Bollingstedt: Nature, Trails and Cycling

Bollingstedt offers clear starting points for a stay focused on nature and outdoor activities. The Bollingstedter Au flows through the village and is named in the official FFH area “Treene Winderatter See bis Friedrichstadt und Bollingstedter Au” under area number 1322-391. The Bollingstedter Moor lies north of the village and is considered an intact habitat of outstanding beauty.

Walking and cycling

Walking paths run along the Mühlenteich. The pond is associated with an old mill, and the surrounding area offers a wide variety of waterbirds. Steinholz is well suited to longer walks. A walk through the wooded area can continue to Gammellund, a district of Bollingstedt, and the Gammellunder See. In terms of choosing a route, the Mühlenteich is a local point of interest, while Steinholz offers a longer walk with the option of continuing to Gammellund and the lake.

A well-developed network of cycle paths surrounds Bollingstedt, offering opportunities to explore the surrounding area in every direction. This makes cycling different from walks, which have specific points of interest at the Mühlenteich and Steinholz: by bike, the focus is on exploring the surrounding area in different directions. This is a helpful distinction when deciding whether your stay will be focused mainly on walking or cycling.

Transport connections and other destinations

Regular public transport connects Bollingstedt with Jübek railway station. From Jübek, train connections offer travel options to Husum, Kiel, Flensburg and Hamburg. Check the timetables before your trip if you plan to use this connection on a particular day. This allows you to include the public transport connection to Jübek and the onward train journey in your travel plans.

Good transport links also make the North Sea and Baltic Sea beaches, as well as destinations in Denmark, accessible from Bollingstedt. These wider-ranging destinations provide a different focus for your plans than the local walking and cycling options. When planning your trip, you can treat the local trails and the more far-reaching destinations as separate points of interest.

In the wider Schleswig-Flensburg destination area

The wider Schleswig-Flensburg destination area offers additional nature and culture themes. Haithabu and the Danewerk have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since June 2018; more than 25 kilometres of the rampart are still preserved today. The Eider-Treene-Sorge river landscape is also part of Schleswig-Flensburg district. In the Schlei Nature Park, gentle hills, forests, hedgerow landscapes, rapeseed and grain fields, sandy beaches and bathing bays shape the landscape. The Schlei’s brackish-water areas provide a habitat for numerous endangered bird species. Guided nature tours are also available in the Schlei Nature Park; the Viking-Frisian Way, the Ox Road and 15 signposted themed cycling routes run through the landscape. The regional area therefore offers nature, cycling and history themes in addition to Bollingstedt’s specific walking and cycling options.

Discover more destinations: Ellingstedt, Jübek, Treia, Gammellund, Lürschau, Schuby, Silberstedt

Return to the wider travel guide: Arensharde.