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Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel

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Landkreis Kassel
Zierenberg

Helfensteine

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Helfensteine

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    Moderate

    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Moderate

    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    June 11, 2020

    Imposing rock formation that was inhabited around 5,000 years ago. Even today it is still an attraction in the landscape with a wonderful view.

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      June 26, 2018

      Nice view over the vastness of the hawk forest. Here you can watch glider pilots take off and land, in the other direction the view extends to Hercules in Kassel. Narrow paths lead between the basalt rocks. If you want, you can climb a little. Suitable for children and not free from vertigo.

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        Here you enter a place steeped in history: finds from prehistoric times prove a settlement as early as the Neolithic Age. The oldest pottery sherds found here date from the 6th and 5th centuries BC.
        The ramparts on the largest rock of the Helfenstein, with an artificial ditch about 100 meters long from the 12th/13th century, indicate a former high medieval castle.

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          Elevation 480 m

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          Location: Zierenberg, Landkreis Kassel, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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