Best walking trails in Hildesheim

This popular local recreation route leads around the Hohnsensee lake in the south of the city of Hildesheim. The path encircles the lake and runs along continuously flat, wide and well-surfaced park paths, which are very popular with both walkers and joggers. A central highlight is the park landscape of the Jo-Wiese site and the immediate proximity to the Innerste, which flanks the lake. Old weeping willows on the shore provide a picturesque backdrop. The flat route makes this short loop an...

This loop, which is of great natural value, leads through one of the most ecologically significant landscapes in the district of Hildesheim. The trail opens up the Lange Dreisch and Osterberg nature reserve, a former military training area that has developed into a refuge for rare species. The route runs along a mixture of paved farm tracks, former military roads, and narrow paths through open grassland landscapes. A central highlight is the wide, almost steppe-like open landscape, which...