Löwenburg, Kassel – Steinhöfer Waterfall loop from Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Löwenburg, Kassel – Steinhöfer Waterfall loop from Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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Löwenburg, Kassel – Steinhöfer Waterfall loop from Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

01:30

13.1km

340m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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895 m

View of the Hercules Monument from the Palace

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From the Kunstmuseum you can see the Hercules, the Wilhelmshöhe and the aqueduct at the end of the water games.

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1.24 km

Great Fountain in the Castle Pond, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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Impressive, world-wide unique technical achievement. The fountain is driven only by gravity and not by a pump.

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1.83 km

Teufelsbrücke (Devil's Bridge), Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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A must when visiting the Bergpark🤙

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2.59 km

Löwenburg, Kassel

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Should definitely be a stop on every tour, even if currently running construction

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3.12 km

Steinhöfer Waterfall

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The Steinhöfer waterfall is an artificially created basalt quarry 60 m wide. This waterfall was built by Landgrave Wilhelm IX. commissioned in 1785. Unlike the other water features, this waterfall …

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4.65 km

View of Wilhelmshöhe Palace

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Wonderful view very close to the "fox holes".

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8.50 km

Cascades of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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There are exactly 535 steps up to Hercules. The water features have been working for 300 years. There is even a fountain of about 50m. The water covers a distance of 2.3 km.

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8.60 km

View of Kassel from the Octagon

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A great view of Kassel and across the Kassel basin to the Meissner.

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13.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

1.31 km

786 m

488 m

118 m

Surfaces

8.96 km

3.56 km

296 m

282 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

Weather

Monday 2 November

7°C

2°C

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Expect light wind and shifting conditions.

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Comments

August 19, 2023,Rehamed Herkules Berglauf 🏃🏼‍♀️⛰️😅

The 34th Rehamed Berglauf in muggy weather conditions 😅. One of us represents the walkers and the other the joggers.
It was a very nice feeling to reach Hercules 🥳
Of course we took the photos of 'our' great mountain park on our 'descent'.

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