Stemweder Berge - Circular hiking trail "Rosa Linie"

Gentle ascent to the highest point of the Stemweder Berg, a detour to the Orchid Farm Lemförde is possible via the long-distance hiking trail Ems-Hase-Hunte-Else.

The Stemweder Berg is located in the southeast of the Dümmer Nature Park. With its 181 meters above sea level, it is the last elevation before the North German Lowlands. To the south, the park-like cultural landscape of the municipality of Stemwede adjoins. To the east of Lake Dümmer is the Oppenweher Moor. The Stemweder Berg is composed of limestones from the younger Cretaceous period. This soft limestone contains imprints of shells as well as whole shells. Various fossils are exhibited in the Dümmer Museum in Lembruch. The forest is predominantly beech trees. Two large stands of the extremely rare masterwort-beech forests are located here. Various historical boundary stones can be found in the Stemweder Berg. Due to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Minden and thus the area south of the Stemweder Berg came under Brandenburg (Prussia). High-stemmed orchard meadows on the edge of the Stemweder Berg provide habitat for dormice, little owls, and various bat species. Water quickly seeps away in the glacial dry valleys of the Stemweder Berg. Shallow ponds are only present in small areas. In addition to native wildlife such as deer, hare, pheasant, or fox, you can find the lesser spotted woodpecker and the black woodpecker. Also present are primroses, cuckoo-pint, lily of the valley, native orchids, and woodruff. This extensive forest area is accessible through well-developed and marked hiking trails of various lengths, each starting at a hiking car park.