The Elbe Cycle Route is known to be one of the most popular and busiest long-distance cycle routes in Germany, and this also applies to the section in the Lower Saxony Elbe valley floodplains and thus to the Wendland region. If you cycle from the river into the Wendland, you are suddenly "in the middle of nowhere", where you rarely meet other cyclists and otherwise encounter more tractors than cars.
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The MYBIKE route leads mainly along farm tracks, extremely low-traffic, small district roads and occasionally along somewhat bumpy forest tracks. The Wendland, which is forested in many places, is terminal moraine country, which means that the terrain is a little more undulating than in otherwise flat northern Germany. The highest elevation is the Hohe Mechtin at 142 metres, which is part of the Drawehn mountain range.
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The MYBIKE tour winds its way through Wendland in such a way that there are virtually no climbs worth mentioning. The Wendland is full of nature, the small towns such as Hitzacker, Dannenberg or Lüchow are often half-timbered. The extraordinary round villages such as Satemin, Lübeln or Schreyahn could soon be on the UNESCO World Heritage List - if the responsible commission agrees. The signposting along the way is quite good, although there is no long-distance cycle path here that you can follow all the time, instead you have to make your way from place to place. You should therefore have a "sat nav" on your bike or a good old road map with you.
GPS data
You can download the GPX track for the Wendland cycle tour download free of charge below the article or find it in the MYBIKE Collection on komoot
You can find the complete Wendland travel report with all the information in MYBIKE 2/2021 or as a PDF download below the article. The PDF costs 1.99 euros.
