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Upper Knappensee – Hungen Castle loop from Mittlere Horloffaue

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Upper Knappensee – Hungen Castle loop from Mittlere Horloffaue

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Upper Knappensee – Hungen Castle loop from Mittlere Horloffaue

00:58

18.1km

90m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 23, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 7.28 km for 18 m

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Start point

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1.41 km

Utpher Mill

Highlight • Structure

The mill has been owned by the Krauss family in the district of Gießen in der Wetterau for generations. It is not far from the upper Knappensee, an opencast mining …

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1.63 km

My round trip begins and ends in Ettingshausen. After Münster via Hessenbrückenhammer, Wetterfeld on the railway line to Hungen. Continue along the railway to Inheiden, via the Horloff-Bieberweg to Utphe. …

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6.67 km

Hungen Castle

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The castle in Hungen is not only an eye-catcher in the otherwise rather simple shepherd town on the edge of the Wetterau.
The castle is visible evidence of citizens' initiative. …

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7.29 km

The Good Shepherd Statue

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Based on the shepherd's trade in Hungen, this wooden sculpture was set up

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8.35 km

Historic Hungen Railway Station and Abandoned Tracks

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A very nice, old signal box building (built in 1906) and remnants of the former rail connection to Laubach convey pure lost-place feeling here!

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8.48 km

Start of the Hungen–Laubach Rail Trail

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Great, approx. 10 km long, fine asphalt route on the former Horlofftalbahn railway line. Further information: bahntrassenradeln.de/details/he2_07.htm

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14.7 km

Stork Nest at Trais-Horloff Station

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Bizarre water landscape with dead trees, directly behind the Trais-Horloffer train station! In the middle of it is a stork nest ... also currently back with young storks 👌😊

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15.8 km

Evangelical Church, Trais-Horloff

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Directly on the bike path of the Wetterauer Lake District actually a "hotspot" for cyclists....
Unfortunately always closed but nice church

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18.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.42 km

5.15 km

2.48 km

1.53 km

325 m

154 m

Surfaces

15.7 km

1.68 km

344 m

322 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 27 May

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Upper Knappensee – Hungen Castle loop from Mittlere Horloffaue

Utpher Mill