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Maps and trails
The 10 most beautiful hiking trails in Buttlar
Hiking Trail
· Rhön Mountains
FWW Green Belt HE - TH (Stage 16 Mansbach - Geisa-Point Alpha)
recommended route
Difficulty
T2
moderate
12 km
3:20 h
334 m
234 m
This hike through the northern Rhön ends at the historic site Point Alpha, one of the best-known witnesses of the East-West confrontation.
Hiking Trail
Old Brickworks Path - Buttlar-Wenigentaft - Rhön
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
7 km
1:50 h
75 m
75 m
This circular hike combines the nature experience with insights into the regional industrial history, which was significantly dismantled during the time of the inner-German border. The promise of a varied route is guaranteed here.
Hiking Trail
· Rhön
The Green Belt from Point Alpha to Vacha
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
17.7 km
4:37 h
202 m
377 m
A special "border experience" is the hike along the patrol road at the former inner-German border from Point Alpha to Vacha.
Long Distance Hiking
· Thuringia
Long-distance hiking trail from Eisenach to the Eisenacher House near Erbenhausen
recommended route
Difficulty
difficult
closed
85.6 km
22:55 h
1,983 m
1,399 m
A very scenic hike with great views of "Noah's Sail" on the Ellenbogen in the Thuringian Rhön.
Pilgrim Trail
From Rasdorf via Grüsselbach to Point Alpha - Rhön
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
20.6 km
5:35 h
380 m
377 m
From Rasdorf to Grüsselbach then along the Kolonnenweg to Setzelbach and back to Rasdorf.
Hiking Trail
· Rhön
Border experiences
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Difficulty
moderate
16.4 km
5:15 h
334 m
334 m
We hike from Geisa to the former East German-German border. Along the Green Belt following the former border route, history can be experienced up close.
Hiking Trail
From Rasdorf to the border opening memorial stone - Rhön
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
17 km
4:50 h
405 m
405 m
Historical monuments alternate loosely with religious monuments. Highlights: Standorfsberg Nature Reserve, Point Alpha memorial site
Thematic Trail
Themed route "Discover the old anew" - Buttlar - Rhön
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
5.2 km
1:30 h
166 m
166 m
The themed route "Discover the old anew" is entirely dedicated to old monuments and young fruit trees. This path leads through the landscape of the UNESCO Rhön Biosphere Reserve to them.
Long Distance Hiking
· Rhön
Green Belt Thuringia: Walkes - Gerstungen
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
100 km
27:10 h
1,631 m
1,894 m
Multi-day route on the Green Belt Thuringia (former GDR border) from Walkes (Thuringian Rhön) via Geisa, Point Alpha, Unterbreizbach, Vacha, Dankmarshausen, Obersuhl to Gerstungen (on the Werra).
Hiking Trail
· Rhön
Nature trail Sängerwiese around Buttlar
recommended route
Difficulty
easy
7 km
2:00 h
143 m
143 m
We hike along the very beautifully designed nature trail through a magnificent landscape.

