Leisure & adventure tips
Be active - in and around the Diemelsee
Discover numerous leisure activities, excursion options and sights in the Diemelsee Nature Park - whether on land or in and around the lake.
Holiday fun and being active are just as possible in the holiday region on the Diemelsee as swimming on the various beaches, boat trips and boat tours, stand-up paddling or diving.
Whether in the water or on land, there is no chance of getting bored here and everyone will find the right offer. Our Göbel's Seehotel right on the shore of the lake with a fantastic view is the ideal starting point for your very own holiday experiences.
Discover the Diemelsee Nature Park and the unique holiday region!
Active in the water
Beaches on the Diemelsee
Limitless bathing fun for young and old is available on the Diemelsee at three bathing beaches with beach cafés and children's playgrounds.
The Heringhausen lido is the most extensive opportunity for the whole family to enjoy the Diemelsee. A marked-out non-swimmer area, showers, sunbathing lawn, sales kiosk, lounge area, large water slide, play equipment, sandpit and a nature trail about life on the lake are free of charge. There is also a rental service for electric and pedal boats, a mooring for the excursion ship MS Muffert, a bathing jetty and a floating pontoon. You can also enjoy pure bathing fun free of charge at the Seebrücke / Hohes Rad lido or the Helminghausen lido.
Diemelsee family and adventure pool
In the family and adventure pool in Heringhausen with a children's pool area, sauna, indoor and outdoor pools and sunbathing lawn in summer, you can really let off steam and relax at the same time. Floor bubblers, salt grotto, massage jets and waterfall showers contribute to physical well-being in this exercise pool.
Heated outdoor pool Vasbeck
The only outdoor pool in the Diemelsee community is in Vasbeck. The pool has a fast stainless steel slide, a diving board and two starting blocks. For the little ones there is a paddling pool with a slide and a water-spraying turtle. In addition to a very well-kept lawn, the sunbathing area has a covered seating area, three rocking animals for children, a table tennis table and shade from trees and parasols. The sauna cabin has space for up to 15 people.
Open May - September
Stand-Up-Paddling
SUP rental & courses
Stand-up paddling is the latest trend and should definitely be tried out. There are two places on Lake Diemelsee where you can rent boards, e.g. from the Stand Up Paddle Club Paderborn. They rent inflatable boards at the favorite paddling spot, Diemelsee, and also offer courses for beginners and advanced paddlers.
You can test your skills on a stand-up paddle board and discover the lake in a whole new way. A fun, easy and completely environmentally friendly way to play on the water and at the same time a full-body workout for everyone.
Boat rental, canoeing, diving, sailing
Boat rental Stefan Koch
Explore the Diemelsee from the water! Take on the captain's hat and helm yourself and rent a pedal boat/rowing boat, electric boat or rowing boat! The boats can be driven by anyone without a license.
Canoeing
Experience the fascination of canoeing on the dammed Diemelsee or on a unique natural whitewater stretch on the Diemel. This gives you the opportunity to enjoy the attractive landscape from a completely different perspective.
Canoe rental KombiNaTour
Diving
Exciting areas and a mysterious underwater world - in addition to the abundance of fish, there is a lot for divers to discover in the Diemelsee! Diving is permitted in the designated diving bay between the Diemelsee dam and Heringhausen. The diving zone allows dives with a maximum diving depth of 30 m. The visibility is approx. 10 m and you can see the rich underwater world. A special permit is not required.
Sailing
Sailing with your own sailboat is permitted on the entire Diemelsee; a special permit is not required. There is no sailboat rental service.
Mini golf at Diemelsee
Adventure Golf Park with Diemelsteig Hut
The new type of mini golf is a long way from the asphalted, monotonous and boring courses of the old mini golf courses. Instead, there are long lawns that are shaped in different ways and have obstacles. Visually eye-catching, visual thinking and creativity are now required to get to the hole. The Diemelsee Golf Park is also absolutely unique. It consists of 13 courses, representing the 13 towns in the Diemelsee municipality, and each course also represents a highlight of the certified Diemelsteig hiking trail. After a round of golf, you can indulge in culinary delights in the cozy Diemelsteig Hut.
