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The Roman Lippe Route leads from Detmold (Starting point is the Hermannsdenkmal) over Paderborn, Lippstadt and other places along the Lippe until after Xanten.
Route profile
- Length: 449 km
- Main route 295 km
- thematic loops 154 km
- Signposting:
- Symbol: "White Roman helmet on a red background over a blue ribbon for the lip"
- the route is the successor to the Roman route (there may still be old route signs to be found)
- Slopes:
- At the beginning of the route when visiting the Hermannsdenkmal and Externsteine there are over 200m difference in altitude to be overcome from Detmold
- the first 30 km are a bit hilly
- From Lippspringe, however, it is only a (gently) downhill or flat route in the Ruhr area and Lower Rhine
- Path condition: asphalt or water-bound surfaces, very good condition
- Traffic load:On the stretches close to the river low, on high-water alternative routes, for once, main roads with a lot of car traffic
- Suitable bike:
- Family suitability: good, mostly suitable for children and trailers, individual themed routes and alternative routes but (rarely) on main roads
- Inline suitability: especially not given near the river
background
The long-distance cycle path runs alongside the river through the Teutoburg Forest, Angry- and Münsterland, the Ruhr area and the Lower Rhine. The Lippe districts lie along the route (Detmold and Horn-Bad Meinberg), Paderborn (Bad Lippspringe, Paderborn and Delbruck), Soest (Lippstadt, Lippetal, Welver), Warendorf (Wadersloh, Awls/ Dolberg), Unna (Werne, Bergkamen, Luenen, Selm), Coesfeld (Olfen), Recklinghausen (Haltern am See, Marl, Dorsten, Waltrop, Dates) and Wesel (Schermbeck, Hünxe, Wesel, Xanten) as well as the independent city Hamm.
The 11 theme loops refer to the traces of the Romans (then the path sign is provided with a red background) and to the theme of water (with a blue background). The themed loops can also be approached as pure day trips; a 6-day tour is ideal for the main route.
Except for the first 37 km, the route leads along the Lippe, the 220 km long tributary of the Rhine. But not only the river is a (water) issue, also the Lippe-Seiten-Kanal Datteln-Hamm (DHK) and Wesel-Datteln (WDK) as well as drinking water production (in Haltern am See) or health (healing places like Bad Lippspringe ) in addition to aspects. The Romans are not listed along the Lippe for nothing, they traveled on and next to the river from the Rhine to the east and tried to conquer Germania, which, as is well known, was stopped with the Varus Battle in 9 AD.
Special nature experiences can be experienced in the Lippeauen or on the three Lippe ferries (Wesel, Dorsten, Hamm).
The route succeeds the old, no longer maintained Roman route. Occasionally, signs of this can still appear. Otherwise everything should be dismantled. The opening was in spring 2012.
preparation
The route is supervised by the
- Cooperation group Römer-Lippe-Route (c / o Ruhr Tourismus GmbH), 46047 Oberhausen, Centroallee 261. Tel.: 49 (0)1806 181620 (chargeable hotline), Email: [email protected].
getting there
The route can be started at any location, and it is possible to travel from start to finish Detmold as a starting point.
Public transportation
The city of Detmold has a train station that is served by the RE 82 (Bielefeld - Oerlinghausen - Lage (Lippe) - Detmold - Altenbeken) and the RB 72 (Paderborn - Altenbeken - Detmold - Lage (Lippe) - Herford) every hour.
At the airport Paderborn / Lippstadt In Büren there is mainly charter traffic to southern Europe, but there are also scheduled flights e.g. from / to Munich or London.
In the street
The Autobahn 2 runs northwest of Detmold, it is also nearby in the further course of the route. The A 33 goes directly past Paderborn.
At the end of the route at Wesel and Xanten run the Motorways 3 (on the right bank of the Rhine) and 57 (left bank of the Rhine).
By bicycle
Route description with sights
Hermannsdenkmal - km 0
The 1 Hermannsdenkmal is located on a former cattle rampart on the 386m high Teutberg and is the official starting point of the route. The statue is over 26m tall, with the base it is more than 53m total height - the sword alone is 7m long! It is still the tallest statue in Germany, and in its time it was also the tallest statue in the world. Hermann - as the German name for Arminius - is reminiscent of that Varus battle, of which it was believed at the time Teutoburg Forest took place and therefore called "Battle in the Teutoburg Forest". In the year 9 AD, three Roman legions under Publius Quinctilius Varus were defeated by the Germanic army under the Cheruscan prince Arminius. Today one suspects the slaughter place in different places in East Westphalia, North Germany and the Netherlands.
