- Suitable for baby carriages
- Family friendly
- Nature highlight
- Culturally interesting
- Refreshment stop
- Accommodation option
- Circular route
- Good public transport connections
- Liberal Intellectuals (LIB)
- Adaptive Pragmatic (ADA)
- free of charge / accessible at any time
Erwitte: Muckenbruch-Marsch
Experience the mysticism and natural beauty of the Muckenbruch fen area on this 5 km circular walk. The nature reserve and moorland mining area is located about 1 km east of Erwitte-Bad Westernkotten. There you can discover many interesting and astonishing flora and fauna. Many of the plants and animals in the Muckenbruch are on the red list of endangered animal and plant species.
Tour starting point:
Kurhalle im Kurpark Bad Westernkotten Weringhausener Straße 36 59597 Erwitte
Tour destination point:
Kurhalle im Kurpark Bad Westernkotten Weringhausener Straße 36 59597 Erwitte
Properties:
Category
regionaler WanderwegLength
5 kmDuration
1:10 hElevation ascent
4 mElevation descent
4 mLowest point
84 mHighest point
88 m
Recommended seasons
Incidentally, the name Muckenbruch is derived from the use of peat as fuel. "Mucken" are the brick-sized pieces of peat that were cut for this purpose. As salt production increased, more and more peat was extracted from the Muckenbruch.
The "Muckenbruch-Marsch" leads through the spa gardens past the two large, historic Gradierwerke and the Kneipp facility with barefoot path. Along the trout path, the route crosses the bridge on the Gieseler river to the "Muckenbruch" nature conservation and moorland mining area and via the town center and the spa promenade back to the fountain in front of the Hellweg-Sole-Thermen.
Refreshment stops are available along the route.
Information
Directions
Kurpark - Muckenbruch nature reserve - Kurpromenade - Hellweg Thermen
Equipment
Sturdy shoes are recommended
Safety guidelines
You are in a nature reserve - please take care and stay on the path to avoid disturbing animals and plants.
Author Tip
Sturdy shoes are recommended
Public transit
Regio bus route R 61 = Lippstadt - Bad Westernkotten - Erwitte - Anröchte - Warstein/Belecke (tickets can be purchased on the bus)
Exit bus stop Bad Westernkotten, Zentrum
Exit bus stop Bad Westernkotten, Zentrum
How to get there
You can get here via the highway:
A
A
B55
B
A
44 Dortmund - Kassel highway, exit Erwitte/Anröchte - via Erwitte to Bad Westernkotten (approx. 8 km)
or
A
2 Cologne - Hanover highway, exit Rheda/Wiedenbrück - continue on federal highway 55 via Lippstadt to Bad Westernkotten (approx. 28 km)
or via the following federal roads:
B1 Paderborn - Salzkotten - Geseke - Bad Westernkotten
B1 Dortmund - Unna - Werl - Soest - Erwitte - Bad Westernkotten
B55
Meschede - Warstein - Anröchte - Erwitte - Bad Westernkotten
B
61/B 55 Bielefeld - Gütersloh - Rheda/Wiedenbrück - Lippstadt - Bad Westernkotten
Parking
Public parking spaces are available in the village (free of charge and/or for a fee)