Marsberg Mini Golf Course
The mini golf course in Marsberg is located on the banks of the Diemel, surrounded by a small forest and yet in the middle of the city. The 18-course course is open from March to October. The facility remains closed in bad or cold weather.
Helminghausen mini golf course
The mini golf course is located in the middle of the village, right next to the old manor house.
Diemelsee Dam
An impressive building from the imperial era
The Diemel Dam is nestled in the hills of the Waldecker Upland and the Hochsauerland. It was built from barely weathering greenstone (diabase) that was mined just below the summit of the Eisenberg, which rises to the right of the dam. The Diemelsee Dam is a building that exudes strength and power and can be explored on a small circular path at its base. The dam's job is to release water according to the needs of shipping on the Upper Weser. The dam and the power station building are now listed buildings.
The overflow of the Diemel Dam is always a great spectacle - usually at the beginning of the year.
Diemel Donuts & Corn Maze
Diemel Donuts
Explore the lake in a relaxed atmosphere on Diemel Donuts - an experience and fun for everyone. Depending on the size, the Diemel Donuts can accommodate eight to ten people. One person takes on the role of boat driver and steers the donut. However, this is child's play, quiet and environmentally friendly. The Diemel Donut is controlled and powered by an electric outboard motor. The control panel allows the Diemel Donut to be controlled with one hand and the speed to be regulated. The Diemel Donut does not require a license. There is a table top module that can be equipped with a charcoal grill, a table top or an ice cream bowl as desired.
Corn Maze in Ottlar
The corn maze in Ottlar on 15,000 m2 is great leisure fun in beautiful nature and magical surroundings. A clever network of wrong paths is painstakingly mown by hand into the cornfield, leading you criss-cross through the corn. Visitors learn a lot of interesting facts about corn cultivation and agriculture. An observation tower invites you to look out over the entire cornfield and try to memorize the wrong paths.
Diemelsee Leisure World
More tips about the lake
• illuminated promenade
• play and fitness equipment
• seating around the lake
• footpaths and cycle paths
• beach volleyball courts
• amphitheater with open-air stage
• water slide on the promenade
• the second longest bench in Hesse
in Heringhausen right on the lake with space for around 63 people!
SKYWALK Willingen
Germany's longest suspension bridge
-- only about 15 minutes away by car --
The spectacular Skywalk stretches over a length of 665 m and floats at a lofty height of 100 m above the breathtaking landscape of the Upland and Sauerland. The imposing suspension bridge offers visitors spectacular views and is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the World Cup Mühlenkopfschanze, the largest large ski jump in the world. This unique combination allows visitors to not only enjoy the impressive view of the surrounding forests, mountains and valleys from the Skywalk, but also to take a look at the ski jump.
Opening times:
all year round & open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Prices:
Adults: €11, price for children (6 to 15 years): €8.50
Tickets:
• Our hotel guests can easily and conveniently buy their tickets at our hotel receptions.
• ONLINE via the ticket shop on the Skywalk Willingen website.
• There are cashless machines at the machines at the two entrances at Musenberg and Mühlenkopfschanze. Payment can only be made with an EC card.
• Manned cash desks: The cash desks at the World Cup ski jump, at the K1 chairlift and at the Ettelsberg cable car sell tickets for the Skywalk. The opening times of the respective cash desks must be observed here. They vary and do not correspond to the opening times of the Skywalk.
Please note:
Reduced tickets (family tickets and group tickets) are only available at the machines!
Sufficient free parking spaces:
• Musenberg / Stryckbahnhof car park on the B251, walk to the Skywalk approx. 1 km
(Navigation address: Auf dem Wakenfeld, 34508 Willingen)
• Ettelsberg cable car Willingen car park, ride on the cable car or hike up the Ettelsberg, hiking trail from the Ettelsberg cable car mountain station to the Skywalk approx. 1 km (approx. 20 minutes)
• Car park at the Café Aufwind restaurant/outlet of the Mühlenkopfschanze
(Navigation address: Zur Mühlenkopfschanze 1, 34508 Willingen)
NEW: Ettelsberg adventure trails
Since August 2024, there are three new adventure trails to discover on the Ettelsberg in Willingen.
