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Natural Monuments

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Waldeck-Frankenberg

Giant trees and enchanted paths

Natural Monuments

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Waldeck-Frankenberg

Giant trees and enchanted paths

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Giant trees and enchanted paths

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Nationalpark Kellerwald-Edersee

Location: Edertal, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Tips

Sebastian Kowalke

December 14, 2017

Hiking

The beech forest in the national park was used for logging and as a hut forest until the late Middle Ages. The domestic pigs that were driven into the forest for acorn fattening have created a sparse forest for many decades. The huge beech forest was only afforested at the beginning of the 19th century, since the Kurhessian princes had rediscovered their passion for hunting. In contrast to many other regions in Germany, beech trees and no conifers were planted again. Today you hike in the basement forest through the largest contiguous beech forest in Germany.

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August 5, 2021

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Wonderful forest paths and nature in the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park.

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April 29, 2022

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Germany's primeval forests with huge beeches. Great!

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Distance 1.10 km

Uphill 50 m

Downhill 80 m

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Location: Edertal, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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