Klein Rheide: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Klein Rheide is traversed by the historic Ox Road. The route offers visitors impressions of the area’s natural landscape and cultural history. When looking for a holiday apartment to rent, Klein Rheide is the focus as a travel destination.

Nature

Klein Rheide lies between the geest and the lowlands of the Rheider Au. The surrounding wet meadows and pastures provide a habitat for rare species, including the northern lapwing.

To the north of Klein Rheide, the Rheider Au flows as a tributary of the Treene. It is part of the local Eider-Treene-Sorge river landscape.

Routes

The Viking-Frisian Way also passes through Klein Rheide. It connects St. Peter-Ording and Maasholm and conveys historical evidence related to Vikings and Frisians.

Klein Rheide is connected to the Eider-Treene-Sorge cycling network. The 240-kilometre route runs through the lowland landscape of Schleswig-Holstein and is described as signposted, separated from traffic, and suitable for families. Klein Rheide itself, however, has no purpose-built cycle paths; visitors should expect a wider network of rural and regional routes rather than its own local cycling infrastructure.

Culture

Two cultural monuments are documented in Klein Rheide: a thatched-roof house built in 1872 on Untere Dorfstraße and a double oak dating from 1898 at the intersection of Untere and Obere Dorfstraße.

The Runestone, Gottorf Castle, the State Museum, Haithabu, and Aschberg are located in the vicinity of Klein Rheide. The wider regional area also includes Edelsturm Ruins, Tolkschau, Lindholm, and Nordhöhe.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site “Archaeological Border Complex of Haithabu and the Danevirke” is described as a visitor attraction near Klein Rheide. The Danevirke comprises earth ramparts with defensive ditches, a brick wall, two fortifications, and a sea barrier.

Other local pages: Wohlde, Süderstapel, Tetenhusen, Dörpstedt, Börm, Bergenhusen, Alt Bennebek and Norderstapel.

For the overarching travel overview: Kropp-Stapelholm.