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Katharinenberg - Wanfried

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    A short hike in the Hessian-Thuringian border area with a highlight break at the Plesse.

    easy
    Distance 9.8 km
    2:40 h
    116 m
    360 m
    485 m
    174 m

    The hike takes place largely in the area of the Green Belt in Hesse and Thuringia. A part of the premium route P 5 Plesse is also covered.

    Author’s recommendation

    A stop at the harbor inn Zur Schlagd in Wanfried: https://zurschlagd.de/

    Difficulty
    T1 easy
    Overall difficulty
    easy

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Experience
    Landscape
    Highest point
    Plesse Tower, 485 m
    Lowest point
    Wanfried, 174 m
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    Track types

    Asphalt 32.38%Dirt road 40.12%Forested/wild trail 17.12%Path 10.36%
    Asphalt
    3.2 km
    Dirt road
    3.9 km
    Forested/wild trail
    1.7 km
    Path
    1 km
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    Safety information

    None.

    Tips and suggestions

    Green Belt: https://landwirtschaft.hessen.de/naturschutz-und-artenvielfalt/gruenes-band-hessen

    Roadbook

    From the Katharinenberg bus stop, the path leads down the street Gässchen, then it turns half-right and continues through the street Im Gut out of the village. On a dirt road, it goes west, then just before a small forest, it turns right down to the B 249. On the street, about 100 m to the left, then it goes right onto a dirt road that immediately rises slowly to the left. The path soon follows the Kolonnenweg until a WW sign points left to the premium route P 5. Follow this signage briefly into Hessian territory, then leave the P 5 immediately to the right again. After 300 m, you reach the P 5 again and follow it straight to the Plesse Tower. From here continue north, three hairpin bends in the sequence left - right - left, then continue on the P 5 to the hiking parking lot and into the urban area to the bus stop (or to the harbor inn Zur Schlagd).

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    Friedhof
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    Schlagd Wanfried

    Public transport

    Public-transport-friendly

    Katharinenberg: Bus 230 from Eschwege city station and Mühlhausen.

    Wanfried: Bus 170 from Eschwege or Eisenach, Bus 230 from Eschwege or Mühlhausen.

    www.nvv.de

    www.bahn.de

    Directions

    Katharinenberg and Wanfried: B 249 from Eschwege and Mühlhausen.

    Parking

    In the towns.

    Coordinates

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    51.182854, 10.260781
    DMS
    51°10'58.3"N 10°15'38.8"E
    UTM
    32U 588118 5670914
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    Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!

    Book recommendation by the author

    Rother Hiking Guide North Hesse.

    Hiking Guide Grimm Homeland North Hesse and Surrounding Areas. Bernecker Publishing.

    Author’s map recommendations

    Topographic leisure map MK Meißner-Kaufunger Wald, 1:50,000. Hessian State Surveying Office.

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    Equipment

    Hiking shoes, rain protection, provisions.

    Localization

    Parts of this content were machine translated from German.

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    Difficulty
    T1 easy
    Overall difficulty
    easy

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    9.8 km
    Duration
    2:40 h
    Ascent
    116 m
    Descent
    360 m
    Highest point
    485 m
    Lowest point
    174 m
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