Fairyland path
| Fairyland path | |
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 Bad Karlshafen is the start / finish point of the Märchenlandweg |
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| Data | |
| length | 440.2 km |
| location | North Hesse , South Lower Saxony , East Westphalia |
| Markers |
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| Start / finish point |
Bad Karlshafen 51 ° 38 '32.8 " N , 9 ° 27' 4.4" E |
| Type | Circular hiking trail |
| The highest point |
Hercules (approx. 515 m above sea level ) |
| Lowest point |
Bad Karlshafen (approx. 99 m above sea level ) |
| Level of difficulty | easy, normal |
| season | all year round |
| Viewpoints | u. a. Hercules |
Map with all coordinates: 
The Märchenlandweg is a 440.2 km long circular and long-distance hiking trail in northern Hesse , southern Lower Saxony and eastern Westphalia , which was opened on September 17, 2000 and runs in the Reinhardswald , Solling , Kaufunger Wald , the Söhre and the Habichtswälder Bergland . It connects 26 cities and municipalities in the Kassel district , the city of Kassel and the medium- sized town of Hann in southern Lower Saxony . Münden . His waymark is a characteristic white M with a dangling lower left.
Its route network was developed by the Hessisch-Waldeckischer Gebirgs- und Heimatverein (HWGHV) and the association for regional development in the Kassel district . With the help of display boards along the way , to which, among other things, local associations and history associations contributed information about local events, you can find out about the variety of fairy tales and legends of the Brothers Grimm . You also can learn of plays, fairy tale food, fairy tale characters, a fairy tale pottery, where the Puss in Boots was home and Rapunzel let down her hair, one encounters the Sleeping Beauty castle Sababurg , in sculpture and the Brothers Grimm Museum in Kassel and receives information on the battlefield near Lutterberg and battle near Wilhelmsthal .
course
The Märchenlandweg consists of a circular hiking trail as the main trail and some side trails:
Circular hiking trail (main trail)
Circular route of stages 1 to 22 - including the byway of stage 15:
The Märchenlandweg begins in Bad Karlshafen in northern Hesse (approx. 99 m above sea level ), the lowest point on the hiking trail; the starting point is the harbor basin on the Landgraf-Carl Canal . It leads partly on the Frau-Holle-path above the Weser past Gewissenruh through the Reinhardswald and then across the river through Lippoldsberg and the forest village of Kiffing in the historical Werderholz forest area (part of the Kuppigen Solling ) to Oedelsheim . On the other side of the Weser, it runs through Gottstreu and past Weißehütte along the eastern flank of the Reinhardswald and the Upper Weser Valley through Veckerhagen and Vaake into Hann in southern Lower Saxony . Münden . There the path reaches the Tillyschanze , from where the view to Hann. Münden falls, and then in the valley after crossing the Fulda on the suspension bridge near the old town Tanzwerder with the Wesersteinen . The confluence of the Fulda and Werra to the Weser lies directly to the north of it .
The hiking trail then runs over the same suspension bridge back to Tillyschanze and then in the lower Fulda valley past Wilhelmshausen and one of the sites of the former battle near Lutterberg am Osterbach to Knickhagen and from there up to Immenhausen . Then it leads in the municipality of Espenau , dividing a section with the Kassel-Steig , through Mönchehof to Schäferberg. The path then reaches Vellmar , where it leads through the Ahnepark an der Ahne . Then it runs through the northern districts of Kassel to the city center of Kassel , where it leads over Friedrichsplatz . The path then runs through southern Kassel districts and - crossing the Fulda south of the Karlsaue - in the geo-nature park Frau-Holle-Land (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) and thus in the Kaufunger Wald through Lohfelden - crossing the federal motorway 7 - gradually Buyouts . From there it leads with the Kassel-Steig and Eco path Mensch und Wasser in Kaufungen upriver along the Losse and then the Steinertsee (where the Steinertseebahn mini-train operates) passing to the Lossetalstadion in Oberkaufungen .
The path then runs through Nieste (on the Nieste ) and Wickenrode to Helsa (on the Losse). Then it leads in the valley of the Losse to Eschenstruth and from there in the Söhre through St. Ottilien and Wattenbach - passing the Christteich - to Dörnhagen , where it divides the path in sections with the Kassel-Steig . Outside the Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land, after crossing the A 7 again, it continues through the Fuldabrück parts of Dennhausen and Dittershausen - crossing the Fulda again within sight of the Fuldabrück Fuldatalbrücke ( high-speed route Hanover-Kassel-Würzburg ) - to the Hütt brewery ( Knallhütte) in the Baunatal district of Rengershausen .
