Melsungen Market Square – Melsungen Old Town loop from Fürstenhagen

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Hessisch Lichtenau

Melsungen Market Square – Melsungen Old Town loop from Fürstenhagen

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Melsungen Market Square – Melsungen Old Town loop from Fürstenhagen

02:53

46.5km

380m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 22.1 km for 53 m

After 26.1 km for 116 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.25 km

Hessisch Lichtenau Town Center

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This small town forms the gateway to the Fairytale Street and has an equally fairytale atmosphere with its many half-timbered houses.

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26.1 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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26.4 km

Melsungen Town Hall

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Melsungen has an almost intact half-timbered old town. Additionally, the old stone bridge "Bartenwetzerbrücke"

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26.4 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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26.4 km

Melsungen Old Town

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Over 300 half-timbered buildings have been preserved in the old town of Melsungen. Particularly beautiful medieval old town with historic half-timbered streets. A tour is reminiscent of the city's economic …

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26.6 km

Melsungen pedestrian zone

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The beautiful city center of Melsungen with the many half-timbered houses

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26.9 km

Fulda Cycle Path R1 through Melsungen

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Nice path along the Fulda in Melsungen

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29.1 km

Fulda-Radweg mit Blick auf Schwarzenberg

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Beautiful stretch of cycle path

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46.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.4 km

12.0 km

7.40 km

6.48 km

5.22 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

41.0 km

2.22 km

1.75 km

1.54 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (400 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

14°C

4°C

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

August 19, 2025,Mit Maike zu Stüss und danach zu den Tierfiguren

Stüss in Quentel is always worth a visit 😜 The foam waffles, foam clams, etc. are simply fantastic, which is why the journey there is always the destination 😊 And after that, there are various options for continuing your cycling. Today we opted for the wooden animals in the forest.

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July 24, 2025,Stüssrunde, Wiederholung und Verlängerung

The second round of the Stüss went only slightly better than the first – the sun was shining (but unfortunately only at the front), and it was a pleasure to cycle 😊 So I decided to cycle back via Hess. Lichtenau and then via the Ars Natura to Spangenberg. However, when I looked back, everything was dark, and I had …

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