Protestant Church Lißberg – Lissberg Castle loop from Hirzenhain

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Protestant Church Lißberg – Lissberg Castle loop from Hirzenhain

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Protestant Church Lißberg – Lissberg Castle loop from Hirzenhain

03:08

11.4km

190m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 5, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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6.02 km

Protestant Church Lißberg

Highlight • Religious Site

The evangelical church in Lißberg is a listed hall church that was built in 1618/1619. It is located directly below Lißberg Castle.

Wikipedia: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelische_Kirche_(Li%C3%9Fberg)_

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6.12 km

Lissberg Castle

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Ruins of an old hilltop castle from the 12th century on a volcanic cone. Nickname "The Lißberger Krautfass".
tourismus.wetterau.de/kultur/burgen-schloesser/burg-lissberg
It's worth going up there ... also because of the great view 👌

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6.83 km

Historic Floodplain Irrigation Sluice (Built 1921)

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Old slide from 1921, which was used for floodplain irrigation.

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6.85 km

View of Lißberg Castle and the Nidder River

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beautiful castle view on the river in summer with the opportunity to cool your feet

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6.97 km

Water treading facility and view of Lißberg Castle

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If you're pedaling hard or your feet are burning in your hiking boots, a short break in the Wassertretbecken (water-treading pool) in Lißberg is worthwhile. The facility is the result …

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6.99 km

Kneipp facility at Vogelsberg Mountains

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wild lake where we met many sun worshipers 😎

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7.09 km

View of Lißberg

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Lißberg Castle towers over the cone of a volcano that became extinct millions of years ago. Its distinctive keep, popularly known as the "Lißberger Krautfass" (Lißberg cabbage barrel) due to …

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10.5 km

Natural Swimming Pool Hirzenhain

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Formerly very nice (own experience) small nice natural swimming pool which initially fell victim to Corona... with hope for restoration and reopening 🙏

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11.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.99 km

4.68 km

556 m

170 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.68 km

3.53 km

1.25 km

486 m

480 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 8 October

10°C

4°C

97 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

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Comments

May 20, 2024,Hirzenhain Lißberg, Vogelsbergtour

Whit Monday, good weather, let's go
Today we went for a ride in the Vogelsberg 🙂
The start and finish was in Hirzenhain (locals say Hirzehaa).
We went through forest and fields, we had chosen the castle in Lißberg as our destination.
Beautiful area there by the Hillersbach and the reservoir.
Lißberg, a dreamy Vogelsberg village, has a castle to …

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October 23, 2022,Hirzenhain ↗️ Burg Lißberg 🏰 Runde🔃

Beautiful, varied round near Ortenberg with great views, highlights and opportunities to finish 🍽️🍻☕ in one of ✌🏽pizzas' 🍕🍝😋
Opening times Midday to 2:00 p.m., then again from 5:00 p.m
stay wanderful 😎😎✌🏽

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