Experience Marienhafe

Marienhafe combines East Frisian tea traditions and mill history with the 32-metre-high Störtebeker Tower, cycling tours, a local recreation area and a sports pool. These themes offer you different ways to shape your stay: through architectural history and views, with a cycling route or by spending time in the water. When choosing accommodation, it helps to first decide which of these sides of the town you want to define your stay.

Tea, mills and views

Störtebeker’s tea room is in the heart of Marienhafe. There, visitors can enjoy the tradition of East Frisian tea in a cosy East Frisian setting. This culinary highlight complements the mills and tower with a local tea tradition.

The Tjücher Mill is a two-storey gallery Dutch mill, built in 1895/96. It includes a miller’s house and annexes, as well as a grinding and hulling floor. The double-piston water-pumping mill is another mill in Marienhafe.

The Störtebeker Tower is 32 metres high. In good weather, climbing it offers wide-ranging views across East Frisia as far as the East Frisian Islands. The tower museum features an exhibition documenting the architectural history of St. Mary’s Church. The Störtebekerland cultural route leads to the market square, where St. Mary’s Church stands with the Störtebeker Tower and Störtebeker monument. Here, views, the museum’s theme and a striking landmark in the townscape come together.

Cycling, recreation and swimming

The idyllic and varied landscape in and around the resort town of Marienhafe invites you to enjoy long cycling tours. One named route is the approximately 30-kilometre “Peat Canals and Towpaths” cycling tour. It passes through Hage, Arle, Großheide and Marienhafe. The peacefully situated Tjücher Moortun lies in a local recreation area; a fishing permit is required to fish there.

The Störtebeker sports pool has a 25-metre swimming pool and a separate baby pool with a water temperature of 28 degrees. The two pools offer different options to consider when planning a swim. Check the sports pool’s current operating details before planning a visit.

Events and a regional perspective on Aurich

Concerts and events take place at Haus Dieker in Marienhafe. If you want to plan your trip around a particular event, check the dates in advance.

The wider travel destination of Aurich also has its own focus on nature and cultural landscapes: the Fehntjer Tief Nature Conservation Station works to preserve the Fehntjer Tief’s natural and cultural landscape. It is an off-site environmental education centre, as well as a place for meeting and public outreach. In spring and summer, students and visitors can experience the plants and birdlife in the wet meadows of the Fehntjer Tief on trips by bicycle or on foot.

The conservation station is home to the listed Gulfhaus, a typical East Frisian farmhouse dating from 1843. Alongside environmental education and seasonal experiences, the wider travel destination of Aurich therefore also offers a focus on landscape conservation and architectural history.

Choose a focus for your accommodation search

When looking for accommodation in Marienhafe, it helps to set a clear priority: do you want your stay to centre on local history and views, cycling or the sports pool? If you also want to include the wider travel destination of Aurich, the Fehntjer Tief and its seasonal nature experiences offer another focus. Decide what interests you, then compare the location of a particular accommodation with your personal plans.

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