Discovery tour between the Rhine and Issel
On this approximately 44-kilometer round tour you will discover the varied natural landscape between the Rhine and Issel. From the start in Wesel it goes past the Auesee, along the Rhine and through the Diersfordt Forest, before heading back to Wesel from Hamminkeln an der Issel. The route runs mostly on paved bike paths and dirt roads. Especially in the area of Diersfordter Wald and Wesel-Obrighoven you cycle on unpaved forest paths with isolated sandy spots. If you arrive by car, the Auesee is a suitable starting point. The Wesel-Feldmark train station is an ideal entry point for anyone arriving by train.
Rheinauen and stork country
First along the Auesee, the tour takes you further over the dike through the Rheinauen. After the path branches off the dike for a short time, it continues along the Rhine through the "Droste Woy" nature reserve in the direction of Bislich, a district of Wesel. Numerous stork nests await you along the route, which invite you to observe. In Bislich you leave the Deichweg.
Lakeland and Diersfordt Forest
After you have crossed Bislich, you cycle through a veritable lake landscape. The lakes to the right and left of you were created in particular by gravel mining or are still being created. At the Neuhollandshof, it's worth getting off your bike for a short while to explore the grounds of the Clostermann fruit plantation. Among other things, over 30 different apple varieties are grown here. A short time later, you have an ideal opportunity to take a break with a view of the Diersfordter Waldsee and its island biotopes. With the Houseboats Lower Rhine Very special accommodations await you here. There now follows a 3 km stretch on a cycle path alongside the road before you turn off into the Diersfordt Forest. Here is the Heideweiher Black Water, a hidden gem and the oldest nature reserve in Wesel.
Country idyll along the Issel
Continue on dirt roads in the direction of Hamminkeln, where you can fortify yourself with coffee and cake or a delicious ice cream. After Hamminkeln, the tour takes you along dirt roads parallel to the Issel. The 81,5 km long river has its source in Raesfeld and flows into the IJssel in Doesburg (NL) – no, not Duisburg. At the Bärenschleuse, here the river almost makes a right-angled bend, you leave the course of the Issel and drive back towards Wesel via a beautiful forest path. Through the district of Feldmark it goes back to the starting point at the Auesee.
Note on the discovery tours in the radrevier.ruhr
This tour is one of the discovery tours im radrevier.ruhr. This means that it also leads along cycle paths that are not part of the region's figureheads. However, accepting compromises in the quality of the cycle path also means being able to “experience” “undiscovered” tours off the popular and often heavily frequented cycle paths. Is a good path condition important to you? Then you should rather come to our 15 RevierRoutes drop by!
