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Lower Franconia
Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld
Trappstadt

Grenzgänger Trail Border Point – View from Spanshügel loop from Trappstadt

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Lower Franconia
Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld
Trappstadt

Grenzgänger Trail Border Point – View from Spanshügel loop from Trappstadt

Moderate

4.0

(2)

8

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Grenzgänger Trail Border Point – View from Spanshügel loop from Trappstadt

03:08

11.4km

170m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 24, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Haßberge

LSG innerhalb des Naturparks Hassberge (ehemals Schutzzone)

Schlechtsarter Schweiz

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2.52 km

Grenzgänger Trail Border Point

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On the road from Schlechtsart to Trappstadt is this variedly designed border point with a selfie point, a game idea (telephone to Bavaria), a memorial stone with a linden tree …

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3.18 km

View from Spanshügel

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Wonderful view far into the Grabfeld ... but brutally steep ascent and possibly. damp underground extremely slippery .. to be enjoyed with care ... but the view compensates for everything .... 👍

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3.88 km

At this point there are still remains of the old border fortifications. After the fall of the Wall, NVA soldiers simply forgot to dismantle the 300-meter-long barriers. So a piece of the border fortification simply remained standing.

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4

6.56 km

The course of the Landwehr is described nearby. Whether by chance or not, the former inner-German border conspicuously follows this. After the border was opened, a peace cross was erected …

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7.38 km

The Franconian Saale originates in the Grabfeld near the Haßberge Mountains, east and southeast of Bad Königshofen, respectively, from two roughly equal, 3.9 km long source streams:

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10.9 km

The Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows is located here.
Inside there is a wayside shrine with a picture of vespers in a shell niche. It is a late baroque rose ornament from 1765.

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11.1 km

Half-Timbered Houses of Trappstadt

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The market town with a little over 1,000 inhabitants, consisting of the two districts of Trappstadt and Alsleben, is located in the east of the Rhön-Grabfeld district directly on the …

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11.2 km

Trappstadt Castle

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The New Castle is a listed building that stands in Trappstadt, a market in the Rhön-Grabfeld district in Lower Franconia in Bavaria. The building is registered as a monument in the Bavarian list of monuments under monument number D-6-73-174-14.

Source:de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neues_Schloss_(Trappstadt)

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11.4 km

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9.37 km

1.38 km

436 m

192 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.39 km

4.71 km

837 m

502 m

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