Hiking trails in the Vogelsberg

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Vogelsberg volcano ring: meadow path
Vogelsberg volcano ring: on the Schlossberg of Ulrichstein Castle

The creation of hiking trails in Vogelsberg began in the 19th century. The Vogelsberg is one to 773  m above sea level. NN high low mountain range in North and Central Hesse .

The Vogelsberger Höhen-Club (VHC), founded in 1881, led the way in setting up these hiking trails. At the end of the 19th century , it opened up and made famous the Vogelsberg, one of the hitherto unknown low mountain ranges in Germany, with the creation of the first hiking trails . The VHC road network is currently 1,600 km long. The oldest path, the "Vulkansteig", also called "Vater-Bender-Weg" after its founder, leads 118 km from Frankfurt over the Hoherodskopf to Alsfeld.

In the 2000s, tourism organizations, municipalities and the Hoher Vogelsberg Nature Park designated further hiking trails that are characterized by their thematic importance and their hiking quality.

Vogelsberg volcano ring

The Vogelsberg volcano ring is a 125 km long circular route in the Hoher Vogelsberg nature park, which circles the central volcanic massif at altitudes between 300 and 650  m . It was planned according to the experience-oriented criteria of the German Hiking Institute.

Extra tours Vogelsberg

Seven hiking trails are combined as Vogelsberger extra tours , which have been awarded the German hiking seal for their hiking quality. These are circular routes between 8 and 19 km in length, which connect special natural sights of the respective region. Sections were built so that they correspond to the required route format.

The seven hiking trails are:

  • Höhenrundweg: 8 km from Hoherodskopf
  • Long-distance tour: 12 km from Ulrichstein
  • Herbstein rock tour : 19 km from Herbstein
  • Bach tour: 16 km from Lauterbach
  • Nature tour: 14 km from Nidda-Eichelsdorf
  • Summit tour: 14 km from Hoherodskopf
  • Bonifatius Route (172.0 km): The pilgrim route, which follows in the footsteps of the funeral procession of St. Boniface from Mainz to Fulda , crosses the Vogelsberg and is based on the Bonifatiusweg that runs from Hochheim am Main to Fulda .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ^ History of the Vogelsberger Höhen-Club (VHC): magazine for home, hiking and nature of the Vogelsberger Höhen-Club e. V. Der Vogelsberg, June 2006 - Festschrift for the 125th anniversary.

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