Best wildflower trails in Dümmer Nature Park
The Neustädter Moor is a partially peat-covered, renaturalised and regenerating raised bog area. It consists of raised bog areas with cotton grass stadia, moor and sand heaths, wet grassland, wet meadows as well as swamp and bog woodland. The raised bog areas to the west are particularly valuable. This area was never drained but rewetted.
Top sights
Top trails
- 3.8 (6)·Moderate·9.5 km·Est. 2–2.5 hrThe Oppenweher Moor is located in the Dümmer Nature Park. The moraine and moorland landscapes created here during the last ice age invite you to enjoy a wonderfully peaceful excursion into nature. The Oppenweher Moor is one of the most important moors in northern Germany and provides a habitat for many protected animal and plant species. The protected snipe, for example, has the highest breeding population in the country here.
- 4.0 (2)·Moderate·8.9 km·Est. 2.5–3 hrPopular hike in the Dümmer Nature Park, Lower Saxony/North Rhine-Westphalia. This route leads from west to east through the Stemweder Berg. The hike can be extended by walking back to the starting point instead of ending the route at the car park on Brockumer Straße. Highlights of the hike: - Im Stemweder Berg nature reserve - Beautiful forest paths
