Through the natural paradise along the Emme

From Burgdorf station towards Gisnauflüe at the Emme riverbank. With a beautiful view of the castle to the Waldegg bridge and through riparian forest to the modern Heimiswil bridge. A narrow dam path leads to the Lochbach bridge. On the left the Lochbach bath, which dates back to 1670 and was the largest spa in the Emmental in the 18th century. Now begins the particularly idyllic stretch along the new Emme floodplain: The stone block stack near the Emme embankment is intended as a weir wall in case the river should overflow too far. The hiking path has already been relocated back to the foot of the sandstone band bordering the Schachen. It winds between small watercourses and dark ponds through the riparian forest. Those who prefer to rest on the gravel banks in the Emme floodplain cross to the opposite riverbank at the Lochbach bridge. Soon you reach the wooden bridge built in 1839 in Kalchofen. The old wooden arch bridge, moved 800 m downstream, has the longest span in Europe at 58.5 m. Also at the concrete bridge in Hasle-Rüegsau you stay on the eastern Emme bank and reach the bridge in Lützelflüh near the church and the Gotthelf sites through riparian forest. Shortly after the covered Gohlhus bridge, the riparian forest becomes narrower, but the views into the hills of the middle Emmental are more numerous. River and stream crossings increase. Thus you cross the Grüenestäg near Ramsei station, switch over the Ramseistäg, find your way back to the eastern bank via the Ranflühstäg, and cross the Emme once again in Zollbrück, which is rich in beautiful, old building fabric. Through the wide Husmatt, close to the Neumühle stop, you proceed upstream to Emmenmatt.