Hohenaspe: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Estate Tour reaches Hohenaspe and recommends a stop at St. Michaelis Church to see its tower. Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Hohenaspe can then continue their search for accommodation. The tour returns to Itzehoe along quiet minor roads. A detour leads to the Muldsberg Pit, a former clay mining area with a lake and a circular trail. The route then passes through a forest to Drage, where another estate complex is located.

Culture

Construction of St. Michaelis Church in Hohenaspe began at the end of the 12th century as a fieldstone building. Later work included raising the nave in brick, a rib-vaulted choir from the 14th century with two side chapels, and an open bell tower west of the nave. Inside are a wooden altarpiece from around 1480 with a figurative crucifixion scene, a Renaissance pulpit from around 1560, a bronze baptismal font cast in 1630, and the crypt of Margrave Friedrich Ernst of Kulmbach and his wife. Visitor parking is available at St. Michaelis Church at Kirchenstraße 10.

Cycling and Hiking Trails

Five long-distance cycle routes are designated in the wider Holstein region: the Elbe Cycle Route, North Sea Coast Cycle Route, Ox Road, Monk's Way, and Kiel Canal Route. The Auenwiesen Tour approaches Hohenaspe through expansive meadows, fields, and lowlands. One section leads through Aukrug Nature Park and showcases the diverse geest landscape of the natural region. After Hohenaspe, the Auenwiesen Tour continues along quiet paths to Drage and then into Barlohe State Forest.

The seventh stage of the Schlei-Eider-Elbe long-distance hiking trail passes through Hohenaspe and then continues through Halloh State Forest toward Itzehoe.

Nature

In the wider Holstein region, nature-related activities take place between the Elbe, its tributaries, marshes, floodplains, and ancient forests. In Hohenaspe, a pair of cranes is reported to remain in the area year-round. The Am Burndahl cycle path in Hohenaspe features blooming hollyhocks.

Regional Cuisine

Tourism information for the wider Steinburg area highlights farm shops, restaurants, the Holsteiner Teller, the Glückstadt Matjes Days, and the Steinburg Game Weeks as culinary experiences.

To the higher-level travel overview: Steinburg.

More Destinations

More places within the same destination:

Brokdorf, Poyenberg, Elskop, Holstenniendorf, Sarlhusen, Altenmoor, Willenscharen, Rethwisch.