Best trails near Pilgersruh

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

The second stage of the pilgrimage requires a little more stamina than the first stage. It goes behind the Martinikirche through the city park to the south and past the Schaumburger brewery and to Krebshagen. Follow the Krummer Bach to the coal path, then you come to the county road that leads to Wendthagen. There you follow the Schaumburger Weg into the forest of the Bückeberg; from here it goes uphill. It goes past the quarry and the youth center, then it goes to Kathrinhagen, where you can...