- promising
- Round trip
- Refreshment stop
- family-friendly
Soest & Lippetal - Three Castles Route
Scenic and culturally outstanding easy tour through the Soest urban area via Welver into the Lippetal.
Tour starting point:
Soest (bike station at the train station) or Lippetal (information point next to the Lippborg church or at the town hall in Hovestadt)
Tour destination point:
Soest (bike station at the train station) or Lippetal (information point next to the Lippborg church or at the town hall in Hovestadt)
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Additional Information
There are several places to rest along the way: in Borgeln, Lippborg, Herzfeld-Kesseler, Hovestadt Schoneberg, Brockhausen and Soest. There are also several resting places where you can enjoy a picnic in beautiful surroundings.
Category
TourenradfahrenLength
47.3 kmTime
2:50 Std.Elevation ascent
85 mElevation descent
85 mAltitude (Minimum)
65 mAltitude (Maximum)
102 mCondition
Difficulty
Adventure
Landscape
Recommended seasons
The cycle route runs mainly through the town of Soest and the municipality of Lippetal, but also touches on the Welveran municipality. As its name suggests, there are three striking castles and manor houses along the way. Haus Nehlen (between KP 51 and 8, detour from Stocklarn towards Berwicke), Haus Assen at KP 06 and Schloss Hovestadt at KP 10.
It also passes through two types of landscape in the district of Soest: the lush fields of the Soester Börde and the parkland of the southern Münsterland in the municipality of Lippetal. Last but not least, we can also visit several remarkable churches, a castle park and a special nature reserve. We cycle past mills and also cross the Lippe and its four large tributaries from the Börde (Soestbach, Schledde, Rosenau and Ahse). We can therefore say with a clear conscience that this tour is one of the most scenic and culturally outstanding cycle routes in the district.
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Directions
Soest, Hattrop, Hattropholsen, Borgeln, Stocklarn, Wiltrop, Hultrop, Heintrop, Lippborg, Kesseler, Herzfeld, Hovestadt, Schoneberg, Brockhausen, Thöningsen, SoestWith a length of 47 kilometers through flat terrain, it is also suitable for families if the children already have some stamina. There are only three short climbs. The roads and paths are well asphalted throughout, but we also cycle several times on short gravel paths, which are unproblematic for bicycles.Since 2015, the entire Sauerland region has been signposted with the junction system: www.radeln-nach-zahlen.deJunction sequence from Soest train station: 46 - 45 - 91 - 51 - 08 - 07 - 03 - 02 - 06 - 09 - 10 - 12 - 11 - 92 - 44 - 46
Safty guidelines
A rescue point system has been installed throughout the region (Soest district, Hochsauerlandkreis, Märkischer Kreis, Olpe district and Siegen-Wittgenstein district). Rescue points can be found on the information boards at the junctions of the Südwestfalen cycle network.
Public transiot
Take the IC and RE to the station in Soest.
Getting there
The route offers three possible starting points. In Soest it is the cycle station at the train station, in Lippetal we can start at the information point next to the Lippborg church or at the town hall in Hovestadt. The route description refers to the starting point in Soest, but can also be read for the two Lippetal points.