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Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Niedenstein

Gray Tower, Fritzlar – Fritzlar Market Square loop from Niedenstein

Routes
Road cycling routes
Germany
Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Niedenstein

Gray Tower, Fritzlar – Fritzlar Market Square loop from Niedenstein

Moderate

5.0

(1)

29

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Gray Tower, Fritzlar – Fritzlar Market Square loop from Niedenstein

01:54

43.2km

380m

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: October 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 24.2 km for 77 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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3.32 km

Euthanasia Memorial at the Former Landesheilanstalt Merxhausen

Highlight • Historical Site

A state hospital was founded in Merxhausen at the time of the Reformation.
Unfortunately, euthanasia was carried out on the inmates of the facility during the Nazi era. Plaques in place remind of this.

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3.62 km

3

4.25 km

View of Fritzlar

Highlight • Viewpoint

4

16.2 km

Grachenturm

Highlight • Historical Site

If you are traveling from Züschen towards Geismar, it is worth turning left at the town church and then taking a look at the Grachenturm on the right between the half-timbering and the historic building.

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5

19.0 km

Donar Spring (Sour Spring) Geismar

Highlight • Natural Monument

Unfortunately, the cycle path from Züschen to Fritzlar ends here.

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23.6 km

Gray Tower, Fritzlar

Highlight • Monument

The tower was built by the Kurmainz city lords after Fritzlar's destruction by Hessian troops and was first mentioned in 1274 as "turris magna" (large tower)

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24.2 km

Fritzlar Market Square

Highlight • Historical Site

Fritzlar is a beautiful town with a medieval old town, which is largely still enclosed by the almost three-kilometer-long city wall. Even some of the defensive towers are still preserved, …

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43.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.7 km

3.75 km

2.69 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

42.7 km

396 m

128 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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Friday 9 October

15°C

8°C

72 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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