Landwehr Ferry – Flemhuder Lake loop from Holtenau

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Schleswig-Holstein

Landwehr Ferry – Flemhuder Lake loop from Holtenau

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Landwehr Ferry – Flemhuder Lake loop from Holtenau

02:42

49.8km

240m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel 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: September 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 37.1 km for 35 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.24 km

View of the Kiel Canal and Holtenau Lock from Holtenau High Bridge

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I can always look forward to seeing the sunrise on my way to work in the morning 🌅...

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2.30 km

View from the Holtenau High Bridges of the Kiel Canal

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View from the bridge Holtenau over the Nort Baltic Sea Canal

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9.77 km

Projensdorfer Gehölz

Forest

20.7 km

Landwehr Ferry

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....very friendly staff. Nice little ferry ride. Free of charge for cars, pedestrians and cyclists.

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22.3 km

Strohbrück Lock (Former Eider Canal Lock)

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This is also one of the two final destinations if you go on a paddling tour with the canoe from the Achterwehr canoe rental 🛶...
The alternative with more current/swell would be the Westensee as a destination 😉...

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23.1 km

Flemhuder Lake

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The Flemhuder See is a protected landscape component. After the construction of the Kiel Canal before the First World War, the lake shrank from 230 to just 30 hectares. The …

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25.0 km

Flemhuder Lake

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There is a small rustic resting place (with a bench) from where you have a wonderful view over the lake

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37.9 km

Russeer Gehege

Forest

40.9 km

Veloroute 10 (Kiel)

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Absolutely recommendable when driving through Kiel

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47.6 km

View from Holtenau High Bridge

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You can skate under the double bridge on the Holtenau side in the skate park.

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49.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.5 km

16.3 km

7.81 km

4.15 km

1.13 km

Surfaces

20.7 km

10.4 km

9.00 km

7.65 km

1.97 km

189 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 20 October

11°C

7°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

April 3, 2025,Gravelo40 Kiel (Kanal, Eider, Ahrensee)

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July 27, 2025,Westlich von Kiel ist nördlich vom Westensee ist südlich vom Kanal

Where there's no mud, you can shoot.
Or: What started as a relaxed Sunday ride turned into a tough workout

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July 28, 2024,Gravel: Ottendorfer Au, NOK, Flemhuder See, Eider

To round off the weekend, I got back on my gravel bike for the first time in a long time. After all, the trauma surgeon who had taken an ultrasound of my torn muscle fiber had recommended cycling.
It was a water circuit (Ottendorfer Au, Kiel Canal, Flemhuder See, Eider...) with uncomfortable path conditions over long stretches.

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September 25, 2021,Hoch die Hände - Wochenende

Just go for it.
In Suchsdorf down to the NOK and off in the direction of the Landwehr. At the canal switch high and above the embankment continue on the single trail to the next descent. Then back down to the Plattenweg and on to Landwehr.
From Landwehr it went to the old Strohbrück lock and from there along the …

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