Shepherd’s Farm Neuenkirchen – The Schwarze Dreck Heath loop from Riensheide mit Stichter See und Sägenmoor

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Germany

Lower Saxony

Lüneburg Heath

Shepherd’s Farm Neuenkirchen – The Schwarze Dreck Heath loop from Riensheide mit Stichter See und Sägenmoor

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Shepherd’s Farm Neuenkirchen – The Schwarze Dreck Heath loop from Riensheide mit Stichter See und Sägenmoor

00:57

3.73km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Lüneburger Heide

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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235 m

Shepherd’s Farm Neuenkirchen

Highlight • Historical Site

The idyllic shepherd's farm was built according to a historical model, with a large sheepfold for the typical heathland sheep - the Heidschnucke.

The flock of sheep is usually driven to the farm around 5:30 p.m. from May to October.

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367 m

Hörstein Neuenkirchen

Highlight • Monument

Halved boulder from which noises can be heard.

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482 m

Listening Stone at the Heide-Erlebnispfad Schäferhof

Highlight • Monument

It is fascinating what sounds are heard from this stone

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634 m

Gabriela Albergaria: Walkable Art Trail D 28

Highlight • Structure

Around Neuenkirchen there is a lot of art in the forest. At this point, the art is, so to speak, accessible.

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1.87 km

The Schwarze Dreck Heath

Highlight • Natural

This designation can already be found on the map of Kurhannover from 1650. A dry heath area which was neither used as grazing area nor as peat stalk. A luck for flora and fauna.

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1.90 km

Schwarzer Dreck and Diebseen Neuenkirchen

Highlight • Natural

About 2 km in a south-easterly direction across the Schäferhof, past the Hörstein by Ulrich Eller 1995, you come to an old moor and heath area. This area owes its …

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2.31 km

Schwarzer Dreck Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

This open refuge is located at the entrance to the Heide Schwarzer Dreck. Diagonally opposite starts the heath path which allows a nice view on the heath.

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3.10 km

Friedrich Toedter Rock Garden

Highlight • Monument

Friedrich Toedter's rock garden, with its boulders that were "pushed" naturally from Scandinavia during the Ice Age 😊 is quite nice.

The stone is on the way to the "Schäferhof, an old farmstead"

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3.73 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.93 km

1.51 km

260 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.40 km

298 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 23 October

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7°C

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Comments

August 20, 2022,Kleine Runde am Schäferhof ☀️😎

Today for once on foot 🤗 Wonderful little tour through the Lüneburg Heath. The Schäferhof is absolutely worth seeing and the "Heidestick" and the Heidschnucken liver sausage are sensationally delicious 😋

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