SU2 Locks Tour

In Suderburg - traditional heath village and modern university location - the 30 km long circular tour starts. It leads out in a northeasterly direction, initially to Holxen.

In the old heath village, you cycle on a cobblestone street to the historic water mill with its powerful water wheel. The mill from 1321 was once a grain, grist, and bakery mill. The water wheel is occasionally put into operation for milling demonstrations. Relaxed by the sound of the mill stream, continue to Holdenstedt on the southern outskirts of Uelzen. Here, in a publicly accessible park where the Hardau flows, is the small Holdenstedt Castle. At this location, there was already a castle complex in the 13th century. Today, the baroque manor house with a simple and beautiful facade stands here. The tour continues to Borne, past meadows and fields to Niendorf II, where Bornbach and Stederau merge. The next stop is Stederdorf, where a view of the church of St. Laurentius is worthwhile - a Romanesque fieldstone building, whose choir room is probably over 1,000 years old. From Stederdorf, it is not far to the Elbe Lateral Canal. This connects the Elbe and Mittelland Canal and is an important waterway. Between Stederdorf and Esterholz, the impressive Uelzen I and II lock group rises on the canal, one of the largest lock structures in Germany. A break is worthwhile here: to watch the ships, explore the educational trail "Water makes it possible" on the canal, or to eat something in the lock restaurant. Back on the main route, you will reach Wrestedt and continue cycling westward. When you cross the Bornbach, you are in the middle of the Bornbachtal nature reserve. The nature reserve protects the Bornbach with its valley and lowlands, as well as the Schöneblecksenbach and the "Alte Gehege" with streams and still waters, wetlands, former fish ponds, and small mixed deciduous forests. After the Bornbach, the route leads back to the starting point Suderburg via a southern detour. Just a few steps to the left of the bike path stands St. Remigius Church with its over 1,000-year-old defensive tower made of fieldstones. St. Remigius is a cycling church, open during the daytime in summer with access to drinking water and toilets, rest areas, as well as information about cycling and accommodation.