Südschleifchen - Rennradtour bei Visselhövede

Route Overview:
Visselhövede – 3 km – Nindorf – 3 km – Jeddingen – 3 km – Dreeßel – 4 km – Groß Sehlingen – 5 km – Kirchwalsede – 8 km – Unterstedt – 7 km - Rotenburg (Wümme) – 13 km – Bellen – 7 km – Buchholz – 5 km – Visselhövede


Detailed route description:
The 60 km round-trip route leads from the Visselhövede train station past the striking water tower of Campus Sonnentau—a former candy and honey factory—toward the town center to a roundabout. The route begins there and heads west toward Nindorf and finally to Jeddingen. A tranquil village featuring a small, charming village store selling local products and a hotel-restaurant that offers a beer garden in the summer.

After another 13 km—partly on the very well-maintained asphalt of the K228 between Dreeßel and Groß Sehlingen—the tour takes us along quiet side roads through expansive farmland into the small village of Kirchwalsede. In the village center is the St. Bartholomew Church, a late Romanesque church along the bike path dating from the 12th century. If you’d like, you can stop by this historic building to soak in the region’s history and architecture.

We cycle along farm roads and through the tree-lined avenue of the K233 toward Unterstedt. This town also offers places to stop for refreshments before we reach the southern outskirts of the county seat, Rotenburg (Wümme), where the somewhat potholed road surface on the streets “Zum Brook” and “Grafeler Damm”—near a large tree nursery—requires careful attention for a good 500 meters. This lively small town offers plenty of places to stop for a break at its restaurants and cafés.

On the section “Zwischen den Wasser” that follows along the outskirts of town—which aptly leads across the Rodau and Wiedau rivers to the Rotenburg Hospital—you should slow down, as there are usually pedestrians here as well. Soon, in the south of Rotenburg, we’ll switch to the Fidi-Boon-Wech, a modern bike expressway built in 2024 on a former railroad right-of-way. This 8-km-long, perfectly paved section offers cyclists an excellent opportunity to enjoy the speed and “unwind” a bit, provided there are no other users on the path. This route is particularly pleasant to ride, although you’ll have to cross two roads with the right of way twice. After passing the former Brockel train station, we cross the Wiedau again before turning onto Bellener Weg. Here begins a stretch with several potholes in the asphalt—some quite deep—that require special attention.

For the next 7 km, we cycle from Bellen—one of the least densely populated towns in the district—on the well-paved K210, which is lined with dense tree-lined avenues, through the towns of Rosebruch and Hütthof to Buchholz. The route continues on partly well-paved roads through idyllic Buchholz and along side streets back to Visselhövede. Great photo opportunities in the town center include the City Hall and the St. John’s Church with its wooden bell tower. Here you’ll find places to stop and relax, allowing you to reflect on the highlights of the tour in a cozy café or restaurant before we cross the roundabout and pass the clearly visible water tower on our way back to the tour’s starting point, the Visselhövede train station.

The road bike tours in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) are neither signposted nor marked on site. GPX tracks are available for orientation (e.g. here on the page as a download).

Information and GPX tracks for all road bike tours in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) can be found at app.nordwaerts.de, nordwaerts.de, komoot.com and strava.com or in the handy folding brochure.

All the information about the road bike tours in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district is presented in a handy brochure. It can be ordered from the website of the Rotenburg (Wümme) District Tourism Association and is available at tourist information centers, including those in Visselhövede and Rotenburg (Wümme).