The best walks and hikes around Trappstadt

There are beautiful hiking trails here that also commemorate the former border.

An interesting relic from bygone times

Beautiful landscape along the patrol routes

The first sandstone spring casing from the 1940s was redesigned in 1973 and acquired its current representative appearance in 1985. A bronze plaque by Erich Husemann from Trappstadt has commemorated the importance of the Franconian Saale since 1987. The spring stream flows southwest through Alsleben, where it joins the Fleusengraben, and joins the left source stream north of Bad Königshofen-Untereßfeld. Source: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A4nkische_Saale

The Franconian Saale originates in the Grabfeld near the Haßberge Mountains, east and southeast of Bad Königshofen, respectively, from two roughly equal, 3.9 km long source streams: Its right and northern source streams originate from the Saalbrunnen (not to be confused with the Saalbrunnen, also located in Franconia), approximately 1.7 kilometers east of Alsleben, a district of Trappstadt. The spring is located in an open field, less than 500 meters from the Thuringian border, just off the NES 45 district road, which leads to Gompertshausen. The young Franconian Saale rises there at 313 meters above sea level, below the Kapellenberg (390 meters above sea level). Source: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A4nkische_Saale

The St. Ursula Chapel is a pilgrimage church dedicated to Saint Ursula, dating back to the mid-18th century. It is located one and a half kilometers southeast of Alsleben near Bad Königshofen in Lower Franconia, in a wooded area close to the Bavarian-Thuringian border. As early as the 15th century, a church dedicated to Saint Ursula stood on the mountain. This was destroyed during the Peasants' War in 1525, but was soon replaced by a small new chapel. In 1704, the widow of the Sternberg castle builder Wolff Dietrich Truchseß von Wetzhausen (Baroness Eva Rosina) donated the relics. As a result, the chapel quickly became a popular pilgrimage destination, attracting up to 10,000 pilgrims annually. In 1750, construction began on a new, larger church, which was consecrated in 1754. In 1803, St. Ursula's was closed, but after protests, it reopened in 1811. Source: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ursula

Saint Ursula and her (allegedly 11,000) companions, to whom this chapel is dedicated, are – alongside the Three Wise Men – arguably the most famous Cologne saints. According to the legendary biography, Ursula was an English king's daughter who, along with her companions, made a pilgrimage to Rome. On the return journey down the Rhine, the Huns under King Attila besieged Cologne. They murdered everyone.

The two sides of this shrine – which strikes the passing cyclist in unexpected splendor – depict the following motifs: + The Blessed Virgin Mary, presented to the viewer as Queen of Heaven. At the top of the image is the dove of the Holy Spirit, then God the Father and God the Son holding the crown, with Mary kneeling between them. + Saint Ursula, holding a bundle of arrows as a symbol of martyrdom, and several of her companions depicted in a significantly smaller size. Although Ursula is not a Rhenish saint, but – according to legend – a royal daughter from Britain, she is venerated primarily in Cologne, where she and her companions were martyred and buried.