Discover Selsingen

A stay in Selsingen can combine cycling and culture with distinctive local features. Three SteinErlebnisRoutes start here, along with the listed Greven Worth local history museum, St. Lamberti Church and the Elisabeth gallery windmill. If you are looking for a hotel for your trip, you can first decide whether to focus your time mainly on the cycling routes, the historic buildings, or the wider destination of Rotenburg.

Cycling on the SteinErlebnisRoutes

The SteinErlebnisRoutes comprise three separate routes that can each be cycled independently, with a total length of around 100 kilometres. All three start at the “Treffpunkt Jugend und Rad” at the Millennium Forest in Selsingen, on B 71/Im Sick. When planning your tour, it is important to distinguish between the total distance and the individual routes: the approximately 100 kilometres is the combined distance of all three routes. This means you can plan the cycling part of your trip around a single route or the entire network.

Building and craft history in Selsingen

The listed Greven Worth local history museum comprises a thatched two-post house dating from 1701, historic outbuildings and an exhibition of tools and materials from traditional crafts. The building and exhibition offer different perspectives, ranging from the house’s architecture to the tools used in crafts of the past. The museum therefore offers several ways to explore Selsingen’s building and craft history.

St. Lamberti Church in Selsingen dates from 1725. The Elisabeth gallery windmill was rebuilt on the outskirts of Selsingen in 1983, after the Selsingen Mill Preservation Association had campaigned for its restoration and reconstruction. Compared with the local history museum, which dates from 1701, the church and mill offer further historic reference points: the church is associated with the year 1725, while the mill is notable for its later reconstruction and the role of the association.

Outdoor swimming pool outside Selsingen

Nearby, the outdoor swimming pool is located outside Selsingen on the road towards Sandbostel. Its pool measures 25 × 25 metres and includes a non-swimmer area; the facility also has a large beach volleyball court with particularly fine sand. While the local history museum, church and mill focus on culture, the swimming pool offers a sporting option and adds another interest to the cultural and cycling themes.

More landscapes in the wider destination of Rotenburg

The wider destination of Rotenburg offers additional hiking and cycling options. The 24 NORDPFADE trails in Rotenburg district (Wümme) are circular hiking routes between 5 and 32 kilometres long. The NORDPFAD Ostetal passes through a river landscape featuring dense floodplain forests, wet meadows, reed beds and steep slopes. The region’s hiking options thus include a variety of trail lengths as well as a specifically described river landscape.

The Wümme Cycle Route there consists of a northern route of around 125 kilometres and a southern route of around 135 kilometres. Cross-connections divide them into attractive individual sections; the routes are also suitable for day trips and families. Unlike the SteinErlebnisRoutes in Selsingen, where around 100 kilometres refers to the combined length of the three routes, these figures refer to the northern and southern routes. This makes it easy to distinguish between the structure of the two cycling options.

Together with Ekelmoor, Tister Bauernmoor forms a 1,220-hectare nature reserve complex. The Burgsittensen Moor Railway travels at 6 km/h through Tister Bauernmoor, a typical raised bog landscape of pools, grasses, heather plants and birch trees. In contrast to the river landscape of the NORDPFAD Ostetal, the focus here is on bog vegetation and the journey through the raised bog.

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