If you drive on the newly created hairpin bends between Motten and Kothen, you will cross the Great Hood at a height of 498 m. The Great Hood, along with the second west-east axis, is the watershed between the Rhine and the Weser.

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This is also where the watershed is located

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Best Road Cycling Rides to Rhine/Weser Watershed Above Motten

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1. View of the Sinntal – Stockhausen Castle loop from Fulda

136km

06:26

1,730m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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2. Rhönexpress Rail Cycle Path – Old Town Hall Bad Brückenau loop from Wernarz

67.6km

03:14

920m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Thalaus–Schmalnau Cycle Route – Rhönexpress Rail Cycle Path loop from Gersfeld (Rhön)

57.1km

02:48

840m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Elevation 550 m

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Sunday 25 January

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-4°C

80 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Location: Motten, Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Rhine/Weser Watershed Above Motten

1. View of the Sinntal – Stockhausen Castle loop from Fulda

2. Rhönexpress Rail Cycle Path – Old Town Hall Bad Brückenau loop from Wernarz

3. Thalaus–Schmalnau Cycle Route – Rhönexpress Rail Cycle Path loop from Gersfeld (Rhön)

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