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Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Hümpfershausen

Extratour "Vorderrhönweg": Wasungen – Rhön

Moderate

4.7

(98)

289

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Extratour "Vorderrhönweg": Wasungen – Rhön

04:09

14.3km

380m

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Old beech trees on spacious mountain meadows and large areas of calcareous grassland - the Vorderrhönweg leads through a lesser-known but exceptionally scenic cultural landscape in the Rhön.

From Hümpfershausen we hike over the Gotteskopf to the Hümpfershäuser Hütte. On the horizon, ancient, impressive mountain beeches frame the expansive panorama…

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Last updated: July 25, 2024

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Biosphärenreservat Rhön

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1.30 km

Ancient Beech Tree and Viewpoint in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve

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Ancient beeches line this section of the route. Most of them are marked as a natural monument

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5.77 km

Whether hiking or cycling, here you will find a nice place to rest and enjoy the view.

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12.0 km

From the 548 meter high Clasberg above the village of Friedelshausen, hikers can enjoy a breathtaking view of the mountains of the Thuringian Rhön and the Thuringian Forest. It is …

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12.2 km

Next to the ford is a solid wooden bridge.

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14.3 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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9.60 km

2.19 km

1.07 km

781 m

590 m

Surfaces

5.91 km

4.69 km

2.13 km

919 m

304 m

270 m

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Thursday 3 September

26°C

17°C

38 %

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May 26, 2022,Extratour Vorderrhönweg [Premiumwanderweg]
Starting point: Hümpfershausen car park.

From Hümpfershausen we hike over the Gotteskopf to the Hümpfershäuser Hütte. On the horizon, ancient, impressive mountain beeches frame the expansive panorama of the Thuringian Forest. We walk over the Hahnberg through natural deciduous forests and wide meadows to the Amönenhof. Let's take a little time for a little detour to the tower clock hermitage! …

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Morning put to good use!
Started an interesting tour at Hümpfershausen 🤭
A bad choice only in thawing weather... dry from above and wet from below!
Walked the route in the opposite direction to the one given (luckily it was the right decision), but zigzagged up the hill... path max. a foot wide on a meadow with snow... if I …

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The Touringen stamp booklet takes me to places I've never been before. The Thuringian Vorderrhön is the kind of area where foxes and hares say "good night". As we approached, a fox was sitting on the side of the road and didn't mind at all. Despite Pentecost and the perfect hiking weather, there were very few people out and about …

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For Ascension Day we went on hiking boots through the Vorderröhn today. Start of the round "Vorderrhönweg", an extra tour in connection with the premium hiking trail "Hochrhöner" was a hiking car park near Hümpfershausen. From here our round started over huge flower and blooming meadows, along the forest to Oepfershausen.
Now we continued in the direction of Friedelshausen and …

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Many small rest areas with distant views of the Thuringian Forest.

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The tour has many beautiful corners... but... obviously there are two of them, with 13.6 and 17 kilometers. Then there is old marking and lots of missing signs.
It's really a shame, because it's often difficult to find the way.
The sections in the forest are particularly beautiful and of course the distant views that are typical of the Rhön.

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After the morning walk with Buddy, @Nicol Weber and I went to the Vorderrhön for the "Extratour Vorderrhönweg". The tour can best be summed up as follows:
"The character of this tour, which leads through a charming landscape, is characterized by picturesque views." (Source: wanderinstitut.de).
I can fully agree with that 👌 Thank you Nicol for this beautiful tour 😇🤗

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February 24, 2025,Der Vorderrhönweg
We start in Oepfershausen and go on a typical walk in the Rhön. In particular, through many extensively used meadows. We see and hear great spotted woodpeckers, red kites, ravens and skylarks. And a large fox that runs just past us. Of course, there are also great views. A very nice tour.

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February 9, 2022

Old beech trees on spacious mountain meadows and large areas of calcareous grassland - the Vorderrhönweg leads through a lesser-known but exceptionally scenic cultural landscape in the Rhön.



From Hümpfershausen we hike over the Gotteskopf to the Hümpfershäuser Hütte. On the horizon, ancient, impressive

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