Dodau-Neukoppel Natural Forest – Groom's Oak loop from Ostsee Laufküste

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Dodau-Neukoppel Natural Forest – Groom's Oak loop from Ostsee Laufküste

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Dodau-Neukoppel Natural Forest – Groom's Oak loop from Ostsee Laufküste

02:03

7.75km

80m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Holsteinische Schweiz

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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16 m

Dodau Forest Trailhead

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The Dodauer Forest is a forest area with an area of over 500 hectares that extends over the communities of Eutin, Malente and Bosau in the Ostholstein district of Schleswig-Holstein. …

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2.62 km

Dodau-Neukoppel Natural Forest

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It's great to go hiking here. Parts of the forest are designated as natural forest, which means that humans no longer intervene here to create a new primeval forest.

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3.00 km

Grafted tree (natural monument)

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A few days before our hike led us to this extraordinary tree on August 17th, 2021, a huge piece of the old beech must have broken out. The scene of …

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3.24 km

Wallisweg Forest Trail

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wonderful way

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3.36 km

Wooden shelter in Naturpark Holsteinische Schweiz

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Nice, clean shelter. You could even set up a tent inside.

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7.26 km

Natural Monument Oak

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The "Black owl on a pentagonal yellow background - symbol" is attached to this oak tree. So is this tree
to be protected as an individual creation of nature for …

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7.39 km

Forsthaus Dodau

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near the bridegroom's oak is the forester's house, which was once used as a location for the home film "Immenhof". There is a small hut in the yard that serves …

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7.65 km

Groom's Oak

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In 1891 a marriage was made under the oak tree. The lovers had previously hidden letters in a knothole in the oak. In the years that followed, more and more …

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7.75 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.16 km

484 m

114 m

Surfaces

7.58 km

114 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 20 October

11°C

7°C

98 %

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Comments

June 22, 2025,Wandern im Dodauer Forst

Once again, due to the weather, we hike or walk exclusively in the forest. Once again, we head through the Dodauer Forest, but this time starting at the forester's lodge.
The car is parked nicely in the shade, and we head toward the Bräutigamseiche (Bridegroom's Oak). There are new letters... but we're not interested in trying to contact them. Apparently, …

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