Weser cycle path in a nutshell

After your individual arrival in Hann. Münden in the late afternoon, you will be given information and handed over your bikes (if booked). The three-river town is where the Fulda and Werra rivers meet at the Weserstein to form the Weser. Over 700 restored half-timbered houses from six centuries make up Hann. Mündens city centre. The town hall of Hann. Münden is considered one of the most beautiful representative buildings from the Weser Renaissance.

You start your journey at the Weserstein. On your way to Bad Karlshafen, you will pass the charming village of Hemeln in the Weser valley and the former Benedictine abbey of Bursfelde, founded in 1093. Bad Karlshafen's baroque old town forms a charming contrast to the Weser Renaissance and the town's Huguenot Museum is a reminder of its founders. But perhaps you might also be tempted by a visit to the Weser thermal baths? ‘Brine spa’ is another of Bad Karlshafen's nicknames. You can stay overnight in the town or in neighbouring Beverungen with its partly preserved moated castle of the same name.

Today you cycle past the porcelain town of Fürstenberg with the castle of the same name and the old Hanseatic town of Höxter as well as Corvey Castle (UNESCO World Heritage Site) to Holzminden or on to Bodenwerder. Holzminden is nicknamed the ‘town of fragrances and flavours’ because the production of fragrances and flavours is very important here. And so a fragrant tour leads to the sights of the town. Bodenwerder is the home of Baron Münchhausen, known as the Baron of Lies, to whom a museum is dedicated.

Many a romantic village along the way invites you to linger. Corvey Castle, the former imperial abbey near Höxter, offers a delightful mix of art and culture. The romantic town of Bodenwerder was made famous by the world-famous Baron of Lies von Münchhausen. The Pied Piper town of Hamelin impresses with its intact old town, wonderful half-timbered houses and buildings in the typical Weser Renaissance style from the 16th and 17th centuries.

At Porta Westfalica, the river breaks through the Wiehen and Weser mountains and reaches the North German lowlands. On the way, the small town of Rinteln, dating back to the 13th century, boasts numerous Weser Renaissance buildings. Minden was once a flourishing trading town in the Middle Ages, but was badly destroyed in the Second World War. It was rebuilt as part of an exemplary urban redevelopment programme.

Individual return journey or additional overnight stay in Minden.