View of Altenburg Castle – View of Altenburg Castle Ruin loop from Borken(Hess)

Mountain biking trails

Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

View of Altenburg Castle – View of Altenburg Castle Ruin loop from Borken(Hess)

Moderate

4.5

(28)

riders

View of Altenburg Castle – View of Altenburg Castle Ruin loop from Borken(Hess)

02:08

38.0km

90m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 1 m for 7 m

After 3.58 km for 26 m

After 38.1 km for 7 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.86 km

Confluence of Schwalm and Efze

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Here, after 38.2 kilometers, the largest tributary of the Schwalm, the Efze, flows into the Schwalm.

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8.95 km

Scenic Stream Near Kassel

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When driving over the small bridge, there is beautiful nature to be seen

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15.9 km

Highland Cattle at Altenburg Castle

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They are only there seasonally.

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16.1 km

View of the Schwalm-Eder confluence and Altenburg Castle ruins

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The Altenburg near Felsberg is the ruin of a medieval hilltop castle at 160 meters above sea level in the Felsberg district of Altenburg in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse. …

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16.3 km

View of Altenburg Castle

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The Altenburg is a castle ruin in the same place Altenburg, belonging to Felsberg.

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21.0 km

View of Felsburg Castle

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The rock castle is visible from afar, as the castle complex rises on an approximately 200-meter-high basalt cone. This was fortified early on and controlled important trade and traffic routes …

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22.4 km

View of Altenburg Castle Ruin

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The Altenburg near Felsberg is the ruin of a medieval hilltop castle at 160 m above sea level. NN.

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23.4 km

View of the Three Castles, Felsberg

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38.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.0 km

6.31 km

2.92 km

1.55 km

266 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

25.3 km

7.67 km

3.77 km

1.11 km

117 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 12 October

12°C

4°C

51 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

October 3, 2022,Mountainbike-Tour

Today a fringe round alone. My house round a little expanded. 15 degrees, no wind and the sun was there for a short time. Was fun.🚴🤗

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September 23, 2022,Mountainbike-Tour

Today my house round without Harry. Some sun and wind. 🚴😊

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September 1, 2022,Mountainbike-Tour

Did a lap alone today, the wind was sometimes strong. But it was fun.🚴😊

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August 14, 2022,Nach Borken zum Bergbaumuseum und zurück

A Sunday trip to the Coal & Energy theme park of the Borken Lignite Mining Museum (information at braunkohle-bergbaumuseum.de/museumsbereiche/themenpark-kohle-energie/).
Actually, I wanted to change to the train to go home. However, since the train app for this connection has already predicted a high number of bicycles, I prefer to go into town for a coffee before I return to Felsberg …

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