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Lower Saxony
Ammerland
Bad Zwischenahn

Moor nature trail with rest area – Moor Field Station Kayhausen loop from Bad Zwischenahn

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Germany
Lower Saxony
Ammerland
Bad Zwischenahn

Moor nature trail with rest area – Moor Field Station Kayhausen loop from Bad Zwischenahn

Moderate

4.7

(90)

242

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Moor nature trail with rest area – Moor Field Station Kayhausen loop from Bad Zwischenahn

02:14

8.85km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

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2.29 km

View of the Moor Meadows

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From the new cycle path you have a wonderful view over the moorland pastures. With a bit of luck you might see deer or even a fox

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2.95 km

Information Board About the Bog

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Information Panel: The Moor – A Fascinating Habitat

What is a moor?

A moor is an ecosystem characterized by sphagnum mosses, sedges, and dwarf shrubs growing on wet ground.

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3.02 km

Small nature trail over the moor.

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3.03 km

Moor Field Station Kayhausen

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The individual layers of the bog are clearly visible here on a bog wall that has just been cut.

Lower Saxony's first moor ground station is located in Bad Zwischenahn. …

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3.29 km

Nice little moor path near Bad Zwischenahn

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3.74 km

Site of the Kayhausen Bog Body Discovery

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Bog body from Ammerland How the boy from Kayhausen was found 100 years ago. On July 3, 1922, Friedrich Roggemann encountered resistance near the peat ditch. He then uncovered a …

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8.21 km

Moorweg Path by the Railway

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And every now and then the train drivers wave back 😉

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8.51 km

Scholjegerdes Hof Restaurant & Café

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Nice restaurant. Cozy, very nice waiters.
I didn't even know there was a little shop involved.
The restaurant is closed Monday and Tuesday.
Open on other days from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m

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8.85 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

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5.78 km

1.98 km

750 m

353 m

Surfaces

4.43 km

2.10 km

1.37 km

663 m

294 m

< 100 m

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Monday 6 July

22°C

14°C

47 %

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Comments

October 22, 2023,Spaziergewandert auf dem Moorweg
After a nice breakfast at the Scholjegerdeshof, we hiked the moor path today, the starting point with an information board is located directly at the parking lot there. A great tour through the Kayhausermoor, but the signage could sometimes be a little more noticeable. So it's better to memorize the route before you start or have it with you on …

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A workday in Oldenburg, and then today's after-work tour took us to Bad Zwischenahn.
We don't usually follow the pre-determined routes, but we actually largely followed the Ammerland Touristik moor tour. We started at the open-air museum in the spa park and added a detour to Lake Zwischenahner Meer at the end.
We enjoyed the route as an after-work tour, …

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This round trip is a suggestion from Ammerland Touristik.
The path leads into the moorland area to the Engelsmeer, where a lot of cotton grass grows. Continue past the site where a bog body was found, which had to suffer its fate here more than 2000 years ago.

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Start: parking lot under the oaks (opposite the net)
Here you can park by mobile phone or take a parking ticket.
Electric vehicles can park their vehicles there for charging for 4 hours with a parking disc free of charge. 😁
From the parking lot, cross the pedestrian crossing and walk left along the cycle path to Scholjegerdes Hof. Turn …

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I used the day off for a nice ride from Bad Zwischenahn. Even though the ride around Lake Zwischenahn is one of my favorites, today I went to Lake Engelsmeer ☀️😎. Another very nice ride 🤩

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