Schwiemelkopf Nature Reserve – Diemel River loop from Liebenau

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Kassel

Liebenau

Schwiemelkopf Nature Reserve – Diemel River loop from Liebenau

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Schwiemelkopf Nature Reserve – Diemel River loop from Liebenau

04:41

16.1km

410m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge

Warmberg-Osterberg

Quellgebiet bei Ostheim

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.89 km

Bench With a View of the Valley Near Muschelkalkfelsen

Highlight • Viewpoint

This bench stands on the other side of the limestone cliffs and offers a wonderful view

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4.92 km

Historic Border Stone NRW–Hesse

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Here, on the state border between North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, there is a historical border stone from 1778 (then the border between the Landgraviate of Hesse and the Bishopric of …

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5.27 km

Diemeltal Butterfly Trail

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From this car park, which can be reached from Körbecke, you can reach the shell limestone eco path in the Diemeltal and the juniper route.

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6.02 km

Forest hut in Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park

Highlight • Mountain Hut

This is where the access road leads from Körbecke to the shell limestone Eco Path in the Diemeltal. Beautiful beech forest with rustic paths.

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6.96 km

Schwiemelkopf Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

I was there at the end of March, a sea of blossoms from wood anemones, lungwort, daphne and larkspur!
There was also wild garlic and arum, be careful, you can mix them up and arum is poisonous 🙏🧙

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8.55 km

The Diemel leads along the Diemeltaler Butterfly Trail. On 152 km of wonderful hiking routes, accompanied by fresh beech forests, over flower-rich limestone grasslands and through many idyllic places. In …

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12.5 km

Diemeltaler Schmetterlingssteig at Warmberg

Highlight • Trail

Here the Diemeltaler Schmetterlingssteig crosses the road from Hofgeismar to Liebenau. At Warmberg there is a compensation area for Kassel Airport.

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14.1 km

View of Zwergen from the Warmberg-Osterberg Juniper Meadow

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Warmberg offers beautiful, old trees, a great juniper terrain and a nice view of gnomes!

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16.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.1 km

2.08 km

1.59 km

1.24 km

1.13 km

Surfaces

5.17 km

4.19 km

3.23 km

2.33 km

1.13 km

103 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Sunday 1 November

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Comments

June 3, 2026,Tour 5: Wacholderroute - Rundtour am Diemeltaler Schmetterlings-Steig

Information:
diemeltaler-schmetterlingssteig.de/weg/rundwanderwege/wacholderroute-ab-koerbecke

The circular route is an absolute highlight on the Diemeltaler Schmetterlingssteig trail. A beautiful, varied tour with great views of the Diemeltal valley and the juniper heaths. A long pole is recommended, as the trails from Ostheim to Zwergen are very overgrown and bushy.

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June 19, 2025,Diemeltaler Schmetterlingssteig - Runde von Liebenau

The Butterfly Trail lives up to its name. I saw an incredible number of butterflies on this tour. It was sometimes quite difficult to photograph them. At first, I tried with my phone, but mostly I couldn't get close enough, so I finally took out my big camera (actually much too late). I think it was worth it 😇
The …

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November 17, 2023,Diemeltaler 🦋steig -> Wacholderroute ab Liebenau - Rundtour

Some paths you take twice.
This path was the last for the recordings on the Diemeltaler Butterfly Trail. The path is very mountainous and valley-heavy, but the view, especially with the autumn leaves, is simply magnificent. We took a lot of rest, after all there were plenty of banking options.
The weather was excellent for a hike today.

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October 7, 2022,Diemeltaler 🦋steig -> Wacholderroute ab Liebenau - Rundtour

Today we went from Liebenau on the circular route. It was a nice one, partly with pleasant inclines and declines, but when komoot then spits out 15% on an incline and -17% on a decline, it's not so pleasant anymore. But I still enjoyed the landscape, as well as the view of some individual 🦋

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April 19, 2022,Liebenau: Wacholderroute

This circular route connects the town of Liebenau with the villages of Ostheim and Zwergen via parts of the main path of the Diemel Valley Butterfly Trail (see homepage).
After having to isolate myself from other people for 10 days 😷, today I was finally able to take advantage of the nice weather for a first tour after my personal …

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March 6, 2022,Wacholderroute von Liebenau aus 🤩🌲🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🐕🐕☁️🌲🤩

After I liked the tour from Liebenau to Haueda so much (unfortunately I accidentally deleted it 🙈) we started today on the juniper route from Liebenau via Ostheim and Zwergen.
It wasn't sunny, but it was dry and clear, allowing us to enjoy the unobstructed views from the high trails.
In some corners the wind came against us very cold. …

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October 30, 2022,Wacholder Route ab Liebenau -Rundtour am Diemeltaler Schmetterlings-Steig

A really great round on the Diemeltaler Schmetterlingssteig, I added a little detour to the Ostheimer Hute 🐾👣💚

The round has several fantastic vantage points and leads along great paths through the juniper heath through beech forest and over meadows and fields. There is also a bit of tar road, but that is compensated for by the view :-)

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May 21, 2023,Rundtour Diemeltal

Today we visited our favorite orchid area with dwarfs again. We linked this to a hike. First it went through the NSG Im Wiegenfuss and Warmberg Osterberg. Then we crossed the towns of Zwergen and Liebenau. On the other side of the Diemel we hiked through the NSG Schwiemelkopf and returned via Ostheim. A nice round in the Diemeltal in …

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