Linne's treasure: Help Linne find the Ettelsberg treasure! An adventure for the whole family. The tour is especially designed for children between the ages of 6 and 12, but small siblings in baby carriages can also be taken along for free.
Rieke's caterpillar trail: Rieke the caterpillar has fallen into a hole on her hike on the Ettelsberg and urgently needs help! On a picture book tour around the mountain lake on the Ettelsberg, even the youngest guests are sure to find Rieke and can help her.
s'Ründchen: A walk around and below the mountain lake on the Ettelsberg equipped with a natural cinema with wellness loungers, a sitting area with massage trees and a special view from the Hochheideturm.
Adventure playground: In addition to the three adventure trails, an adventure playground has also been created - a real paradise for our younger guests with opportunities for climbing, balancing, jumping, sliding and much more.
Excursion destinations in the region
Baroque town of Bad Arolsen
In the middle of the Waldeck region is the baroque town of Bad Arolsen with its landmark, the Residenzschloss, the former residence of the princes of Waldeck and Pyrmont. It was built in 1710 as a magnificent three-wing complex during a 100-year construction project. It is not for nothing that it is called the "Versailles of Northern Hesse" - with its baroque palace complex with all the features of a residence 300 years ago, the palace today invites you to take guided tours through the princely rooms. The Bad Arolsen Museum with the Christian Daniel Rauch Museum, the Christian Daniel Rauch Birthplace, the Kaulbach House and the Schreiber House as well as the museums in the districts are also worthwhile excursion destinations.
Hanseatic City of Korbach
The more than 1,000-year-old district town of Waldeck-Frankenberg has an attractive town center with medieval buildings and half-timbered houses. The well-preserved old town is a testament to Korbach's great past. The St. Kilian Church, the St. Nikolai Church, the town hall, the Gothic warehouse and the preserved remains of the town wall are particularly worth seeing. Or follow in the footsteps of the gold seekers on the Eisenberg Gold Trail. Another tip: The Korbacher Spalt - one of the world's rare fossil deposits in which evidence of numerous Permian vertebrates has been passed down to posterity. The finds document the point in the earth's history when the original reptiles developed into the respective ancestors of dinosaurs and mammals.
Willingen adventure region
The internationally known World Cup resort of Willingen is the winter sports and hiking paradise in the mountains of the Sauerland and offers a wide range of leisure activities in every season. Whether nature, sport or adventure - the variety and quality make the place very close to the Diemelsee a popular excursion destination. Discover the summer toboggan run, glass factory, Ettelsberg cable car, Hochheideturm, recurring top events and much more. The SKYWALK Willingen is also worth seeing right next to the Mühlenkopfschanze, Germany's longest self-supporting suspension bridge.
Indoor activities
Our bad weather alternatives
Experience exhibition & nature park center Visionarium Diemelsee
The eventful nature of the exhibition offers many hands-on stations for young and old, which convey all kinds of information about the Diemelsee, the dam, the habitats and landscapes through activities such as touching or moving. You can go on a journey through the Diemelsee Nature Park in the barrier-free interactive exhibition on 2 floors. The Visionarium is open all year round and is a weather-independent nature experience exhibition.
Flechtdorf Monastery
The monastery church of St. Maria is one of the most important churches in the district. The monastery building, a former Benedictine abbey, is one of the oldest surviving monastery buildings in northwest Germany. Discover the monastery complex with its two towers and the nearby pond complex on a guided tour and experience a piece of history from the 12th century.
Grube Christiane Visitor Mine
A fascinating world - not just "underground": The visitor mine in Diemelsee-Adorf shows the 800-year-old tradition of ore mining. The 90-minute tour is led by former miners, who vividly explain to visitors the working conditions and techniques of the various centuries. In the interactive information center, the formation of iron ore, its mining and everyday working life can be experienced first hand before or after the tour using numerous exciting hands-on stations, films and pictures.
If you have any further questions or need more information, please contact us by email at info(at)hotel-diemelsee.de or by phone at +49 (0)5633 9931 - 0.
We look forward to hearing from you. Your team at Göbel's Seehotel
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