To Nixe Rhuma at the Rhume Spring

2:13 h
33.17 km
353 m
353 m
153 m
304 m
151 m
Start: Duderstadt Town Hall, Marktstr. 66, 37115 Duderstadt
Destination: Duderstadt Town Hall, Marktstr. 66, 37115 Duderstadt

Passing through a recreational area and past the Heinz Sielmann Nature Experience Center Gut Herbigshagen, you reach the Rhume Spring after a ride through gently hilly terrain.

On your cycling route to Nixe Rhuma, you first pass through the recreational area "Im Leeren." Here, small stations provide information about our animal and plant world. After a short climb, you reach the Heinz Sielmann Nature Experience Center Gut Herbigshagen, which offers a lot besides the fallow deer enclosure, organic farm, café, and KI.KA treehouse. The further route runs near the "Green Belt," a nature conservation project on the former border strip, and leads you to one of Europe's largest karst springs, the Rhume Spring. On the way back, you can enjoy a wonderful panoramic view again from the Sulbergswarte. Only a small detour is necessary for this.

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Directions

Your total cycling route of about 34 km starts in the Duderstadt Old Town, directly in front of the historic town hall. Heading north, you leave the city center via Jüdenstraße and Neutorstraße and at the Neutorkreisel roundabout turn right onto Ebertring. After about 400 m, turn left into "Leerensche Rinne." On this road, you leave Duderstadt and pass through the recreational area "Im Leeren." After 4.2 km and a short climb, you reach the Heinz Sielmann Nature Experience Center Gut Herbigshagen. The marked route next takes you via the Rote Warte. After 3.3 km you arrive in Fuhrbach. Simply follow the road and after about 4 km you reach Brochthausen. Pass through the village and turn left at the exit onto the Weser-Harz-Heide cycle path. After 8.4 km, you have reached the Rhume Spring. The return route leads you via Lütgenhausen and Rüdershausen. After another short climb, you reach the forest area "Hübental" with the eponymous forester's lodge. The next town ahead of you is "Breitenberg." Enter the town until you reach Windmühlenplatz. There, turn right onto Breitenbergerstraße. After about 1 km, the cycle path begins, which you can follow back to Duderstadt. You enter Duderstadt from the north. At the roundabout, just go straight ahead, and then pass through Neutorstraße and Jüdenstraße back directly to the historic town hall.

Directions & Parking facilities

A7 , Exit Göttingen-Nord, via B27 and B446; Exit Seesen, direction Osterode, continuing along B243, B27, and B247; A38, Exit Heiligenstadt, via L1009 and B247 or Leinefelde-Worbis, via B247

Parking at Adenauerring (free); parking at ZOB (paid; free Saturday and Sunday)

From Göttingen (ICE), continue with bus lines 150, 155, 170, or 172; from Leinefelde (regional train), continue with Expressbus 1; stop at the central bus station (ZOB).

Additional information

Guest information of the City of Duderstadt, Town Hall
Marktstraße 66
37115 Duderstadt
Tel. 05527 841200
www.duderstadt.de

Literature

Flyer - Duderstadt cycling tours "To Nixe Rhuma at the Rhume Spring"

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Tip for a stop: The Heinz Sielmann Nature Experience Center Gut Herbigshagen offers, in addition to the KI.KA treehouse, climbing path, willow house, reptile enclosure, fallow deer enclosure, organic farm, and an exhibition about Heinz Sielmann's life's work, also a café called "Hofküche," where visitors can refresh themselves daily with soup, stew, cake, pie, or various sandwiches made from organic products. Opening hours: November to March from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., April to October from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Safety guidelines

The route is well developed, but partly unpaved.
Route profile: 152 m – 303 m above sea level

Map

Cycling map no. 148 from PUBLICPRESS "Eichsfeld – Northern Hainich"

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