Hochrhönstrasse

State road 2288 in Bavaria
Hochrhönstrasse
St 2288
Basic data
Operator:	Free State of Bavaria
Start of the street:	Bischofsheim in the Rhön ( 50 ° 24 ′  N , 10 ° 1 ′  E )
End of street:	Fladungen ( 50 ° 31 ′  N , 10 ° 9 ′  E )
Overall length:	25 km
Circles :	Rhön-Grabfeld
Gate to the RAD warehouse on the Black Moor
Course of the road ( 440  m )  Bischofsheim in the Rhön St 2088 ( 476  m )  AS Bischofsheim in the middle of the Rhön from Ginolfs NES 13 from Wüstensachsen L 3395 and Oberelsbach St 2286 to the Thuringian hut by Roth NES 11 from Hillenberg von Hausen (Rhön) NES 26 Black moor ( 787  m )  from Seiferts St 2287 / L 3476 Rest stop "Am Schwarzen Moor" "Sennhütte" restaurant of male shrinkage by Rüdenschänke and Leubach NES 27 ( 410  m )  Fladungen  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Hochrhönstraße runs in the Bavarian Rhön from Bischofsheim in the Rhön to Fladungen from south to north. It is the northern section of State Road  2288 ( St 2288 for short ), is 25 kilometers long, leads over the central plateau of the Rhön, known as the Lange Rhön , and is an important transport link in the Hochrhön. In winter, the Hochrhönstrasse in the Langen Rhön is often closed due to snow drifts after heavy snowfalls.

history

The Hochrhönstrasse goes back to plans from the 1930s. At the beginning of the Second World War , the construction of the Hochrhönstrasse began. The work was carried out by the Reich Labor Service , although it was not asphalted until the end of the war, only gravel.

The districts of Bad Neustadt an der Saale and Mellrichstadt agreed in 1958 to take over and expand the road. It was provided with an asphalt surface with the help of substantial subsidies from the Free State of Bavaria . The then State Secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, Alfons Goppel , opened Hochrhönstrasse in a ceremony on October 19, 1958 in Fladungen.

Route

The kilometers of Hochrhönstrasse go from Bischofsheim in the direction of Fladungen. The zero point is in Bischofsheim in the upper Brendtal at the intersection with the St 2088 at about 440 m above sea level. NN .

The Hochrhönstrasse rises steadily from there, crosses at 476 m above sea level. NN the B 279 and serpentines , following the Schwarzbach , up the Bauersberg and leads past the Rothsee at kilometer 4 and the Holzberghof hunting lodge at kilometer 6 . From here the Hochrhönstraße occurs at about 800 m above sea level. NN enters the Rhön Biosphere Reserve and reaches the Rhön plateau ( Lange Rhön ). From here, parking is only permitted in designated parking spaces and there is limited winter service (no salt spreading). The Hochrhönstraße leads to about 840 m above sea level. NN east of the 926 meter high Heidelstein past. Coming from the east, the road from Ginolfs joins it.

A central crossing point in the Hochrhön is at the Schornhecke , on the northern slope of the Heidelstein, at kilometer 10. There comes the St 2286 from Oberelsbach from the east and from the west, from Hesse , the state road (L) 3395 from Wüstensachsen . The road leads east past the Steinkopf (888 m) and the Stirnberg (902 m) and leads to the Black Moor . On this section of the route, roads from the Thüringer Hütte, from Roth, from Hillenberg and from Hausen meet the Hochrhönstraße from the east.

At the Schwarzen Moor, at km 18 at an altitude of 787 meters, the Hochrhönstrasse leaves the Lange Rhön and the biosphere reserve and leads down in serpentines to Fladungen. At kilometer 25 and about 410 m above sea level. The Hochrhönstraße ends at the junction with the B 285 .

The Hochrhönstrasse reaches the highest point at around 840 m above sea level. NN east of the Heidelstein and the Stirnberg. The route runs east of the main ridge of the Hochrhön.

photos

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  View from Hochrhönstrasse to the Wasserkuppe

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  View from Hochrhönstrasse

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  View from Hochrhönstrasse

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  Entrance to the former Reich Labor Camp on the "Black Moor"

literature

• Max Mölter: The Hochrhönstrasse. Verlag Parzeller Fulda, 5th edition 1986, ISBN 3-7900-0149-X .