レーン・グラープフェルトの峡谷・トップ8

Below the Sandberg sports field, take the gravel road downhill, keep right (!) before the ranch, and follow the old field paths. According to BayernAtlas, there are actually three, the top one leading down to the St2288.

Beautiful, secluded valley between Sandberg and Schmalwasser 😺

A beautiful piece of nature. Highly recommended.

www.biosphaere-rhoen.de Information from panel no. 2 Eisgraben - cold wind, natural forests The water of the Aschelbach, which flows over and between the basalt blocks of the Eisgraben, comes from the Black Moor on top of the Hohe Rhön - one of the last intact raised bogs in Germany. Cold air also flows from there down the valley channel. The Eisgraben owes its name to this, because it ensures that the frost lasts here well into spring. Large areas of the Eisgraben are designated as a natural forest reserve and enjoy special protection as a core zone of the UNESCO Rhön Biosphere Reserve. Leaving the moor, the Aschelbach initially meanders quietly through the landscape and finally plunges down a 4-meter-high waterfall. When it enters the forest, the stream is then called Eisgraben. It meanders between the trees and in places drops steeply by up to 10 meters on the side. Every spring, the floods of melting snow transform the narrow summer stream into a raging torrent that cuts ever deeper into the ground. An extreme storm on July 26, 1834 gave the Eisgraben its current appearance. Torrential rain caused a massive landslide that buried the town of Hausen. The catastrophe washed out brown coal in some places, which was then mined. A considerable system of tunnels was created. However, the brown coal was still quite young and therefore of poor quality, so mining was soon stopped. The women's cave is located in the lower part of the Eisgraben. At this point, the water has dug a 50-meter-long and 20-meter-deep cave into the rock. According to legend, this cave was a refuge for the women from the hamlet of Hillenberg in times of trouble. Today, the cave is no longer accessible. Also nearby are a hunter's hut and the ruins of Hildenburg.

Beautiful grotto above Schönau

Impressive natural spectacle of water, very worth seeing and interesting, great location

Beautiful windy grotto just outside of Schönau.

At the beginning of the Elsbachschlucht, a scenario unfolds that captures the essence of untouched nature. Here, where the rushing of the water is the only sound that breaks the silence, a wild valley opens up that captivates hikers with its originality. The Elsbachschlucht, embedded in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve, offers a tour through a romantic valley that is almost incomparable in its wild beauty. It is a place that has dug deep into the terrain, a notched valley that reveals its secrets with every step and every curve of the path. The path is natural, a path on which the echo of your own footsteps echoes in the silence of the gorge. It is a path that invites you to consciously hike, to take in every nuance of your surroundings - the cracking of a branch, the whispering of leaves and the constant song of the Elsbach. A nearby wooden bridge offers the opportunity to change sides of the stream valley and view the gorge from different perspectives. From here you can catch a glimpse of the depths of the gorge, where the Elsbach makes its way, an eternal wanderer like us. This place is an oasis of peace where you can feel the omnipresence of water that flows ceaselessly over rocks and under bridges. Crossing the wooden bridge is just one highlight of a hike that has so many beautiful places to offer. The beginning of the Elsbachschlucht is a hiking highlight for those who are looking for the wild and untamed, for those who long for a landscape that is almost untouched by human hands. It is a gem that shows how wonderful nature can be if we just leave it to itself.