- promising
- Round trip
- Refreshment stop
- family friendly
Soest & Lippetal - Three Castles Route
Scenic and culturally outstanding easy round trip through the Soest city area via Welver into the Lippetal.
Tour starting point:
Soest (bicycle station at the train station) or Lippetal (information point next to the church in Lippborg or at the town hall in Hovestadt)
Tour destination point:
Soest (bicycle station at the train station) or Lippetal (information point next to the church in Lippborg or at the town hall in Hovestadt)
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Additional Information
On the way there are several places where we can rest: in Borgeln, Lippborg, Herzfeld-Kesseler, Hovestadt Schoneberg, Brockhausen as well as in Soest. We also come across several resting places where a picnic is possible in charming 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 city of Soest and the municipality of Lippetal, but also touches the Welveran municipal area. As its name suggests, there are three prominent 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.
Furthermore, it crosses two landscapes of the district of Soest: the lush fields of the Soest Börde, as well as the park landscape of the southern Münsterland in the municipality of Lippetal. Last but not least we can visit several remarkable churches, a castle park as well as a special nature reserve. We cycle past mills and also cross the Lippe and its four large side streams from the Börde (Soestbach, Schledde, Rosenau and Ahse). So we can claim with a clear conscience that this round trip is one of the most scenic and culturally outstanding cycling routes in the district.
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Directions
Soest, Hattrop, Hattropholsen, Borgeln, Stocklarn, Wiltrop, Hultrop, Heintrop, Lippborg, Kesseler, Herzfeld, Hovestadt, Schoneberg, Brockhausen, Thöningsen, Soest.With 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 small short climbs. The roads and paths are well paved throughout, but on the way we also cycle several times over short gravel paths, which are, however, unproblematic for bicycles.Since 2015, the entire Sauerland region has been signposted with the junction system: www.radeln-nach-zahlen.deSequence of junctions 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 is installed throughout the region (Soest district, Hochsauerlandkreis district, Märkischer Kreis district, Olpe district and Siegen-Wittgenstein district). Rescue points can be found, among other things, on the information boards at the junctions of the Südwestfalen cycling network.
Public transiot
Take the IC and RE to the train station in Soest.
Getting there
The route offers three possibilities of starting. In Soest it is the bicycle 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 entry in Soest, but can be read suitably also for the two Lippetal points.