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Main-Spessart
Karsbach

View of Hammelburg – Sodenberg Estate loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gemünden a. Main

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Lower Franconia
Main-Spessart
Karsbach

View of Hammelburg – Sodenberg Estate loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gemünden a. Main

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View of Hammelburg – Sodenberg Estate loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gemünden a. Main

01:50

6.57km

120m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 23, 2026

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Sodenberg-Gans

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101 m

Spinning Maid's Cross

Highlight • Monument

Here at the border point of three principalities (Mainz, Fulda and Würzburg) stands a corridor with a not-so-commonplace legend.
A very nice summary of the story you have in Ochsenthal:
ochsenthal.de/karte/bilder/spinnmagdkreuz.htm

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2.22 km

View of the Saale Valley from Sodenberg-Gans

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My favorite spot in the southern Bavarian Rhön with a view towards Hammelburg.

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2.56 km

Sodenberg Memorial Stone and Panoramic View

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When the weather is right, the view is gigantic. All-round view from the Spessart to the Rhön and from the Hassberge to the Steigerwald.

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3.24 km

Gisela Cross (Gisela‑Kreuz) on the Sodenberg

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The crooked corridor "Gisela Kreuz" stands on the Sodenberg and dates back to 1299.
Near the cross, the legend of this cross and Gisela von Thüngen are told on a blackboard.
If you want to read the legend again:
rhoenfuehrer.de/aktivitaeten/wandern/sagenwanderungen/sagenwanderung-gisela-kreuz/801

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3.44 km

Adonis flowers in the Sodenberg-Gans Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

Allegedly, the largest occurrence of Adonis vernalis is said to be located here below the Sodenberg summit, in the Sodenberg-Gans nature reserve. I don't know if that's true.
However, the …

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3.70 km

Muschelkalk Cliff in Sodenberg-Gans Conservation Area

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Looks like there was a small quarry here too.

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4.69 km

View of Hammelburg

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From here you have a beautiful view of the lying in the valley Hammelburg

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5.08 km

Sodenberg Estate

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Nice and interesting

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6.57 km

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Parking

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6.14 km

396 m

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2.98 km

1.82 km

1.49 km

212 m

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