Felm combines hiking through forest and moorland with horse-riding activities and a visitor-accessible structure on the former Eider Canal. The area can therefore be explored through two main themes: nature on foot and individual traces of regional history. The Kaltenhofer Moor offers a special connection between these perspectives, with its rewetting planned as a long-term process. When planning your stay, specific interests take centre stage: Which landscapes would you like to experience on foot, and would you like to include a cultural site in your visit?
Hiking Between Forest and Moor
Felm offers hiking through the Stodthagener Forst, Holliner Wald, Kaltenhofer Moor and Felmer Moor. The selection thus includes two named forest areas and two moors. If you plan your stay around the landscape, you can weigh the forest options against the moor destinations rather than focusing every excursion on the same theme. This comparison helps you clarify your hiking interests: are you more interested in forest areas or moorland?
The Changing Kaltenhofer Moor
The changing landscape is also a focus at Kaltenhofer Moor. Former drainage ditches have been filled in to raise water levels; the ecological transformation is a long-term process that is still ongoing. New habitats for amphibians and other wildlife are developing in open areas of the wet woodland. Rewetting makes Kaltenhofer Moor a destination where nature and the development of a habitat come together.
Horse-Riding Activities in Felm
Horse-riding activities are available at Ponyhof Blötz in Felm-Tonnenberg and at Reitanlage Mumm in Felmerholz. This adds a specific horse-riding theme to the options alongside hiking. If riding is important to your stay, it is worth confirming current availability before making plans, as offerings may change.
Lock and Manor House
The restored Rathmannsdorf Lock, on the former Eider Canal, is located within the municipality of Felm. It is open to visitors and also serves as a stopping point in the Felm area for cyclists and hikers. The site thus combines its historical connection with a practical role for people travelling on foot or by bicycle. Gut Rathmannsdorf, with its preserved manor house, is also located within the municipality. The two sites offer different points of interest: a restored lock on the former canal and a preserved manor house.
In the Wider Destination of Rendsburg-Eckernförde
The wider destination of Rendsburg-Eckernförde offers a regional perspective. Rendsburg-Eckernförde district has 55 kilometres of Baltic Sea coastline; four nature parks are also located within the district. A signposted cycling network stretching 1,000 kilometres adds to these regional highlights. The 180-kilometre Nature Park Hiking Trail offers another perspective, running through the district’s four nature parks. The wider destination of Rendsburg-Eckernförde therefore offers coastline, nature parks and cycling, alongside the forest and moorland areas mentioned in Felm.
Discover more destinations: Krogaspe, Nortorf, Lindau, Hoffeld, Owschlag, Damendorf, Borgstedt, Eider Canal
Go to the wider travel overview: Rendsburg-Eckernförde.