The plans for the colossal structure came from Ernst von Bandel, was built from 1838 to 1875. Bandel needed so long because the money ran out in the meantime. He lived for a few years near the memorial in the Bandel hut, which is still there today. You can find out more about him and the memorial in a small exhibition on site; there is also a cinema in the tourist information office.
The sandstone base can be climbed, the view from there of the valley with Detmold is very good. It is practically possible to get to the monument directly, from the parking lot it is still 500m (parking fees for cars € 2.50, motorcycles € 2.00, bicycles & buses free) From Schlossplatz in Detmold it is 7.5 km and 270 meters in altitude to the monument for cyclists, and from Apr-Oct Sa / Sun / Fe die Tourist bus route 792 up with a bike trailer. During the week there are city buses that go to Hiddesen, the ascent to the monument must then be hiked / experienced yourself.
- Hermann Monument, 32760 Detmold (Hiddesen), Grotenburg. Tel.: 49 (0)5231 3014863. Open: all year round, Mar-Oct 9:00 am-6:00pm, Nov-Feb 9:30 am-4:00pm.Price: Entrance fees: € 3 / adult, € 1 / child 6-14 years, combined ticket with the Externsteinen: € 4.50 / adult, € 1.50 / child, tickets are available at the machine and at the tourist information (which is only open Mar-Oct).
- Gastronomy at the Hermannsdenkmal, 32760 Detmold, Grotenburg 50. Tel.: 49 (0)5231 88038, Email: [email protected]. Open: Bistro daily: Apr-Oct 10 am-7pm, Nov-Mar 11 am-4pm; Restaurant: Sat / Sun / Fe 12: 00-18: 00.
- Waldbühne at the Hermannsdenkmal (book through the Lipp. Culture agency), 32760 Detmold, Grotenburg 50. Tel.: 49 (0)5261 250242, Fax: (0)5261 2502949. Moonlight cinema, concerts, comedy, poetry slam, etc.
- Teuto climbing park, 32760 Detmold, Grotenburg 50. Tel.: 49 (0)5231 569452. More than 90 climbing stations in 6 courses at a height of up to 12m, plus adventure education, team and outdoor events.Open: Season 2014: April 5th-Nov 2nd, Sat / Sun / Fe as well as during holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia and on bridging days from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- 1 Mix parking lot (Motorhome parking spaces without a camper signet), 32760 Detmold, Grotenburg 50 (Office in the Cherusker tavern). No disposal option, dogs allowed, very noisy at events.Open: office daily 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., place open all year round, maximum length of stay 4 days.Price: 2 € / day & WoMo (parking ticket machine).
Detmold - km 8
The route leads the 7.5 km long stretch from the Hermannsdenkmal to the center of Detmold, initially along the main road, on which cars and buses also drive up to the monument. In Hiddesen it goes on residential streets until shortly before Detmold it turns back onto a main street. Downhill it is still 45 meters to climb, the other way around it is 275m.
1 Detmold lies in the middle of Teutoburg Forest and with its old town and historical buildings, culture and nature, it offers real highlights right from the start of the route.
The Lippe State Museum is an additional source of information on the Romans and the history of the region. Furthermore, the LWL open-air museum with its almost 100 historical buildings on 90 hectares offers the everyday and cultural history of Westphalia to touch and participate. For children and in general, trips to the eagle observatory and the bird park are worthwhile. The old town of Detmold with around 350 well-preserved buildings from three epochs (Middle Ages, Biedermeier and Wilhelminian periods) has a diameter of around 500m and is located around the market square, in the north-west of this area are Schlossplatz, Burggraben and the Princely Residence Palace, a wonderful example of the Weser Renaissance.
- Lippe State Museum, 32756 Detmold, Ameide 4. Tel.: 49 (0)5231 99250, Fax: 49 (0)5231 9925-25, Email: [email protected]. Museum founded in 1835, today with the departments of natural history, prehistory and early history, ethnology, art, regional studies, furniture and interior design and folklore.Open: Mon closed, Tue-Fri 10: 00-18: 00, Sat / Sun only from 11:00 a.m.Price: 5.00 € / adult, 3.50 € / reduced, 2.00 € / child, 10.00 € / family (2 2).
