Circular hiking trail through the Great Peat Bog - "Listening Tour"

The Great Peat Bog lies between the Wiehengebirge mountains and the Mittelland Canal in the area of the city of Lübbecke and the municipality of Hille. The parking lot at the Lübbecke-Gehlenbeck outdoor pool (on the L 771) offers ample parking space and is also the starting point for the hike into the Great Peat Bog. After an initial orientation (information board), the path leads past old poplars and opens up views of natural meadows, ponds, lakes, and streams. Following the red marker at the next crossing, then turning right after a barrier past the peat pond through a pasture and birch stand, we reach the unique raised bog in NRW with its typical high moor fauna and flora.

Visitors to the Great Peat Bog can also try out the new audio tour "Hike through the Great Peat Bog". With the free audio tour app on your smartphone, the tour can first be downloaded, and then you can hike through the nature reserve accompanied by the audio contributions.

After leaving the boardwalk behind, the path continues over springy peat sods and along a water surface to the first observation tower. A view from the tower over the moorland and towards the Wiehengebirge mountains is highly recommended. Once back down, a boardwalk leads to the MOOR EXPERIENCE PATH, which continues to the right. Here you can learn interesting facts about plants and animals of the moor landscape as well as about bog bodies. In the warm season, there is also the opportunity to experience the moor with all your senses in a peat bog pit.

Behind the shelter, the path continues past meadows and a field hedge to the Flöthe stream. The red trail marker now points to the other side of the stream. Following a meadow path, we are now in the low moor area and after a short distance arrive at another observation tower. Returning from the tower and now turning right onto a paved path to the moor farm. Operated by the Nature Conservation Association NABU, district association Minden-Lübbecke, the facility houses a sheep farm. The NABU provides information on animals, plants, and insects on the premises using educational boards.

The hiking trail now sharply turns right past young pollarded willows through meadows and then to the right, to return to the Great Peat Bog after about 300 m. A boardwalk leads through a wetland with willows and past gnarled pollarded willows to a riparian forest, where for the last time there is an opportunity to gaze at the fascinating raised bog from an observation tower. The remaining stretch is lined with different shrub and tree species before the path turns left onto the familiar section towards the parking lot.