Location is a municipality in the district spelled Bentheim in Lower Saxony with about 1000 inhabitants.
In the north of the county of Bentheim are large bog and moorland in the south extends with the Bentheim mountain foothills of the Teutoburg Forest
The county is traversed longitudinally from southeast to northwest of the Vecht. In addition, many smaller streams and lakes characterize the diverse landscape area of Bentheim. Like the natural waters also characterize the channels created in the course of industrialization of the landscape.
Particularly well-known is the county of Bentheim for their bicycle tourism with about 1 200 km of signposted cycle network. The cycle system Grafschafter Fietsentour includes 220 km of main route and 25-day tours with a length of 28-56km. The bike paths is complemented by many hiking trails.
The "glory location"
Main attractions are the church, built in 1687, the water mill (built in 1270), the ruins (1183 first mentioned, from 1324 to 1326 and 1626 destroyed), the manor house (1686 built) and the historic avenue of oak trees with the old houses of the staff of the manor house.
The additional name glory location refers to the time between the end of the Thirty Years' War and 1803, the location was a small independent state with its own jurisdiction.
Today's situation, due to its historical background and its many scenic attractions for walkers and cyclists, a well-visited tourist destination in the heart of the county.
Location is an excellent starting point for extensive walking and hiking tours, both in the county of Bentheim and beyond the Dutch border.
In a partly flat, partly hilly landscape with lots of greenery and water for days, you can always discover new and interesting routes.
Location is also on the ways art route. »Kunstwegen," one of the largest open museums in Europe, with more than 60 international artists sculpture projects, over a distance of about 140 kilometers long and runs from Nordhorn to the Netherlands Zwolle through the scenic Vechtetal.
Only the small town location has three art trails stations to offer, all of which can be easily reached on foot.
The Burg Bentheim, or about 7.5 kilometers by remote health resort Uelsen with its modern swimming pool (forest pool) are well worth a visit and - not least - the 'water city of Nordhorn', the county town of around 50 000 inhabitants.
Spend a day at the zoo, explore the city on a pedal boat or one of the tour boats, relax on Vechtesee or go on an adventure with a canoe on the Vecht.
The entire region also offers many opportunities interested in culture, such as museums, cultural events, exhibitions or historical sites. There is something for everyone.
If you want to explore by bike more distant destinations throughout the county, but would like to avoid strenuous purchase or return journeys by bicycle, you can also use the hourly circulating Fietsenbus that brings you and your bike in many corners of the county, from which you can easily "learn" the routes can that you think are worthwhile.
The availability of the Fietsenbusses are more limited.
Our house is just a "stone's throw" from the oldest town in the Dutch Twente, Ootmarsum. A place with a historic center and probably the greatest concentration of art galleries in the Netherlands, if not the world - unbelievable but true.
For this goal, we can offer an elaborated and scenic day trip you (among other bike routes).
