Erflinghausen: Hiking Trails, Hennesee Loop and St. Lucia Chapel

Erflinghausen is a district of Meschede located south of Lake Hennesee.

Hiking around Erflinghausen

The Erflinghausen Eh1 circular trail starts at the hiking information board in the center of Erflinghausen and ends there again. For this loop, the village center is not only the starting point but also the return point. The hiking information board identifies the specific starting point in the center of Erflinghausen. This keeps the Eh1 closely connected to this Meschede district for your hiking plans: the beginning and end of the route return to the same geographical reference point.

The Meschede Höhenwanderweg is an 80 km circular trail through the municipal area of Meschede. It can begin in the Meschede district of Erflinghausen, which is located south of Lake Hennesee. At 80 km in total, the circular trail covers the municipal area of Meschede as its broader geographical setting. Erflinghausen is one possible starting point within this route. For longer hiking plans, this means that the focus is not only on the village center but on the entire municipal area of Meschede. The Eh1 and the Höhenwanderweg therefore differ above all in their respective geographical scope.

If you are preparing a longer hike, you can consider the possible starting point in Erflinghausen together with the total route length of 80 km. This information helps distinguish the trail covering the entire municipality from the Eh1, which is centered on the village center, and choose a realistic planned distance.

Cycling connections to Lake Hennesee

The Hennesee Loop connects the SauerlandRadring with the RuhrtalRadweg. For cycling plans, the SauerlandRadring and RuhrtalRadweg form the two higher-level connections of the Hennesee Loop. It initially follows the Ruhr from Meschede to Wennemen, then continues via Berge and Eslohe to Erflinghausen and Lake Hennesee. In this sequence, Erflinghausen lies after Berge and Eslohe and before Lake Hennesee. This describes a route through several places in which the district lies between the section through Berge and Eslohe and the onward route to Lake Hennesee.

St. Lucia Chapel: Architecture and Furnishings

The St. Lucia Chapel in Erflinghausen is a small listed central-plan building with eight sides, a slate-covered dome and a lantern. The octagonal floor plan is just as much part of its description as the slate-covered dome and the lantern above the main structure. The chapel's form can therefore be traced specifically from its floor plan to its roof structure.

The historic furnishings of St. Lucia Chapel include a Baroque altar dating from the middle of the 17th century.

The chapel was extensively renovated in 1995 and 1996 by the residents of the village of Erflinghausen. The renovation years are thus part of its more recent history, while the Baroque altar dates from the middle of the 17th century. The chapel's architectural form, historic furnishings and renovation carried out by the village residents therefore stand side by side as specific elements of its history.

For the broader travel overview: Meschede.

For comparison with other places, you can also include Eversberg, Remblinghausen, Frenkhausen, Freienohl, Grevenstein and Oberberge in your plans.