Best trails near Bremsschacht 7

Family-friendly circular hiking trail in the Weserbergland Nature Park, Lower Saxony. The Fox Oak Circular Trail near Bückeburg owes its name to a North American red oak, named in honour of a former mining assessor called Fox. The forest walk is very well developed and signposted. The circular trail also has interesting information boards and shelters. Mining relics and fantastic views over the North German Plain provide variety. The sandstone quarried in the Bückeberg is also a real...

Start: car park at the fire station Highlights: Brake shaft 7, the last relic from the mining era from 1939 to 1960 with an intact staircase and information about the history of mining.

The second stage of the pilgrimage trail requires a little more stamina than the first stage. The route heads south behind St Martin's Church through the town park and past the Schaumburg brewery to Krebshagen. Follow the Krummer Bach stream as far as the Kohleweg, then join the district road that leads to Wendthagen. There you follow the Schaumburger Weg into the forest of the Bückeberg; from here it is uphill. You pass the quarry and the youth centre, then continue to Kathrinhagen, where...