Abandoned Railway Embankment – St. Laurentius Church loop from Vechta
Abandoned Railway Embankment – St. Laurentius Church loop from Vechta
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Abandoned Railway Embankment – St. Laurentius Church loop from Vechta
01:04
26.2km
50m
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: August 20, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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1.21 km
Old Watermill, Vechta
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This is the third location of the Vechta water mill.
In the Middle Ages, this originally stood as a stately mill on the branch of the Moorbach, which was specially built for the
Vechta Castle, in the town near the Nepomuk Bridge
(today's street: An der Propstei, formerly Mühlenstraße).
The Nepomuk Bridge is named after the statue that stands on the western bridge wall. This shows St. John of Nepomuk (around 1350 to 1393), who died as a martyr in Prague and was chosen by the town of Vechta as the bridge saint and patron saint of merchants. In the 17th century, the water mill was moved west towards the citadel for a short time. However, it became apparent that the water supply at this location was not sufficient for the mills. It was then moved back to its old location near the Nepomuk Bridge and then to its current location at the beginning of the 18th century. The current watermill building was converted for modern purposes and is used for offices.
A sign is dedicated to the Bremen Town Musicians on the old watermill in Vechta. A small bronze plaque is attached to the third crossbeam of the mill's half-timbered building with the inscription: "This is the historic place where the donkey decided to become a member of the Bremen Town Musicians."
vechta.de/strassennamen/an-der-wassermuehle
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Abandoned Railway Embankment
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6.80 km
Alter Bahndamm Cycle Path (Vechta–Langförden)
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Rating system and top favorites Only a relatively short section of the Ahlhorn – Vechta railway line, whose decline began with the construction of the motorway, has been converted into a comfortable cycle path.
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6.83 km
Cycle path on an old railway embankment (Vechta–Langförden)
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9.30 km
Laurentius Fountain
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9.31 km
Eis Café Langförden
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9.34 km
St. Laurentius Church
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If you drive through Langförden, you can clearly see village structures. When you get closer to the church building, it really takes you off your guard, because you simply don't expect such a great church building. The thing has "domesque" features and is much younger than you think, as it dates from 1912. "St. Laurentius is a neo-Romanesque east-facing basilica of stylistic unity and is 43 meters long and 23 meters wide cathedral-like dimensions. The three-aisled nave complements a transept of the same height in the shape of a cross. The crossing is crowned by a dodecagonal crossing tower. The eastern end is formed by a semicircular apse. The western facade has a strong long-distance effect with the 46 meter high pair of towers, a large rose window in the gable and three portal arches The entire building is clad on the outside with Ibbenbüren sandstone and structured with blind arcades, arched friezes and pilaster strips.
Inside, the wall surfaces are plastered white. Only arches and services are grayed out, some capitals also have sparing color accents.....The oldest piece in the building is the baptismal font from around 1000, which was already in the old Laurentiuskirche." Source Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Laurentius_(Langförden)
In front of it is the Laurentius Fountain with a beautiful seating area, nearby an ice cream parlor with the promising name "Süsses Smile" eiscafe-dolce-sorriso.jimdo.com.
The church building receives particular attention from the secular world, as a backdrop for theater performances of the "Theater for Everyone", which take place on the "Dom" forecourt:
theater.dr-schloemer.de
The 1000-year-old tower is a mighty remnant of the church that previously existed on the site, whose field stones were used as the foundation for the new building in 1910.
pfarrgemeinde-langfoerden.de/pfarrgemeinde/unsere-pfarrkirche
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17.3 km
Meistermann Distillery
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26.2 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
19.5 km
4.26 km
1.99 km
419 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
20.6 km
3.50 km
1.95 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
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