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The Top 20 Gorges in Hesse

Gorges are incredibly beautiful places, and you’ve got 20

to choose from in Hesse. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure in Hesse.

Last updated: October 5, 2025

Cascade Gorge

Super varied forest route with bridges and river rushing!

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Lochbachklamm Gorge

There are several wooden bridges, these can be slippery when wet. Parking either at the village community center or at the Freibadsee, there you can also stop.

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Canyon Bridge and East Shore of Vogelsberger See

The Dietesheim quarries

A popular destination in Dietesheim form the former basalt quarries, today an attractive recreational area.

After the end of the basalt mining in 1982, an impressive lake …

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Dietesheim Quarries

A unique area. Walking paths and hiking trails offer wonderful views of numerous quarry lakes. A must-visit!

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Firnsbach valley on the Habichtswaldsteig trail

The Firnsbach is not quite three and a half kilometers long and rises in the high Habichtswald not far from the Ziegenkopf summit. Below the autumn house it winds through …

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Woogtal Valley

Nice little valley / park, something more to go for a walk or transit on a long hike.

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Fairy Tale Trail in the Obrunn Gorge

The Obrunn Gorge is a deep valley in the Obrunngraben, also known as the Obrunnbach, between Höchst im Odenwald and Rimhorn in the Odenwald district in Hesse. The Obrunn Gorge Fairy Tale Path has been in it since around 1920.

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Gasseschlucht Gorge

This dry valley is probably the creek bed dug by the “Ice Age Erdbach”. Its lower part has a decidedly gorge-like character at a length of 600 meters. The slopes …

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Balkhäuser Valley

Great paths and great scenery

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Felsenmeer Crossing

Funny climb over the rocks that, according to legend, the two giants Felshocker and Steinbeißer threw at each other in a fight. If you're really quiet, you can still hear Felshocker roaring under the rocks today...

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The Top 20 Gorges in Hesse

Cascade Gorge

Lochbachklamm Gorge

Canyon Bridge and East Shore of Vogelsberger See

Dietesheim Quarries

Firnsbach valley on the Habichtswaldsteig trail

Woogtal Valley

Fairy Tale Trail in the Obrunn Gorge

Gasseschlucht Gorge

Balkhäuser Valley

Felsenmeer Crossing

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