremen, the cycle route meets the Weser Cycle Route, the Brückenradweg Osnabrück-Bremen, the Wümme-Radweg and the Radfernweg Hamburg-Bremen. In Stade, the cycle route meets the Elberadweg, the Nordseeküsten-Radweg and runs parallel to them in places. In Bremerhaven, the cycle route meets theWeser Cycle Route, the North Sea Coast Cycle Route and runs partly parallel to it. In the Wesermarsch the cycle route meets the Weser Cycle Route, the Nordseeküsten-Radweg, the Deutsche Sielroute and runs partly parallel to these.
Rail connections
(Hamburg) - Stade - Cuxhaven
Transport company Start Unterelbe mbH mbH
Tel. 04721 2049724 * www.start-unterelbe.de
Hamburg - Stade
Hamburger Verkehrsverbund GmbH (S-Bahn line 3)
Tel. 040 19449 * www.hvv.de
Cuxhaven - Bremerhaven
EVB - Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH
Tel. 04761 993116 * www.evb-elbe-weser.de
Bremerhaven - Bremen
Deutsche Bahn AG (regional express)
Tel. 030 2970 * www.bahn.de
NordWestBahn GmbH - "Regio-S-Bahn (Line RS 2)
Tel. 0541 2002-4321 * www.regiosbahn.de
Bremerhaven - Bremervörde - Buxtehude - Hamburg
EVB - Eisenbahnen und Vekehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH
Tel. 04761 993116 * www.evb-elbe-weser.de
From Buxtehude you can take the metronom or the S-Bahn (S3) to Hamburg Central Station.
Nordenham - Bremen
NordWestBahn GmbH
"Regio-S-Bahn (line RS 4)
Tel. 0541 2002-4321 * www.regiosbahn.de
Museum railways
Bremen - Worpswede - Gnarrenburg - Bremervörde - Stade
Historic Moorexpress (May to October), 22 stops along the route
Tel. 04761 993116 www.moorexpress.de
Historic museum train (May 7 to October 1, every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month)
Tel. 04745 7196 * www.museumsbahn-bremerhaven-bederkesa.de
Elbe cycle tour bus
Balje - Freiburg (Elbe) - Drochtersen - Stade
Elbe cycle touring bus (May 1 to September 29 at weekends and on public holidays)
Tel. 04142 889760 * www.elberadwanderbus.de
The bus has space for about 15 bikes. Reservations are not possible, tickets are available on the bus.
The local bus stops are marked with the bus logo.
Additional information
The cycle path "From the Devil's Moor to the Wadden Sea" is a joint project between the tourist regions along the cycle path and the NABU environmental pyramid Bremervörde. There are many natural landscapes, diverse flora and numerous native animals to discover on the circular route.
NABU for people and nature
Within this landscape, NABU is committed to preserving the local area in a variety of ways - for the last remaining moors, where the golden plover and sundew are on the verge of disappearing, for the Wadden Sea as a hub of international bird migration and nursery for fish, for the wet meadows of the lowlands with lapwing, curlew and orchids, for traditional hedgerows as breeding grounds for redshank, brown rock thrush and yellowhammer and for the rich forests of the Geest with their own abundance of species.
The lapwing - heraldic animal of the cycle route
The symbol of these unique and protected natural areas is the lapwing, which points cyclists in the right direction on the cycle path. Its habitat - open, flat permanent grassland with floodplains - is highly endangered today due to drainage and other land uses.
You can find more interesting information about the "From the Devil's Moor to the Wadden Sea" cycle trail and the "North Sea-Elbe-Weser" region atwww.teufelsmoor-wattenmeer.de.
Literature
The free brochure contains general information about the route, route, arrival and tourist highlights along the way. You can obtain it from the tourist information offices along the route or from the portal of the Seestadt Bremerhaven.
Contact person
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Radwanderweg "Vom Teufelsmoor zum Wattenmeer"
License (master data)
Touristikverband Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme)
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
You can combine the route sections listed below according to the modular principle. Parts of the route can be covered by train, the Historic Moorexpress, the museum train from Bad Bederkesa to Bremerhaven or the Elbe cycle touring bus.
For the complete route "Bremen - Bremervörde - Stade - Cuxhaven - Bremerhaven - Bremen", for example, combine route sections 1, 2a, 3, 4a or 4b and 5. The individual stages of the main and alternative routes are listed below, together with their length:
Bremen - 12.5 km - Lilienthal - 14 km - Worpswede - 15 km - Hambergen - 22.5 km - Gnarrenburg - 12.5 km - Sandbostel - 10 km - Bremervörde - 15 km - Kutenholz - 14 km - Deinste - 11 km - Stade
2a: Main route Bremervörde - Stade (approx. 40 km)
Bremervörde - 15 km - Kutenholz - 14 km - Deinste - 11 km - Stade
2b: Alternative route Bremervörde - Bremerhaven (approx. 60 km)
Bremervörde - 12 km - Basdahl - 14 km - Beverstedt - 6 km - Wollingst - 14 km - Donnern - 13 km - Bremerhaven
3: Main route Stade - Cuxhaven (approx. 127 - 149 km)
Stade - 20 km - Oldendorf - 32 km (via the hand-operated Prahm ferry - please note: register in advance!) or - 10 km (via the alternative route) - Hechthausen - 10 km - Hemmoor - 20 km - Wischhafen - 9 km - Freiburg - 23 km- Neuhaus - 16 km - Ottendorf - 17.5 km - Cuxhaven
4a: Main route Cuxhaven - Bederkesa - Bremerhaven (approx. 85 km)
Cuxhaven - 12 km - Altenwalde - 15 km - Wanna - 19 km - Flögeln- 7 km - Bad Bederkesa - 20 km - Spaden - 12.5 km - Bremerhaven
4b: Alternative route Cuxhaven - Dorum-Neufeld - Bremerhaven (approx. 55 km)
Cuxhaven - 7.5 km - Sahlenburg - 20 km - Dorum-Neufeld - 12 km - Wremen - 6 km - Weddewarden - 10 km - Bremerhaven
5: Main route Bremerhaven - Bremen (approx. 82 km)
Bremerhaven - 17.5 km - Dedesdorf - 10 km - Sandstedt - 12.5 km - Rade - 10 km- Blumenthal - 13 km - Burglesum - 18.5 km - Bremen
Bremerhaven - 18 km - Burhave - 19 km - Sehestedt - 19 km - Mentzhausen - 32 km- Berne - 9 km - Lemwerder - 20 - Bremen
Safety guidelines
Map
The popular cycling map at a scale of 1:75,000, published by Bielefelder Verlagsanstalt (BVA), is a combination of map and cycling guide. The map consists of detailed individual maps and contains a wealth of information on the towns and tourist highlights along the route. The cycling map is available in bookshops at a price of EUR 9.95 (ISBN 978-3-87073-821-1) and from local tourist contacts. Or simply order the cycle map (plus shipping costs) directly from the Bielefelder Verlagsanstalt.
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