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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Cornberg Monastery

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Cornberg

Cornberg Monastery

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Cornberg Monastery

Recommended by 72 mountain bikers out of 74

This Highlight is in a protected area

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Location: Cornberg, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Cornberg Monastery – Berneburg Hiking Spring loop from Sontra

34.1km

02:14

410m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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2. Cornberg Monastery – Rittershain Hunting Lodge loop from Lispenhausen

35.0km

02:09

390m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Trail Along the Solzbach – Cornberg Monastery loop from Bebra

43.5km

03:05

660m

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Anja 🌻

May 14, 2021

The Cornberg Benedictine monastery emerged from the beguinage in Bubenbach, a Christian women's community without religious vows and cloister, which was probably formed in the context of the poverty movement of the early 13th century.

This community submitted to the Benedictine Imperial Abbey of Hersfeld in 1230 and moved to the more protected Cornberg valley between 1292 and 1296. The founding of the monastery that went with it probably went back to the instigation of the castle men of the neighboring Boyneburg. Last but not least, the construction of the monastery was intended to secure a livelihood for the unmarried women of the family.

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Nordhesse

May 15, 2021

The Cornberg Monastery is a listed former Benedictine monastery in Cornberg, which was built in the years 1292-1296. Napoleon's sister is said to have stayed here on a trip.
Adjacent is a sandstone museum where numerous fossils from the copper slate of the Richelsdorf Mountains and the Cornberger Zechstein give an impression of the biodiversity of marine animals and plants from the original region.
There is also a beautiful small natural lake right next to the monastery.

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Udo

April 1, 2024

Beautiful old monastery in Cornberg with an adjacent sandstone quarry
Unfortunately, for example Currently not managed

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Location: Cornberg, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Cornberg Monastery

1. Cornberg Monastery – Berneburg Hiking Spring loop from Sontra

2. Cornberg Monastery – Rittershain Hunting Lodge loop from Lispenhausen

3. Trail Along the Solzbach – Cornberg Monastery loop from Bebra

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