Rail Trail Extension in Wewer – Dreckburg Castle loop from Paderborn Kasseler Tor
Rail Trail Extension in Wewer – Dreckburg Castle loop from Paderborn Kasseler Tor
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Rail Trail Extension in Wewer – Dreckburg Castle loop from Paderborn Kasseler Tor
01:44
39.9km
180m
Road cycling
Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
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Temporary access restrictions
Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.
After 923 m for 392 m
Dismount required: • 9:00 AM-8:00 PM (otherwise open)
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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873 m
Paderborn City Center
Highlight • Settlement
Paderborn was first mentioned in a document in 777, when a Reichstag and a missionary synod took place in Paderborn under Charlemagne. The first Westphalian university was founded in Paderborn in 1614, which was later converted into an independent theological faculty. A new university was founded in 1972. The city has been the seat of a bishopric since the ninth century; this was elevated to an archdiocese in 1930.
The city received its current boundaries through the incorporation of surrounding communities as part of the regional reform in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1974, which made Paderborn a large city.
Today Paderborn is the 56th largest city in Germany.
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6.41 km
Rail Trail Extension in Wewer
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12.7 km
Scenic road to the village in Teutoburg Forest
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18.3 km
Between Fields
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19.6 km
Asphalt path between Salzkotten and Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport
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25.6 km
Dreckburg Castle
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38.2 km
Paderborn Central Station
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The front with a new forecourt in December 2011
RB72 to Herford on track 4
The main line was opened between Hamm and Paderborn on October 1, 1850 by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company. The line was extended to Warburg in 1853. The Sennebahn was added in July 1902. Another branch line was opened in 1899 in the direction of Büren (Almetalbahn). This line was closed in 1981. Recently there have been discussions about reactivating the line and thus providing a better connection to Paderborn/Lippstadt airport. In addition, new tracks were laid up to the Paderborn city limits. Another branch line was built in 1906 in the direction of Bad Lippspringe; it branches off at Paderborn Nord station. In 1965 it was closed for passenger traffic and is now only used by the Benteler works.
Near Paderborn main station, the 25,000 kilometers of track of the then German Federal Railway was electrified in December 1970. A memorial plaque in the station building commemorates this milestone. From the summer of 1973, the DB attempted to supplement the successful IC network with branch lines. Three express train pairs of the Intercity supplementary system (DC) ran between the Ruhr area and Bebra. However, as the hoped-for demand failed to materialize, this "IC feeder service" was discontinued in the summer of 1976. In connection with the high-speed line Hanover-Würzburg, it was planned to expand the Ruhr area-Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe(-Munich) connection into a regular IC line. After 1990, this became the Central Germany connection with destinations in Thuringia and Saxony or Berlin. ICE trains were also used in some cases for this from the timetable change in December 2002. As demand did not meet expectations, since December 2007 only IC trains have run via Paderborn in the direction of Berlin Central Station. Individual long-distance services, particularly in peripheral areas, were removed from the timetable, and the entire long-distance service was temporarily called into question.
With the timetable change in 2010/2011, the IC between Düsseldorf/Cologne and Leipzig/Berlin disappeared from the local train service. Since then, only four IC/ICE pairs have run via Paderborn Hbf: three ICE/IC from the Ruhr area to Dresden Hbf, one ICE to Munich every day, two ICE/IC to Düsseldorf and one ICE to Wiesbaden. On Fridays and Sundays, an additional IC pair was offered to Berlin-Gesundbrunnen.
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38.7 km
Rikus Fountain
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39.9 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
23.0 km
10.8 km
4.45 km
1.32 km
163 m
102 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
30.7 km
6.08 km
2.99 km
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (190 m)
Lowest point (100 m)
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