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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Spangenberg

Melsungen Market Square – Günsteröder Heights loop from Pfieffe

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Spangenberg

Melsungen Market Square – Günsteröder Heights loop from Pfieffe

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Melsungen Market Square – Günsteröder Heights loop from Pfieffe

02:20

51.6km

540m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 18.0 km for 116 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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12.5 km

Rest Area at Adelshausen

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This exemplary rest area is located directly on the R12 cycle path. The restrooms were freely accessible and clean. 👍👍👍

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15.9 km

Half-timbered Town Melsungen Sculpture

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Melsungen with its many half-timbered houses is definitely worth a trip

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17.8 km

With an ice cream you can admire beautifully renovated half-timbered houses. In Brückengasse there is a drinking water fountain in front of a bicycle shop, where you can fill up your drinking bottles.

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18.0 km

Bartenwetzer Bridge (Melsungen)

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The bridge takes its name from the woodcutters who moved into the city forest. They whipped their axes (whiskers) at the sandstones of the bridge to sharpen them.
This gave …

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31.2 km

Günsteröder Heights

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Hiking car park and one of the highest points of the Günsteroder Höhe

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34.4 km

Old town hall Hessisch Lichtenau

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The beautiful town hall is in He-Li and not in Eschwege.

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43.9 km

Rest Area at Essebach Ford

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There could be wet feet when driving through

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44.1 km

Ars Natura Wooden Sculptures by Daniela Schönemann

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Ars Natura artwork “Untitled” by Daniela Schönemann (Halle): The two wooden figures stand side by side, looking serious. The work raises questions through its contradictions: On the one hand, it …

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51.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.2 km

9.15 km

7.44 km

3.46 km

2.01 km

206 m

Surfaces

49.0 km

1.32 km

1.09 km

Elevation

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Highest point (500 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

Weather

Wednesday 27 May

23°C

6°C

0 %

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Rest Area at Adelshausen

Half-timbered Town Melsungen Sculpture