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Germany
Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Melsungen

Bartenwetzer Bridge (Melsungen) – Wagenfurth Half‑Timbered Chapel loop from Melsungen-Bartenwetzerbrücke

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Road cycling routes
Germany
Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Melsungen

Bartenwetzer Bridge (Melsungen) – Wagenfurth Half‑Timbered Chapel loop from Melsungen-Bartenwetzerbrücke

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4.3

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Bartenwetzer Bridge (Melsungen) – Wagenfurth Half‑Timbered Chapel loop from Melsungen-Bartenwetzerbrücke

01:26

33.0km

250m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 20, 2026

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After 7.09 km for 95 m

After 25.9 km for 95 m

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Train Station

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118 m

Bartenwetzer Bridge (Melsungen)

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The bridge takes its name from the woodcutters who moved into the city forest. They whipped their axes (whiskers) at the sandstones of the bridge to sharpen them.
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7.04 km

Bike Barn Lobenhausen

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The best rest stop we have ever seen on our bike tours! With a view of the Fulda, wooden loungers, a guest book in which we of course signed our …

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9.02 km

Fulda River Crossing

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Always against a great view of the river

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9.43 km

Wagenfurth Half‑Timbered Chapel

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There is a beautiful, Gothic half-timbered chapel in Wagenfurth. It is open during the day.

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12.7 km

Once the bridge is released again, you can add another mountain stage on the way from Kassel to Melsungen. Then in Guxhagen, coming from the R1, drive over the Fulda, then immediately left

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16.8 km

The construction of the synagogue in the center of the town on Untergasse was probably started in 1823; it was a simple half-timbered building. The place has been marked by signs.

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19.4 km

The beer garden reopened in June 2021. Here you can find delicious home-made bratwurst or currywurst and delicious fish rolls. Tap Hüttbier on tap or other drinks as well as …

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24.2 km

Wagenfurth

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Small town - barely 150 people live here - with one of the oldest half-timbered churches in northern Hesse. The two-story building was erected around 1480 and was temporarily used …

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33.0 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

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17.5 km

6.80 km

6.26 km

2.42 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

32.6 km

351 m

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Tuesday 19 May

17°C

11°C

82 %

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