Castles, Beer and Trains

39.16 km long

Round trip

Difficulty: medium

Condition: easy

Bicycle

2:57 h
39.16 km
329 m
329 m
100 m
338 m
238 m
Start: Starting point in the center of Gandersheim, Stiftsfreiheit parking lot
Destination: Circular route with the option to use other entry and exit points as well.

The route leads through the villages located west of Bad Gandersheim to the half-timbered and beer town of Einbeck. The path runs almost exclusively on cycle paths, paved field and forest paths, and secondary roads.

At the starting point of the route you have the opportunity to experience the history of Gandersheim, e.g. with a walk through the old town, as a guest in the City Museum or with a visit to the Romanesque Collegiate Church with the exhibition “Rediscovering Treasures.”

The Greener Castle is also suitable for a stopover.

In Einbeck, we recommend a walk through the town or a visit to the RadHaus or the PS.Speicher.

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

Directions

We leave Bad Gandersheim via Neue Straße and the long-distance cycle path R1 towards Orxhausen. On the R1 (cycle path at the B 64) it continues to Kreiensen. To get to Greene, we leave the R1 cycle path, turn left in Kreiensen and then right at the next street. Continue straight through the Leine meadows and then over the Leine bridge. First right, and after about 300 m turn left. Then it goes uphill to the right behind the railway bridge. A detour to Greener Castle is worthwhile. After Einbeck, we follow the road downhill and turn left. Now a longer climb (about 600 m) must be mastered. Along the forest path until we reach a shelter. This offers a good place for a break before driving down to Einbeck. We take the left path, which we follow downhill to the right. Past some ponds it goes out of the forest, and a first overview of Einbeck opens up. We follow the road further downhill, then turn right and left into Teichenweg. This street leads to the city center. After crossing the railway line, we follow the street “Neuer Markt” to the market square (near the brewery entrance, Papenstraße 1). From the market square we drive to the right onto Altendorfer Str. To the left is our next destination. We can use the cycle path and turn left after the underpass to Salzderhelden. We pass through Salzderhelden, cross the Leine bridge and turn left at the first street to Rittierode. We continue on the country road via Olxheim to Haieshausen. Behind Haieshausen we turn left. Before the Leine bridge, the long-distance cycle path R1 branches off to the right. On this, we return via Kreiensen and Orxhausen to our starting point Bad Gandersheim.

Directions & Parking facilities

Bad Gandersheim is located in the Harz on the A7 between Hannover and Göttingen

Arrival by car

From the south: A7 towards Hannover, exit 68 Echte, towards B445 Bad Gandersheim/Kreiensen. From the north: A7 towards Kassel, exit 67 Seesen/Harz, towards Seesen/Osterode/Bad Gandersheim.

Parking spaces are available in the city center at Stiftsfreiheit and Domänenhof (paid) as well as in Marienstraße (free of charge).

From Hannover: Metronom to Kreiensen. Change to the regional train to Bad Harzburg. From Göttingen: Metronom to Kreiensen. Change to the regional train to Bad Harzburg.

Additional information

City of Bad Gandersheim
Tourist Information
Stiftsfreiheit 12
37581 Bad Gandersheim
Phone 05382/ 73-700
Fax 05382/73-770
tourist@bad-gandersheim.de
www.bad-gandersheim.de

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Exhibitions Portal to History in the Collegiate Church, in the Monastery Church and in the former summer palace in Brunshausen
Brunshausen 7
Stiftsfreiheit
37581 Bad Gandersheim
Phone 05382/955647
Fax 05382/955648
pzg@gmx.de
www.portal-zur-geschichte.de

City Museum
Markt 10
37581 Bad Gandersheim
c/o Museum Friends
Phone 05382/1573
www.bad-gandersheim.de

Tourist Information Einbeck
Marktstraße 13
37574 Einbeck
Phone 05561/313-1910
touristinfo@einbeck.de
www.einbeck.de

RadHaus in the City Museum
Auf dem Steinwege 11/13
37574 Einbeck
Phone 05561/971710
museum@einbeck.de
www.stadtmuseum-einbeck.de

PS.Speicher
Tiedexer Tor 3
37574 Einbeck
Phone 05561/923200
entdeckung@ps-speicher.de
www.ps-speicher.de

Safety guidelines

Along the route, several moderate and one larger climb must be mastered

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