Schaumburg Forest

The Schaumburg Forest lies immediately east of the Lower Saxony's state border with North Rhine-Westphalia in the northwestern part of the district of Schaumburg not far east of the River Weser, south of the Rehburg Hills and northwest of the Mittelland Canal.

The boundary of Minden-Lübbecke district which lies in North Rhine-Westphalia, runs almost exactly along the northwest border of the forest.

In the middle of the forest, on the road connecting Petershagen to Bückeburg, is the Baum Hunting Lodge and a small mausoleum, the final resting place of the Schaumburg count, William and his family.

The other half of the forest, that is, the entire woodland area north of the L 372 road from Wiedensahl to Niedernwöhren, is owned by the state of Lower Saxony.

The forest is very popular with cyclists because of its spacious and shady woodland trails that on flat terrain that often stretch for miles.