Happach's House – Old Post Office, Heldburg loop from Trappstadt

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Bavaria

Lower Franconia

Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld

Trappstadt

Happach's House – Old Post Office, Heldburg loop from Trappstadt

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Happach's House – Old Post Office, Heldburg loop from Trappstadt

01:55

28.5km

110m

Cycling

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

Last updated: September 26, 2026

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Naturpark Haßberge

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382 m

Start of the Franconian Saale Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The Franconian Saale Cycle Route begins at the source of the Franconian Saale, located in Grabfeld, east of Bad Königshofen, according to Rhönline. From there, the cycle path leads through …

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3.88 km

Gompertshausen Border Tower and Command Bunker

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From Gompertshausen you drive across the Thuringian-Bavarian border. The former border tower with bunker complex is particularly well preserved and is a reminder of the former separation.

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13.7 km

Happach's House

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Built in 1605, the most representative half-timbered house in the region, renovated by Bastian Happach in 1660 with richly ornamented timber framing, carved cherub heads, shell palmettes, and half-rosettes, and …

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13.8 km

Fountain at the Upper Gate, Heldburg

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Until the introduction of tap water, wells were meeting places for people and especially for laundresses as public places of water supply. In many countries, they still have this social …

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13.9 km

Old Post Office, Heldburg

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The new post office building was built in 1906 by a company from Gauerstadt and rented to the Reichspost, which later bought the building. After 1945, Deutsche Post AG, Deutsche …

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24.2 km

Memorial of German Unity with Cross and Unity Linden

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The course of the Landwehr is described nearby. Whether by chance or not, the former inner-German border conspicuously follows this. After the border was opened, a peace cross was erected …

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26.0 km

Source of the Franconian Saale (Alsleben) with rest area and information board

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The Franconian Saale originates in the Grabfeld near the Haßberge Mountains, east and southeast of Bad Königshofen, respectively, from two roughly equal, 3.9 km long source streams:

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26.7 km