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Ditzum Windmill – Harbour "Ditzum" loop from Bunde (Ostfriesl)

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Ditzum Windmill – Harbour "Ditzum" loop from Bunde (Ostfriesl)

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405

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Ditzum Windmill – Harbour "Ditzum" loop from Bunde (Ostfriesl)

02:28

41.5km

50m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 20.5 km for 55 m

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Train Station

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11.2 km

Dollart Dike Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Actually, the highlight should be a section of the route that describes the cycle path to the left of the Ems along the dollart to the Dutch border. Seen in this way, the route is definitely attractive for cyclists and, incidentally, also easy to drive on.

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19.5 km

View of Ditzum

Highlight • Viewpoint

A nice manageable fishing village. There is a lot to discover and explore in the small streets. There are many restaurants and cafes that invite you to take a break.

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20.0 km

Ditzum Windmill

Highlight • Monument

Nice gallery Dutchman in the middle of Ditzum, which is not easy to photograph optimally because of the narrow streets. It is worth climbing the mill when it is open. The view of the place from here is wonderful. So be sure to go to the gallery, if it is open. On the ground floor there is all sorts of things to be found in the local country women’s browsing room.
The first mill in ditzum was built in 1769, but burned down in a devastating village fire in 1882. A year later the new mill was up again. But luck didn’t last forever here either: a fire during World War II damaged the good piece considerably. A makeshift repair after the end of the war was not very convincing.
It is thanks to the village renewal program of the state of Lower Saxony in the 1990s that the municipality of Jemgum acquired the privately owned mill and, with the help of the mill association founded in 1998, built the mill as it can be seen today on the existing masonry. The resourceful Ditzumers obtained the knowledge from a broken mill in Dithmarschen. The gallery, mill cap and the wings, on the other hand, had to be rebuilt. Since then, the monument has been functional again with one grinding process and can be viewed.

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20.3 km

Ditzum Harbour

Highlight • Settlement

Ditzum is a small, beautiful town on the Ems at Dollart. There is a small harbor with a ferry connection to Petkum and to the harbor in Emden with a further journey to Delfzil.
In the town itself there is a mill and there are also many restaurants.

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20.5 km

Harbour "Ditzum"

Highlight • Structure

The small fishing village of Ditzum is popular with cyclists. Whether on the return trip from Rheiderland or the Dollart route from Holland. Ditzum always invites you to take a break, whether it's fish rolls, coffee and cake, ice cream or a delicious fish dish - here you can recharge your batteries.

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20.6 km

Ditzum Ferry and Harbor

Highlight • Rest Area

The port of Ditzum is special because it still contains many original elements that cannot be found anywhere else, such as the Bültjer shipyard, built in 1929, a special shipyard for wooden ships, which has been expanded and modernized several times since then. The ferry connection to Petkum has existed since the Middle Ages. The current vehicle was built in 1926 as a steam ferry and fitted with a diesel engine in 1953.

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