- 3:02 h
- 42.97 km
- 54 m
- 61 m
- 12 m
- Start: Wiesmoor
- Destination: Barßel
This stage takes you through the following towns:
Uplengen
On the map, the Fehn canals are often only visible as fine blue lines. However, during the ride through the municipality of Uplengen, the Nordgeorgsfehnkanal accompanies the cyclist almost continuously for nearly 30 kilometers. Around the turn of the century, this canal, which connects the Ems-Jade Canal with the Jümme river on its long route from Wiesmoor to Stickhausen, was an important transport route for peat, building materials, and all other goods needed in the moor colonies.
Apen / Augustfehn
Borders have become almost insignificant in our European age. This was not so in earlier times. Because your village was only about a half-hour walk from the Oldenburg-East Frisian border, residents of Apen regularly found themselves in serious trouble over the past centuries when Oldenburgers and East Frisians once again settled their disputes with swords, halberds, and muskets.
Barßel
Water is the defining element of the vast lowland landscape at the Soeste river. The immediate proximity to navigable rivers and canals has therefore decisively shaped the development of the municipality of Barßel for centuries. Even today, far inland, the maritime past is everywhere present here. You sense it on the leisure boats in the marina, at the memorials in the seafaring town of Barßel, and during the annual harbor festival.
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Directions
A detailed route description can be found in the "Travel and Route Guide" of the Deutsche Fehnroute, which you can order free of charge on our website here.
Equipment
Directions & Parking facilities
Since the Deutsche Fehnroute is a circular route, you can start at any place along the route. Numerous hotels offer their guests parking spaces for the entire duration of the stay, provided the first or last night is spent there. Please coordinate this with the respective establishment!
Furthermore, there are numerous free and paid parking options along the Deutsche Fehnroute. For detailed information, it is best to contact the tourist information offices of the towns along the route.
The following places on the Deutsche Fehnroute can be reached by train: Leer, Augustfehn and Papenburg plan your journey.
Long-distance bus stops are available in Leer, Hesel and Uplengen/Jübberde plan your journey.
Additional information
On the portal "Boundless Active in the Northwest" you can plan individual routes in the Fehn area or download the Deutsche Fehnroute as a GPS track. Or get the "Boundless Active" app, which even offers a navigation function.
Literature
explorise Holiday Road "Deutsche Fehnroute" (travel guide) / Grebennikov Verlag / ISBN: 978-3-941784-44-4 / 14.90 € Photo book Deutsche Fehnroute by Jürgen Woltmann / Isensee Verlag / ISBN: 978-3-89995-691-7 / 14.80 € Far Away Is So Near (novel) by Frerich Ihben / Geest-Verlag / ISBN: 978-386685-588-5 / 12.00 €
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Map
KVplan Deutsche Fehnroute scale 1:50,000; with local maps on the reverse side at a scale of 1:25,000; ISBN: 978-3-89641-667-4; price 5.00 €
bikeline Deutsche Fehnroute and Int. Dollard Route; ring binder with detailed maps; scale 1:50,000; ISBN: 978-3-85000-660-6; price 12.90 €
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