4-Bed Equestrian Estate on 7 Hectares with Private Forest – Holiday Home Near Bourtange



Hauptstrasse 3, 26899 Neurhede, Germany, Rhede (Germany)
4 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 183m² Floor area
€650,000
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
183m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Early on a Saturday morning in Neurhede, before the rest of the household stirs, you pull on your boots and walk the gravel path to the stable. Eight horses shift and breathe in the cool Lower Saxony air. Beyond the paddock, your private five-hectare forest catches the first light filtering through the oaks. Nobody else's windows look in. No road noise. Just the soft percussion of hooves on straw and the smell of damp pine needles drifting across the yard. This is what 7 hectares of freehold German countryside actually feels like to own.
Hauptstrasse 3 in Neurhede is a working estate in the best possible sense — a fully rebuilt four-bedroom detached house, a professional-grade stable complex, two-plus hectares of fenced pasture, a stone barn, and a forest that is yours to ride through, walk through, or simply let be. The house itself was comprehensively rebuilt in 1993 and is laid out across two fully independent floors, each with its own kitchen, living room, two bedrooms, and bathroom. That dual configuration is unusual and genuinely useful. It means multi-generational families can live together without living on top of each other, or the upper floor can house guests, a live-in groom, or long-term tenants while you occupy the ground level.
Ground floor living centres around a generous open-plan kitchen and dining area. The kitchen is fitted with modern built-in appliances and runs in a light, neutral palette that makes the whole space feel wider than its square footage suggests. Two large bedrooms sit off the main hallway, and the ground floor bathroom covers everything you need — bathtub, separate shower, washbasin, toilet. The setup is practical without being spartan. Upstairs, the second kitchen leans into a country-style aesthetic that fits the surroundings well: timber accents, fitted appliances, the kind of room where someone always ends up leaning against the counter with a coffee. The upper living room runs to around 26 square metres — a proper sitting room, not a corridor with a sofa — and the two bedrooms are well-proportioned. The second bathroom has a walk-in shower, toilet, and washbasin.
Across both floors, the total indoor living area reaches 183 square metres. Fibre optic internet runs directly to the house, which matters if you're working remotely or managing a business from the property. The gas-fired central heating boiler, installed in 2012, keeps the whole building reliably warm through the Lower Saxony winters, and the insulation package — roof, walls, floors, double glazing throughout — means running costs stay reasonable. Energy label D for a rural estate of this scale and vintage is a fair result.
The equestrian infrastructure is what elevates this from a large country house into something much rarer. The freestanding stable building has eight individual horse boxes. Out front, a covered area stretching 30 by 6 metres gives you sheltered space for tacking up, loading, or simply working horses out of the weather. There's an additional covered section at the rear sized for four large horses. Water lines run directly to drinking troughs across the pasture — no hauling buckets. The property connects to the mains sewer system, which simplifies stable management considerably. Attached to the stable is a large stone barn suitable for machinery, hay storage, or equipment. If you've ever tried to retrofit equestrian facilities onto a residential property, you'll appreciate immediately how much groundwork has already been done here.
Riding out directly from the rear of the plot, you enter the private forest without ever touching a public road. Trails cut through the trees and connect to the broader network of bridle paths and cycling routes that cross this corner of Lower Saxony. The region is genuine riding country — flat enough for long canters, varied enough to keep it interesting, and sparse enough in population that you can cover significant ground without encountering traffic. The Hümmling forest area and the Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen nature reserve both sit within easy distance for longer day rides.
Culturally, the star-shaped fortified village of Bourtange is the anchor of this area and worth knowing in detail. It sits just across the Dutch border — roughly a 20-minute drive from the property — and its seventeenth-century earthwork ramparts are among the best-preserved in northern Europe. The village hosts historical re-enactment weekends, a weekly market, and the kind of small museum that actually rewards an hour of your time. The Dutch town of Groningen is about 45 kilometres away and pulls well above its weight for a city of its size: the Groninger Museum, the Vismarkt Saturday market, and a restaurant scene built around regional ingredients like Texel lamb and Wadden Sea seafood make it a genuine day-trip destination rather than just a functional city.
Closer to home, the German town of Papenburg — home to the Meyer Werft shipyard, where some of the world's largest cruise ships are built — runs public tours that are genuinely impressive in scale. Meppen, about 25 kilometres southwest, covers everyday shopping, medical facilities, and transport links. The nearest train connection to Hanover takes just under two hours. Bremen Airport is approximately 90 kilometres away, putting this property within reach of most major European hubs.
Seasonally, this part of Germany rewards different things at different times. Spring brings the pasture into condition and the bridle paths dry out properly by late April. Summer evenings in the forest stay light until well past nine. Autumn is probably the visual peak — the oak and beech mix on the private hectares turns amber and copper in October, and the low evening light across the open meadows is something worth seeing slowly. Winters are cold but manageable, and there's something to be said for stoking a proper central heating system in a well-insulated house while the horses are stabled and the forest sits quiet under frost.
For international buyers, Germany's property ownership framework is notably transparent and buyer-friendly. There is no restriction on foreign nationals purchasing freehold real estate. Notarial conveyancing is the legal standard, and title insurance and land registry searches are routine parts of the process. The property market in rural Lower Saxony has remained stable, and estates combining residential quality with genuine agricultural or equestrian utility are consistently undersupplied relative to demand. Rental income potential exists on two fronts: the independent upper floor functions as a self-contained holiday or long-term rental unit, and the equestrian facilities could support livery income if the new owner chooses. Either route offsets holding costs meaningfully.
At 650,000 euros for 183 square metres of dual-residence accommodation, eight-box stables, a stone barn, over two hectares of pasture, and five hectares of private forest, the land value alone anchors this as a serious asset. Properties like this — genuinely operational, immediately habitable, with the legal and physical infrastructure already in place — are not frequently available in this part of Germany.
Key features at a glance:
- Four bedrooms across two fully independent residential floors, each with its own kitchen, living room, and bathroom
- 183 square metres of total indoor living space on a freehold plot exceeding 7 hectares
- Eight-box professional stable building with 30x6m covered front area and additional rear coverage for four large horses
- Over 2 hectares of fenced pasture with mains-connected water troughs
- 5 hectares of private forest with direct riding access from the rear of the plot
- Large attached stone barn for machinery, hay, or equipment storage
- Gas central heating (boiler 2012) with full roof, wall, floor, and double-glazed insulation
- Fibre optic internet connection to the building
- Electric gate entry, ample on-site parking, approximately 120 square metres of external storage
- Mains sewer connection across the whole property
- 20 minutes from Bourtange historic fortress village; 45 kilometres from Groningen city centre
- Bremen Airport approximately 90 kilometres; Meppen town 25 kilometres
- Move-in ready condition with scope for interior personalisation
- Dual-floor layout supports multi-generational living, guest accommodation, or rental income
- No restrictions on foreign national freehold ownership in Germany
If an equestrian estate in northern Germany with this combination of privacy, infrastructure, and land is what you've been looking for, this property is worth a serious look. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to request the full property documentation — a floor plan, land registry extract, and energy certificate are all available on request.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 183m²
- Price per m²
- €3,552
- Garden size
- 71812m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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