Best trails near Dinosaurierspuren

The family-friendly adventure trail in the Weserbergland Nature Park is a fantastic themed trail with nine stops that provide a vivid insight into the dinosaurs that lived here 140 million years ago, as well as the forest, the natural environment and the quarry in the Schaumburg region.

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.

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...

Scenic long-distance hiking trail in the Weserbergland On the Bückeberg Trail, you can enjoy nature as well as historical and cultural parts of the landscape. The individual stages take around 4 to 5 hours to complete. The route is suitable for beginners, but if you prefer, you can also shorten the 3 stages - as there are refreshment stops and overnight accommodation everywhere, the sections can be customised. The route can be hiked in both directions, the hiking sign is X11. Highlights: -...

Scenic section of the route on the Bückeberg There is also evidence of the region's diverse history to discover on the second stage: traces of dinosaurs in the Oberkirchen sandstone quarry, memorial stones and natural monuments. Other regional hiking trails, such as the "Dachtelfeldweg", can also be reached from the route. Highlights: - Philosophers' hill near the route - Napoleon fir memorial stone - Obernkirchen sandstone quarries - "Great Karl"

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...