From Rengershausen the route - crossing under the A 49 and passing the Volkswagen factory in Kassel (in Baunatal) - leads in the Habichtswald Nature Park through the Baunatal core town, where it runs through the Baunatal city park on the Bauna . Then it leads through Elgershausen , where the Ederseeweg crosses, and Hoof - crossing the Habichtswaldsteig and Kassel-Steig - over the castle hill of the Schauenburg castle ruins to Breitenbach . There, the trail is interrupted, because Section 15 does not start in Breitenbach, but runs as a byway of the High Habichtswald located Hercules (about 515 m ), the highest point of the road through the valley of Firnsbachs and past the Devil's Wall - sections laid out together with the Kassel-Steig and crossing under the A 44 - to Elgershausen. The circular route in Breitenbach is not continued until the next stage and leads from there through sand (on the Ems ) to Naumburg (on the Elbe ).
The path then runs past the Weidelsburg , through Ippinghausen (on the Elbe) and Leckringhausen to Wolfhagen (on the Mühlenwasser ) and then on over the Ofenberg and down into the Erpe valley . Then through Nothfelden , the Niederelsungen located on the Dase - crossing under the A 44 again - and Breuna , the Niederlistingen located on the Ruhrbach , where it leaves the Habichtswald Nature Park. From there it leads through Ersen to Liebenau and then partly along the also crossed Diemel to Lamerden and then east along the Alster valley through Muddenhagen (in the East Westphalian district of Höxter ), Sielen - crossing the Diemel again - Hümme and Stammen to again across the river in Trendelburg located Burg Trendelburg .
Then the path runs east along the Diemel through Wülmersen , which is near the confluence of the Holzape in the Diemel, and Helmarshausen - crossing the river again - past the local Krukenburg and then further along the Diemel - crossing it for the last time - to Bad Karlshafen, the starting point of the Märchenlandweg .
Byways
In addition to the circular route (main route) explained above, there are these side routes, some of which branch off from the circular route:
Side path of stage 15:
Herkules – Elgershausen: see explanations in the above section circular route of stages 1 to 22 - including side path of stage 15
Byway of the stages 23 to 26:
This byway begins in Calden on Wilhelmsthal and leads from the former Tiergarten Calden by the Caldener nucleus, Frankenhausen , Burguffeln and beyond the Esse by Grebenstein with dortiger ruins of the castle Grebenstein and after re-crossing the Esse by Kelze by Hofgeismar . There he crosses the Esse again and after crossing the Lempe passes the Schönburg castle . Then it passes through Schoneberg and through the location at the Lempe villages Carlsdorf and Hombressen the Reinhardswald to where it by Beberbeck and after crossing the Holzape past the jungle Sababurg and animal Sababurg to Sababurg and then further by Gottsbüren and past Helmarshausen by Bad Karlshafen leads.
Side route of stages 27 to 29:
This side route also begins in Calden at Wilhelmsthal Castle and runs partly with a view of Kassel-Calden Airport through its former zoo through Fürstenwald - northeast past the Hangarstein - to Weimar (to Ahnatal ), which is located on the Ancestor is located. From now on it leads in the Habichtswald Nature Park - passing the Bühl - to the Landgasthaus Zum Ahnetal, which is located on the Ahne and Bundesstraße 251 , and then past the Hohlestein , where it meets the Kassel-Steig , Hohen Dörnberg and Helfenstein and under the Warmetal viaduct ( Warm ) Zierenberg , which is because of the warmth. It then runs over the lower part of the eastern flank of the Großer Bärenberg , then through Bodenhausen (on the Warme) and past the Habichtstein to Ehlen (on the Warme). Then it leads through Dörnberg (am Lubach ) up to the Herkules , where it divides the route in sections with the Habichtswaldsteig and Kassel-Steig .
By-way of stages 30 and 31:
This by-way, which crosses under the A 7 three times, leads initially in the geo-nature park Frau-Holle-Land from Niederkaufungen (on the Losse ) through Heiligenrode , through which the Kassel-Steig also runs, and Sandershausen ( both on the Nieste ) to Spiekershausen , located on the Fulda in the Münden Nature Park in southern Lower Saxony . Then it leads, in sections together with the Kassel-Steig , past Landwehrhagen to Sichelnstein with the Sichelnstein castle ruins there . Then it runs past the Hühnerfeldberg and the Rinderstall game reserve there to the old town of Hann. Münden with the Weser origin located a little to the northwest of it at Tanzwerder. After crossing the Pionierbrücke ( B 496 ) the path leads to the Tillyschanze .