- LWL open-air museum Detmold, Detmold, Neustadt 26. Europe's largest open-air museum.Open: Apr-Oct, closed Mon, Tue-Sun 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (last admission 5:00 p.m.).Price: € 7.00 / adult, € 3.50 / reduced, € 2.00 / child (6-17y), € 15.00 / family.
- Detmold old town, with 500 monuments from the late Middle Ages, the Biedermeier period (1830-1860) and from the so-called Wilhelminian era, the historic old town is a gem of urban planning. Tip: Adolfstrasse, Grabenstrasse or Auguststrasse with its cozy half-timbered buildings.
- Princely residential palace, 32756 Detmold, Schlossplatz 1. Tel.: 49 (0)5231 7002-0, Fax: 49 (0)5231 7002-49. Open: Mon-Sun from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Apr-Oct until 5 p.m., the 45min guided tours start at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., Apr-Oct also at 5 p.m., duration.Price: € 4.00 / adult, € 2.00 / child, € 9.00 / family.
- Adlerwarte Berlebeck, 32760 Detmold, Adlerweg (Hangsteinstrasse (parking lot)). Tel.: 49 (0)5231 47171, Fax: 49 (0)5231 47071, Email: [email protected]. Open: from mid-Feb-mid-Nov, daily 9:30 am-5:30pm, free flight program from Mar-Oct: 11:00 am and 3:00 pm, May-Sep also at 4:30 pm, attention: no dogs allowed.Price: 6 € / adult, 5 € / reduced, 3 € / child (5-14 years).
- Heiligenkirchen Bird and Flower Park, 32760 Detmold, Ostertalstrasse 11 (for GPS: Monument Trail). Open: Mar-Nov daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., attention: no dogs allowed.Price: 7 € / adult, 5.70 € / child (from 3 years), cash only !.
There is a combined ticket "extraTour" that saves entrance fees. It is valid for the castle, state museum, bird and flower park, eagle observatory and Hermann monument and costs € 12.50 / adult. or € 5.40 / child (3-14 years). It is available from the respective attractions or from the tourist information in Detmold.
Externsteine - km 20
From Detmold to the Externsteinen it is 11.5km and 205 meters in altitude. The route leads along well-developed roads - but avoids the route along Paderborner Strasse and Externsteiner Strasse, which is heavily used by excursion traffic. Heiligenkirchen, Berlebeck and Holzhausen are small districts on the way. The Schliepsteinweg can help avoid a few meters in altitude between Holzhausen and the Externsteinen, but no information is available about the condition of the route.
The 2 Externsteine, a striking sandstone rock formation, are located on the southwestern outskirts of Horn-Bad Meinberg near the Holzhausen-Externsteine district. The "National Geotope" consists of 13 free-standing individual rocks on the edge of the dammed Wiembecke and rises up to 47.7 m above the surface of the Wiembecke pond. The rocks are part of the middle mountain range of the [[Teutoburg Forest | Teutoburg Forest] on the border to Egge Mountains, only that here the stone layers were unfolded vertically. Some can be climbed (stairs carved into the rock, bridge from the tower and stair rock, viewing platform, etc.), numerous human traces can be admired (deposition of the cross, grotto, Lippe coat of arms, etc.), an information center offers interesting insights into geology and History. The information center and the path to the rocks are wheelchair accessible, but the rocks can only be climbed via 124 steep steps. Two nature trails can also be used with wheelchairs, but a lot of help is required due to the inclines.
Since 1926 the 127 hectare area is under natural reserve, since 2006 it has been designated as a European habitat, several Nature trails (Schliepstein route 1.4 km, Bärenstein and Knickenhagen route each 2.5 km) open up the area with mountain heather, sloping moors, wet meadows and old trees.
The high-altitude hiking trail "Hermannsweg" and the "Eggeweg", part of the European long-distance footpath E1, lead past the Externsteine.
- Externsteine (Information center of the regional association Lippe), 32805 Horn-Bad Meinberg, Externsteiner Str. 35. Tel.: 49 (0)5234 2029796, Email: [email protected]. Open: Climbing the rocks daily from Apr-Oct 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., information center Apr-Oct daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Nov / Dec / Mar Mon / Wed, the rest of the day from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Jan / Feb only Sat / Sun 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Price: Costs for climbing the rocks: € 3 / adult, € 1 / child (up to 14 yrs), guided tour with a visit to the grotto Apr-Oct Sun / Fe at 11:00 a.m. for € 6 / adult. and 3 € / child, parking space 2.00-2.50 €; the information center is free.
