--- title: "Emstaldörfer" url: "https://www.niedersachsen-tourism.com/tour/emstaldoerfer" description: "Bernte, Elbergen, Gleesen, Helschen, Leschede, Listrup, Mehringen and Moorlage: these eight villages in the municipality of Emsbüren left and right of the Ems have their very own charm. Cyclists learn this cyclists on the 56-kilometre circular route through the so-called Emstal in the southern Emsland and get to know and love it.   From Emsbüren railroad station in the district of Leschede the tour leads along low-traffic paths and past forests and farms to Bernte. past forests and farms to Bernte. The Fleckenbach near the farming community farming community has been renaturalized where it flows into the Ems. A two hectare floodplain landscape has since provided a habitat for native animals and plants. plants.   Built with Bentheim sandstone around the year 1290 St. John's Church in Elbergen is the jewel of the village. village. You then cycle through the Elberger Schlipse forest area along the Ems-Vechte Canal and past the marina over the Ems bridge at Hanekenfähr. The Emstaldörfer route leads in a small arc past the area where the Große Aa flows into the Große Aa into the Ems and the Dortmund-Ems Canal to Gleesen.   A stopover to refuel is recommended at" language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://dam.destination.one/1993602/1d5cb9cb73f1909e34f7c8f4076138e9583a2b4332020e61401ffedcf24ae509/pastor-sine-koh.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Home > Special > Destination.Data Details > Tour" --- GPX Share Emstaldörfer ============ - 56.40 km long - Round trip - Difficulty: very easy - Condition: very easy - Great panorama - Bicycle Pastor sine Koh - 3:45 h - 56.40 km - 266 m - 266 m - 22 m - 46 m - 24 m - - Start: Start of the tour Knotenpunktfolge: 5-79-51-47-43-34-17-82-38-12-57-86-52-85-56-42-93-61-49-53-86-70-03-31-61-58-24-73-27-67-32-68-24-82-26-71-64-77-5 Bernte, Elbergen, Gleesen, Helschen, Leschede,Listrup, Mehringen and Moorlage: these eight villages in the municipality of Emsbürenleft and right of the Ems have their very own charm. Cyclists learn thiscyclists on the 56-kilometre circular route through the so-called Emstal in thesouthern Emsland and get to know and love it. From Emsbüren railroad station in the district of Leschedethe tour leads along low-traffic paths and past forests and farms to Bernte.past forests and farms to Bernte. The **Fleckenbach** near the farming communityfarming community has been renaturalized where it flows into the Ems. A twohectare floodplain landscape has since provided a habitat for native animals and plants.plants. Built with Bentheim sandstone around the year1290 **St. John's Church** in Elbergen is the jewel of the village.village. You then cycle through the **Elberger Schlipse** forest area along the **Ems-Vechte Canal**and past the marina over the Ems bridge at Hanekenfähr. TheEmstaldörfer route leads in a small arc past the area where the Große Aa flows into theGroße Aa into the Ems and the Dortmund-Ems Canal to Gleesen. A stopover to refuel is recommended at Querdels Hof. The farm has been growing asparagus since the 1970s.cultivated asparagus. Strawberries for self-picking and other fruits were laterwere added. The Querdel family's produce can be purchased in the farm store or eaten directly in theconsumed directly in the farm café. On the route between Gleesen and Helschenyou cycle virtually embedded in the Ems and Dortmund-Ems Canal. The cycle routealso overlaps with the regional circular route of the  and the . InHelschen, however, the paths separate again and the route continues along thecanal through Hesselte to Moorlage. The Dortmund-Ems Canal is crossed againand past Listrup, the tour leads through the Salzbergen district of Bexten.Bexten. From there, you reach Mehringen a few junctions later and there is already aand from Neumehringen there is a "reunion" with the Emsland-Route and Ems-Radweg cycle paths.Ems Cycle Route, especially as you cycle on the left-hand side of the Ems. Our tip: The Emstaldörfer loop can be completedshortened on the weekends between May and October, because: Between theEmsbüren districts of Listrup and Mehringen, the manually operated cable ferrycable ferry "**MehrLi**" crosses the Ems. Up to ten people includingbicycles can be accommodated on the ferry. Hunger and thirst are quenched at the farm caféIn't Hürhus in the **Mehringer Heide**, where the Hulsmeier familyruns a SwinGolf course and a salt grotto alongside the café. A realexperience - every year and every year with a new theme under a certain mottotheme every year - for young and old explorers alike, the walk through thecorn maze. A few pedal strokes later, a sign at thesign on the side of the road points the way to **Enking's Mühle**. In the bakeryright next to the over 200-year-old windmill has been producingDelikatess-Pumpernickel has been made according to an ancient recipe for generations. And so you canbefore heading home in the quaintly furnished mill café, where you can enjoy thepumpernickel cake, which - like the mill cake - is exclusively availableonly available from the Enking family. Read more Good to know ------------ Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Contact person Emsland Tourismus GmbHOrdeniederung 1 49716 Meppen License (master data) Emsland Tourismus GmbH Nearby ------ View on map - Place of interest - Disc golf - Wellness - Tours 331.75 km - E-bike 380.90 km - Bicycle 248.00 km - Bicycle Contact Beginn der Tour 48488 Emsbüren Download GPX file - -