Moorroute

The fen settlements typical of the region in Ammerland belong to a last wave of colonization in the 18th century to develop the moorland. It goes along green, sparsely populated residential streets, moor meadows and some colorful wild meadows. The route is characterized by straight bog trails that are easy to cycle and lead through the wide fen area around Petersfehn and along the coastal canal. The new course of the route now also leads through the Fintlandsmoor. The moor ground station in the Kayhauser moor area is particularly worth seeing.

Highlights RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE ROUTE

• The coastal canal is an approximately 70 kilometer long federal waterway. It branches off the Hunte in Oldenburg and meets the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Dörpen.
• Kleinbahnwanderweg: From 1912 to 1991, the Kleinbahn commuted here from Edewechterdamm to Bad Zwischenahn over a distance of around twelve kilometers. The functions of the railway were to transport peat, which was then also used as fuel for locomotives, and to move cattle. The decades of profitable freight traffic decreased continuously, so that at the beginning of the nineties the track systems were dismantled and a cycle path became.
• The Fintlandsmoor is a drained and largely peat high moor area and has been a nature reserve since 1987. In 2017 the area was divided into the nature reserves "Fintlandsmoor" and "Dänikhorster Moor". With sand dams and barrages in the drainage ditches, renaturation through rewetting is sought in both areas.
• Moor ground station (Kayhausen): The central point of the visit is a glass stele on a cut peat wall, which impressively shows how the raised moor has developed over the past 7,000 years. The ground station wants to awaken understanding for an extremely endangered and sensitive habitat.
• The large Engelsmeer (Kayhauserfeld) is a two-hectare area with a moor lake and, in parts, a wide silting belt.