- Felsenwirt Externsteine, 32805 Horn-Bad Meinberg, Externsteiner Str. 35. Tel.: 49 (0)5234 2310, Fax: 49 (0)5234 4009, Email: [email protected]. Open: Closed on Mondays except during school holidays or on public holidays, Apr-Oct Tue-Fri 10: 00-18: 00, Sat / Sun 10: 00-20: 00, Nov-Mar if the weather is good, Sat / Sun 11: 00- 17:00.
Horn-Bad Meinberg is much quieter than Detmold, but it has more to offer than just a few rocks, for example the historical spa park, the Bad Meinberger bathhouse, the Norderteich bird sanctuary, the Kempen tractor museum, the Bellenberg open-air theater, the Horn castle museum, and much more. Information is available from
- Tourist info, 32805 Horn-Bad Meinberg, Allee 9. Tel.: 49 (0)5234 98903, Fax: 49 (0)5234 9577, Email: [email protected]. Open: Opening times: in Meinberg in summer Tue-Fri 10: 00-18: 00, Sat 9: 00-13: 00, in winter Tue-Fri 10: 00-17: 00; in Horn at Marktplatz 2 Citizen and Tourist Service from Mon-Fri approx. 8: 30-12: 00, Mon / Wed / Thu also in the afternoon, Wed tomorrow from 7:30 a.m.
Bad Lippspringe - km 37
The 16.6km from the Externsteinen to Bad Lippspringe have a good 100 meters of altitude, most of them when crossing the low mountain range Teutoburg Forest, where the cycle path is parallel but at a distance from the B 1. From Schlüsselgrund it is almost always downhill, only at the Kohlstädt castle ruins there is another 15m ascent. The stream that runs alongside is the Strothe, which will later flow into the Lippesee. Through Schlangen (a municipality in the Lippe district) and Lippspringe it goes on district roads to the city center.
2 Bad Lippspringe lies on the western side of the Teutos, it is allowed to call itself both a medicinal bath and a climatic health resort. The Lippe rises here near a castle ruin and also its first tributary, the Jordan. There are also the four mineral springs: Martinus, Liborius, Alte and Neue Arminiusquelle. The focus of the city is also the health industry, there are a total of seven clinics with different focuses, a 200 hectare spa forest and four parks (Arminius and Jordan Park after the sources, the Kaiser-Karls-Park with water fountains and beautiful flower beds as well as the Park am Auguste-Victoria-Stift), two thermal baths (Westfalen- and Arminius-Therme, also an outdoor thermal bath) and surprisingly many good accommodation possibilities for such a small town. The drinking halls and water treading basins are accessible to everyone, and a salt grotto can be visited for a fee. You should ask your doctor about the health aspects beforehand.
Paderborn - km 50
Roman camp Anreppen - km 68
Lippstadt - km 92
Lippetal-Herzfeld - km 110
Lippborg - km 121
Dolberg - km 140
Hamm - km 153
Bergkamen - km 170
Lünen - km 184
1 Information board Römer-Lippe-Route Lünen
Waltrop - km 190
Selm - km 198
Olfen - km 206
Dates - km 214
Haltern am See - km 228
2 Information board Römer-Lippe-Route between Lippramsdorf and Dorsten
Marl - km 238
Dorsten - km 250
3 Information board Römer-Lippe-Route on the Hardt
4 Information board Römer-Lippe-Route in Hervest
Hünxe - km 267
Wesel - km 279
Xanten - km 295
Other places to stay
security
trips
References to literature and maps
- : Roman Lippe Route - water experience and Roman culture between Detmold and Xanten. Bva Bielefelder Verlag, March 2013, ISBN 9783870735845 ; 80 pages. ADFC cycling guide in a stable spiral shape with maps in the scale 1:50 000, ~ 15 €
- : Roman Lippe Route. From the Teutoburg Forest to the Lower Rhine. Esterbauer, Jun. 2013, ISBN 385000371X ; 132 pages. bikeline bike tour book, weatherproof / tearproof with spiral binding and maps in the scale 1:50,000, ~ 14 €
Web links
- extensive Homepage of the Römer-Lippe-Route, there is one here Flyer, a guide with a host directory in two parts: [1] and [2], GPX tracks of the Main route and the Themed routes as zipped directories as well current route information
- Legionnaires on wheels, Pages of the ADFC about the route
- Cycle route planner NRW
- Regional leisure time - The leisure portal for the Recklinghausen and Bottrop district
