Lichtenau: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Lichtenau combines expansive natural and scenic areas with local trails, historic sites, and regional cuisine. The landscape includes the Sauertal Nature Reserve along the Sauer River between Kleinenberg and Ebbinghausen.

Nature and Landscape

Stukenberg, a mountain, is located roughly in the area surrounding the center of Lichtenau. The hills Stöckersbuschberg, Huserklee, and Sassenberg are located roughly near the center.

Lichtenau offers walks on local trails and cycling on signposted cycle paths. The Sintfeld Höhenweg is a 144-kilometer long-distance circular hiking trail that begins in Lichtenau-Kleinenberg. The Lichtenau Climate Change Trail is an approximately three-kilometer circular route focusing on the effects of the climate on environmental and social processes.

Culture and History

A medieval castle stands at the highest point of Lichtenau. The municipal area includes Neolithic gallery graves, a medieval deserted settlement, the Baroque pilgrimage chapel in Kleinenberg, and the former monastery of the Augustinian canons in Dalheim. The Kloster Dalheim Museum is associated with gardens and exhibitions.

In the wider regional area surrounding the center of Lichtenau are roughly Gehrden Monastery, a monastery, Desenberg, a castle, the Falkenburg ruins as a ruined site, and Ottenhausen Blockhouse as a historic site.

Regional Cuisine

Lichtenau's culinary offerings include hearty Westphalian cuisine, regional game specialties, and homemade cakes and gateaux.

Further local page: Husen. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Lichtenau can then continue searching for accommodation.

To the overarching travel overview: Paderborn.

More Destinations

More places within the same destination:

Barkhausen, Borchen, Büren, Altenbeken, Salzkotten, Hövelhof, Delbrück.