LWL Open-Air Museum Detmold, Krummes Haus, 32760 Detmold
Hermannsdenkmal, Grotenburg 50, 32760 Detmold
Your tour starts at the entrance to the LWL open-air museum in Detmold. From there, you first walk through the museum grounds along the Münsterländer Gräftenhof. Next, you walk past the poorhouse across the museum grounds to the Bock windmill just before the Paderborn village. Just a few steps later, you enter the Paderborn village with its smithy and the Valepagenhof. From here, you can make a short stop at the museum bakery to the left of the village pond. The route continues to the museum restaurant "Im Weißen Ross". You can also take a break here. On your way back through the museum, the route takes you past the Uhlmann house, the historic petrol station and the observation tower to the Kappen windmill. Here you follow the path past the Westhellweghof to the exit of the museum. From there, your route now takes you directly to the Hermannsdenkmal. Here, too, you have the opportunity to make a stopover, for example at the eagle observatory in Berlebeck, before you reach your destination.
A visit to the museum's bakery is definitely worthwhile for a snack in between!
From the north, take the A 2 exit Herford/Bad Salzuflen, B 239 towards Detmold/Horn-Bad Meinberg and follow the signs to "Freilichtmuseum" in Detmold.
From the west, also take the A 2 to exit 27 Kreuz Bielefeld Zentrum and then take the B 66 towards Lage/Lemgo and in Lage the B 239 towards Detmold/Horn-Bad Meinberg.
From the south, take the A 33 exit 26 Paderborn-Elsen, then the B 1 towards Hameln/Horn-Bad Meinberg until the Altenbeken/Horn exit towards Horn, then towards Detmold until Heiligenkirchen, then continue on Paderborner Straße towards Detmold.
Sufficient parking spaces are available, on the campaign days you can also use the overflow parking lot on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße.
From Detmold train station, bus route 701 (direction Berlebeck) or 703 (direction Hiddesen); from Easter to October also tourist route 792; stop Freilichtmuseum
LWL Open-Air Museum Detmold, Krummes Haus, 32760 Detmold
Hermannsdenkmal, Grotenburg 50, 32760 Detmold
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Source: Lisa-Marie Niemann destination.one
Organisation: Teutoburger Wald Tourismus
Last changed on 11.03.2025
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