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Maps and trails
The 10 most beautiful routes 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.
Mountain Bike
· Thuringian Forest
Jakobsweg: Via Regia from Oberellen to Fulda
recommended route
Difficulty
difficult
87.3 km
7:45 h
1,972 m
1,792 m
Part of a cycling trip on the Jakobsweg from Berlin to Santiago de Compostela.
Long Distance Cycling
Rhön cycle route - Bad Salzungen to Hammelburg - Rhön
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
176.2 km
12:25 h
976 m
1,062 m
The Rhön cycle route takes you through historic towns, along quiet river valleys, and onto the Rhön upland. Discover the Rhön by bike yourselves!
Bicycle Rides
· Biosphärenreservat Rhön
ADAC border route – From Bad Hersfeld to Point Alpha
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Difficulty
moderate
66.5 km
4:50 h
410 m
305 m
On just under 67 km from the Hessian Bad Hersfeld via the "House on the Border" and Point Alpha to Thuringian Vacha / Hessian Philippsthal
Bicycle Rides
· Biosphärenreservat Rhön
ADAC cycling route – From Fulda to Schmalkalden
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Difficulty
moderate
96.8 km
7:10 h
713 m
752 m
Over approximately 96 kilometers along the Kegelspielradweg and Haunetalradweg through fantastic landscapes
Bicycle Rides
· Rhön
ADAC cycling route – From Bad Salzungen to Bad Neustadt
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Difficulty
moderate
closed
118.3 km
8:25 h
902 m
911 m
At the beginning and end is the salt, in between the history! On 119 km from Thuringian Bad Salzungen through the High Rhön to Bavarian Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale.
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.

