**FKT Route Description — “Hermannslauf Double (Reversed)”
Start/Finish: Sparrenburg → Hermannsdenkmal → Sparrenburg
60.74 km • 1,295 m D+**
Route Name: Hermannslauf Double (Reversed)
Distance: 60.74 km
Vertical Gain: 1,295 m
Start/Finish: Sparrenburg Castle, Bielefeld
Turnaround Point: Hermannsdenkmal, Detmold
Route Type: Out-and-back (Reverse Hermannslauf)
Overview
This reversed Hermannslauf Double runs the entire historic Hermannslauf course from Bielefeld to Detmold and back, starting and finishing at Sparrenburg Castle.
The full route is completed twice in one continuous effort: Sparrenburg → Hermannsdenkmal → Sparrenburg.
The GPX follows the official Hermannslauf trail and stays strictly on the original path without deviations.
Segment 1 — Sparrenburg → Hermannsdenkmal (km 0–~30.4)
The run begins at Sparrenburg Castle and follows the classic Hermannslauf trail eastward along the ridge of the Teutoburger Wald.
Key landmarks along the way:
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Forest sections around Bielefelder Pass
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Technical ridgeline trails toward Oerlinghausen
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Reitlager Quellen
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Donoper Teich
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Heath landscape of Hiddeser Bent
The first half ends with the climb to the Hermannsdenkmal, the mandatory turnaround point.
Distance first leg: ~30.37 km
Elevation gain first leg: ~650 m
Segment 2 — Hermannsdenkmal → Sparrenburg (km ~30.4–60.74)
The return leg is an exact retracing of the same Hermannslauf trail.
You descend from the Hermannsdenkmal back through:
Finish is at the identical starting point at Sparrenburg.
Distance second leg: ~30.37 km
Total distance: 60.74 km
Total vertical gain: 1,295 m
