Connection Wall Area 8 and National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Connection Wall Area 8

   Here the Danevirke stops being a faint line in the grass and becomes something you can touch, and the label calls it a connection wall. Archaeologists use that term for the short sections that tie the main rampart to its neighbours, the walls that stitched the whole system into one barrier from the Schlei to the western marshes. Area 8 lies in the heart of the system, a short walk from the village of Dannewerk, whose name simply means Danes' Work.

   Read the complete Connection Wall Area 8 write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Connection Wall Area 8 is where the day begins. Next is National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.

2. 2. National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen

   Here the Wadden Sea comes right up against the dyke. This is the coast of the Wurster Nordseeküste, between the Weser and Elbe estuaries, a country of low sea walls, drained farmland and wide skies, and the mudflats outside the dyke are part of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. Together with the Dutch and Danish parts of the Wadden Sea, the area is a UNESCO World Heritage site, valued above all for the sheer scale of the tidal flats and the millions of birds that pass through on migration. When the tide goes out, it goes a very long way.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   203 km in you reach National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen. Next is back through National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.

3. 3. Back to Connection Wall Area 8

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Connection Wall Area 8 write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   back through National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei, late in the day. Next is Connection Wall Area 8.

4. 4. Connection Wall Area 8

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Connection Wall Area 8 write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Back at Connection Wall Area 8. That is the ride.