Discover Trittau: Cycling routes and culture

When looking for a hotel in Trittau, the plans for your days may be a deciding factor: options range from BahnRadWege routes and other cycling tours to a watermill featuring contemporary art. There are also traces of history and the Hahnheide. Consider whether you mainly want to cycle, visit cultural sites, or include both in your stay.

Cycling routes as a focus

BahnRadWege Route C begins in the north of Trittau and follows the former route of the Südstormarn district railway from Trittau to Glinde. Important for your planning: Route C has no direct rail connection. Public parking is available in Trittau for visitors travelling by car to Route C; availability may change. Check before setting off.

Another option is cycling tour 19, starting in Trittau. It passes through valleys of natural rivers and by watermills and prehistoric burial mounds. The two tours offer different experiences: Route C follows a former railway line, while Tour 19 runs through river valleys and past historic landmarks. This gives you a practical point of reference when planning your stay around the kind of route you want.

At the end of a cycling tour, the church square, Trittau Church and the nearby cemetery with its mature trees are among the places you can explore. This lets you complement your route with a stop at these Trittau landmarks.

Watermill and historical traces

Trittau Watermill is in the historic centre, next to the Hahnheide nature reserve and the mill pond. Signs to the mill start in the town centre. Grain has not been processed there since 1963; today, the mill houses a cultural centre with events and ongoing exhibitions of contemporary art. The gallery stages its exhibitions in the mill and occasionally in the foyer of the neighbouring studio building. Programmes and exhibition venues may change; check what is on during your trip before visiting.

Napoleon Bridge, built from granite blocks, stands by the mill pond. Another historical trace is the former castle and palace site at Trittau Castle “Krim”: in the Bille lowlands, it is marked by a raised rectangular landform. These two places offer different points of interest for a walk between a structure and a landform.

Nature and landscape

Hahnheide is home to mature stands of pine, beech and spruce. Langer Otto is a 27-metre-high tower on the 99-metre-high Großer Hahnheider Berg. It is freely accessible year-round; check local access conditions before you set out. The heights of the tower and the hill give you a clear sense of this destination, without requiring you to plan for a particular length of stay.

Stormarn as a regional setting

Stormarn lies in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region between Hamburg and Lübeck and is suitable for day trips. The region is characterised by woodland and moorland landscapes. Nature experiences in Stormarn include nature reserves, nature trails, a barefoot trail and birdwatching opportunities. There are short and long circular hiking routes, as well as the Stormarnweg and the Way of St James.

Stormarn also offers more for cyclists: the region has more than 20 circular cycling tours and BahnRadWege routes along disused railway lines. These follow the routes of three former railway lines through Stormarn. The region’s cultural attractions include numerous castles, country estates and manor houses. These regional options complement the specific cycling and cultural sites in Trittau if you would like to plan your stay with Stormarn as a destination in mind.

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Go to the main travel overview: Stormarn.