Stage overview
The Märchenlandweg consists of a total of 31 stages:
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from | to | length | Duration | info | Art |
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| 1 | Bad Karlshafen | Lippoldsberg | 12.8 km | 3 h | link | Ha |
| 2 | Lippoldsberg | Godly | 20.5 km | 4 h | link | Ha |
| 3 | Godly | Veckerhagen | 14.5 km | 5 h | link | Ha |
| 4th | Veckerhagen | Hann. Münden | 11.6 km | 4 h | link | Ha |
| 5 | Hann. Münden | Knickhagen | 10.1 km | 3 h | link | Ha |
| 6th | Knickhagen | Immenhausen | 10.2 km | 3 h | link | Ha |
| 7th | Immenhausen | Espenau- Schäferberg | 9.2 km | 3 h | link | Ha |
| 8th | Espenau-Schäferberg | kassel | 14.2 km | 4 h | link | Ha |
| 9 | kassel | Buyouts | 18.7 km | 5 h | link | Ha |
| 10 | Buyouts | Sneezes | 12.2 km | 4 h | link | Ha |
| 11 | Sneezes | Helsa | 14.9 km | 5 h | link | Ha |
| 12 | Helsa | Wattenbach | 13.2 km | 4 h | link | Ha |
| 13 | Wattenbach | Rengershausen | 21.3 km | 5 h | link | Ha |
| 14th | Rengershausen | Breitenbach | 13.3 km | 4.5 h | link | Ha |
| 15th | Hercules | Elgershausen | 7.7 km | 2 h | link | No |
| 16 | Breitenbach | Naumburg | 16.2 km | 5 h | link | Ha |
| 17th | Naumburg | Wolfhagen | 13.9 km | 4.5 h | link | Ha |
| 18th | Wolfhagen | Niederelsungen | 16.2 km | 5 h | link | Ha |
| 19th | Niederelsungen | Niederlistingen | 18.7 km | 6 h | link | Ha |
| 20th | Niederlistingen | Lambs | 14.9 km | 5 h | link | Ha |
| 21st | Lambs | Trendelburg | 15.9 km | 5 h | link | Ha |
| 22nd | Trendelburg | Bad Karlshafen | 15.5 km | 5 h | link | Ha |
| 23 | Calden ( Wilhelmsthal Castle ) | Grebenstein | 13.1 km | 4.5 h | link | No |
| 24 | Grebenstein | Hofgeismar | 8.7 km | 3 h | link | No |
| 25th | Hofgeismar | Sababurg | 21.1 km | 6 h | link | No |
| 26th | Sababurg | Bad Karlshafen | 13.8 km | 4.5 h | link | No |
| 27 | Calden (Wilhelmsthal Castle) | Ahnatal | 11.2 km | 3.5 h | link | No |
| 28 | Ahnatal | Zierenberg | 9.7 km | 3 h | link | No |
| 29 | Zierenberg | Hercules | 15.2 km | 5 h | link | No |
| 30th | Buyouts | Spiekershausen | 12.7 km | 4 h | link | No |
| 31 | Spiekershausen | Hann. Münden | 19 km | 5 h | link | No |
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Total ( Ha + Ne ; approx.): Sum, only Ha (approx.): Sum, only Ne (approx.): |
440.2 km 286.9 km 153.3 km |
132.5 h 84.5 h 48 h |
References and comments
- ↑ a b Length of the Märchenlandweg according to the total in the above table of stages
- ↑ Eco path man and water in Kaufungen , on eco-pfade.de
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↑ Length: approximate distance in kilometers (km);
Note on stage 18: the referenced “outdooractive.com” accidentally mentions 41.8 km;
the 16.2 km mentioned here are from the former website "egotrek.com" -
↑ Duration: approximate walking time in hours (h);
Note on stage 18: the referenced “outdooractive.com” accidentally mentions ~ 12.5 hours;
the 5 hours mentioned here are from the former website "egotrek.com" -
↑ Märchenlandweg , The Tour , details , directions , arrival , literature , on outdooractive.com;
(including information on length / s, duration, maps and books);
Note: Start and finish coordinates from the former egotrek.com - ↑ Type (route type): Ha = main route / Ne = secondary route
Web links
- Märchenlandweg , on kassel-land.nordhessen.de
- Märchenlandweg , on outdooractive.com