Rhönradweg
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| overall length | 180 km |
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 Thuringia Hesse Bavaria 
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| Starting point | bad Salzungen |
| Target point | Hammelburg |
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The Rhön Cycle Path (or Rhön Cycle Path) with a total length of 180 kilometers leads from Bad Salzungen to Hammelburg . It runs from Thuringia via Hessen to Bavaria .
Course of the Rhön bike path
Bad Salzungen <0 km - 180 km>
The Rhön Cycle Path begins at the station forecourt in the immediate vicinity of the tourist information at the graduation tower. From there it goes to the other side of the Werra and initially downriver along with the Werra Valley Cycle Path . Via Tiefenort you get to the worth seeing half-timbered town of Kieselbach. In Merkers you change the side of the river and you reach Dorndorf , where potash was previously mined. There the Rhön river Felda, which has its origin in the Hohe Rhön, flows into the Werra. This is crossed again and the cycle path winds with the river to the historic bridge of Vacha .
Vacha <22 km - 158 km>
A detour over the historic Werra Bridge brings you to Vacha to the oldest urban settlement in West Thuringia. It owes its existence to the location of the ancient trade connection between the Rhineland and Central Germany, the "Frankfurt-Leipziger Handelsstrasse", which is also called "Des Reiches Strasse ( Via Regia )" and which had to cross the Werra here. Numerous half-timbered buildings worth seeing - the oldest from the 15th century - shape the cityscape of Vacha. Back on the right side of the Werra, continue to Philippsthal.
Philippsthal <24 km - 156 km>
In Philippsthal it is now time to "say goodbye" to the Werra Valley, because the next 50 kilometers through the Ulstertal are towards the "Hohen Rhön". The Thuringia-Hesse border is crossed several times along the Ulster. This region was impassable for tourists until 1989. Tip: In a little bit you have access (2 km) to the 25-kilometer “ Hessisches Kegelspiel Radwanderweg” via Waldhessen Route 14 .
Geisa <43 km - 137 km>
The town of Geisa at the foot of the Gangolfiberges can be reached via a well-developed cycle path . In the possession of the Fulda monastery since 817, Geisa has been secured by a wall since 1265, some of which is still preserved today. The market square forms the defining center of the place.Tips: From Buttlar you can get on a disused railway line, which is now a cycle path, in a gentle incline to the surrounding mountain range and can drive via Oechsen to Dermbach to the Feldatal cycle path. In Geisa a cycle route branches off to the Point Alpha memorial . On the route of the former railway line through the Ulstertal you drive to the historic town of Tann .
Tann <53 km - 127 km>
For centuries, Tann's fate was always a borderline fate . It used to be at the interface of the territories of the bishops of Würzburg, the abbots of Fulda, the Hessian landgraves, the counts of Henneberg and their successors, the dukes of Saxony. Tann became Bavarian in 1806, then Prussian, and from 1945 Hessian, after it had been at first Fulda and later Reich territory. Tann was a border community to the GDR until reunification. The route leads to Hilders on a farm road directly along the Ulster and a narrow lane that connects sleepy little Ulster towns. A few hundred meters after the village of Aura, the Milseburgradweg branches off .
Hilders <64 km - 116 km>
For experienced cyclists, Hilders is integrated into the Rhön mountain bike route network.
The Hochrhön cycle path , the variant of the Rhön cycle path , branches off in Hilders . The Rhön cycle path, however, remains in the valley and leads via the holiday resorts of Thaiden , Seiferts and Melperts (OT of the municipality of Ehrenberg ) to the climatic health resort of Wüstensachsen in the upper Ulstertal .
Desert Saxony <73 km - 107 km>
The most important nature reserves in the Rhön and the core zones of the biosphere reserve are located around the desert Saxony and can be easily reached via the Rhön cycle path or the well-developed mountain bike route network. The ascent of the Rhön Cycle Path to the Long Rhön begins at a height of 800 m in desert Saxony . The path runs with an average gradient of five percent between pastures and beech forest and meets the Hochrhön panorama road at the Schornhecke parking lot (directly below the Heidelstein ).
Hochrhön <81 km - 99 km>
Almost two kilometers after the Schornhecke car park, the Hochrhön cycle path and the Rhön cycle path meet again. You drive through the Hochrhön landscape past the Thüringer Hütte, a former customs house (managed), and the Rhönklubhütte Schweinfurter Haus (managed, overnight stay) down into the valleys of the Franconian Rhön.
Through the half-timbered village of Urspringen, where the Bahra "rises as a finished stream under the church", you come to the market town of Oberelsbach . The Rhön-Sinntal long-distance cycle path branches off in Urspringen . On it one reaches fladungen . At its end, in Mellrichstadt, it is possible to take the train back to Bad Salzungen.
Oberelsbach <92 km - 88 km>
The place is in the center of the Rhön, framed by its municipal parts. Tip: The Elstal cycle path branches off in Oberelsbach , which you can take directly to Bad Neustadt. The route now continues flat along the eastern slope of the Hochrhön. From the Bischofsheim district of Unterweißbrunn you can comfortably cycle on the route of the former railway to Bischofsheim.
Bischofsheim <104 km - 76 km>
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The state-approved resort of Bischofsheim is located at the foot of the Kreuzberg . The landmark of the city, the late Romanesque tower from the 13th century , the historic Rentamt and the largely still very well preserved city wall give Bischofsheim a medieval flair. The continuation of the Rhön cycle path first leads back to Unterweißbrunn on the same cycle path and then continues through the Brendtal to Bad Neustadt in the valley of the Franconian Saale .
Bad Neustadt <123 km - 67 km>
Bad Neustadt is something of a hub for cyclists. From here long-distance cycle paths lead to Meiningen , the Main to Schweinfurt and Würzburg , to Fulda , to the source of the Franconian Saale and of course to Bad Salzungen. From the cyclist info point, the route leads first through the spa gardens and the spa district of Bad Neustadt, then through the town of Salz, where the lost palace of Charlemagne is believed to be.
Niederlauer <129 km - 51 km>
Tip: In Niederlauer, the Main-Werra long-distance cycle path branches off, which leads to Schweinfurt on the Main cycle path or on to Würzburg.
Bad Kissingen <155 km - 25 km>
At the end of the spa gardens in Bad Kissingen , the cycle route leads over the Saale bridge to the left side of the river. The trail runs close to the Franconian Saale to the Euerdorf market. At the golf course, a secondary route of the “Bavaria Network for Cyclists” leads to Schweinfurt on the Main .
Hammelburg <180 km - 0 km>
Like many other wine towns, Hammelburg has a unique flair. Already in 716 the place was mentioned as "hamulo castellum". The city has its reputation as the birthplace of Franconian wine thanks to Bavaria's oldest original document that has been preserved in the Würzburg State Archives. With this document, on January 7, 777, Charlemagne first confirmed viticulture in Hammelburg. Since then, the development of the city has been closely linked to the cultivation of vineyards.
Connecting cycle paths
literature
- Cycling map - Leporello Rhön cycle path 1: 50 000 . Publicpress-Verlag, Geseke, ISBN 978-3-89920-394-3 .
- Rhönradweg. Cycling map 1: 50 000 . BVA Bielefelder Verlag; Edition: 1st edition (April 5, 2006), ISBN 978-3-87073-403-9 .
Web links
- Rhönradweg In: Hesse cycle route planner.
- Rhönradweg In: www.bahntrassenradwege.de
- Rhönradweg In: www.rhoenactive.de
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 52.7 " N , 10 ° 13 ′ 51.5" E