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Germany
Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Hessisch Lichtenau

Melsungen Market Square – Guntershausen Railway Bridge loop from Steinbachtal und Hirschhagener Teiche

Routes
Road cycling routes
Germany
Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Hessisch Lichtenau

Melsungen Market Square – Guntershausen Railway Bridge loop from Steinbachtal und Hirschhagener Teiche

Moderate

4.5

(6)

175

riders

Melsungen Market Square – Guntershausen Railway Bridge loop from Steinbachtal und Hirschhagener Teiche

03:53

77.9km

610m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 17.1 km for 116 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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4.01 km

Günsteröder Heights

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

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17.2 km

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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17.4 km

Melsungen Market Square

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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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29.9 km

Once the bridge is released again, you can add another mountain stage on the way from Kassel to Melsungen. Then in Guxhagen, coming from the R1, drive over the Fulda, then immediately left

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36.6 km

Very imposing buildings.

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36.8 km

Guntershausen Railway Bridge

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Great object for photography.

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44.5 km

Fulda Cycle Route

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The Fulda-Radweg is a total of 255 kilometers long and leads from the Fulda source in the Rhön to Hannoversch Münden, where the Fulda merges with the Werra to form …

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44.9 km

Covered Bridge Over the Fulda

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Nice covered bridge on the bike path and hiking trail to Dennhausen. If you are lucky you will see beavers at work here.

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52.1 km

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77.9 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.0 km

17.4 km

14.5 km

9.39 km

1.30 km

417 m

Surfaces

67.2 km

3.58 km

2.69 km

2.14 km

1.85 km

437 m

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Sunday 12 July

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11 %

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