Hiking in Lüdinghausen
The 9.25-kilometre Burgenpatt connects the moated castles of Lüdinghausen and Vischering in a wide arc along narrow paths. The hiking trail leads along popular Lüdinghausen footpaths such as the Karnickeldamm, the Philosophenpättken or the Bievoetken through the Münsterland parkland. Along the way, you can stop off at the Dinkelhof, the Landgasthof Kastanienbaum or Café Indigo.
Lüdinghausen Castle is a great starting point for your hike on this LandStreifer. Lüdinghausen Castle is a typical Renaissance castle. It is surrounded by a magnificent park, which used to form the fortification system. The castle is known by the people of Lüdinghausen as the "castle of the citizens". Today it is a socio-cultural center, offering rooms for art and culture with a changing program and exhibitions. You can visit parts of the castle during fixed opening hours. A walk around the castle and through the Parc de Taverny, which was named after Lüdinghausen's French twin town, is also very nice.
Before you continue your hike in the direction of Klutensee, you should make a short detour to the "Biologisches Zentrum Kreis Coesfeld e.V.". The nature garden with its colorful flower meadows, the insect exhibition, insect-friendly perennials and wild bee hotels are particularly worth seeing. You will find information boards on gardening topics everywhere. Rest areas invite you to linger. For children, adventure stations with guessing, observation and exercise activities are dotted around the grounds.
Continue to the Klutensee lake. Enjoy the peace and quiet and the sound of nature. Small bays and wonderful greenery surround the lake. Here you can observe water birds that use the lake as a breeding ground.
Between meadows and fields, on small paths, accompanied for a while by water, the Burgenpatt leads you through a wonderfully rural area with incomparable charm. You then hike to the next namesake of this country trail, Vischering Castle. It is considered the ideal Münsterland moated castle. Today it is a cultural center and home to the Münsterland Museum, but centuries ago it had a completely different function, namely that of a fortress. It looks defiant with its drawbridge, embrasures and battlements. It was built on a foundation of piles, has residential and farm buildings on separate islands and an extensive system of moats.
If you like, you can walk around the castle and explore it before heading back to Lüdinghausen Castle along the Steelenweg. The Steelenweg shows bronze heads on sandstone of historical Lüdinghausen personalities.
