Sodenberg Basalt Crater – Sodenberg Cross Chapel loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gemünden a. Main

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Sodenberg Basalt Crater – Sodenberg Cross Chapel loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gemünden a. Main

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Sodenberg Basalt Crater – Sodenberg Cross Chapel loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gemünden a. Main

03:01

10.7km

220m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Sodenberg-Gans

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.99 km

Tunnel at the Former Sodenberg Basalt Quarry

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The tunnel at the former basalt works in Hammelburg is a valuable historical building that impressively illustrates the industrial history of the region. It is a reminder of the hard …

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3.13 km

Sodenberg-Gans Shelter

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The Sodenberg refuge is a welcome rest stop for hikers and nature lovers exploring the region around Hammelburg. It not only offers shelter and relaxation, but also an excellent place to enjoy the natural beauty of the surrounding area.

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3.15 km

Sodenberg Basalt Crater

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Standing at the top, you can still guess the volcano, the basalt of which was mined here. Benches and a small hut invite you to take a break - which you also need when you walk up from the west.

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4.69 km

Sodenberg Cross Chapel

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Further information about the Sodenberg chapel can be found here:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodenberg-Kapelle

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4.87 km

View over the Sodenberg Crater toward the shelter

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A very good historical outline (including old pictures of basalt mining) can be found here:
rhoenline.de/sodenberg.html

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5.06 km

View of the Deep Basalt Quarry

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6.33 km

Sodenberg-Gans

Nature Reserve

8.91 km

View of Hammelburg

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From here you have a beautiful view of the lying in the valley Hammelburg

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9.30 km

Sodenberg Estate

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Nice and interesting

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10.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.73 km

975 m

Surfaces

5.48 km

2.96 km

2.02 km

212 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 11 September

23°C

11°C

25 %

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Comments

March 20, 2022,Rund um den Sodenberg

Hike around and over the Sodenberg near Hammelburg.
Basalt was mined here until the mid-1950s. Today an oasis for flora and fauna.
Afterwards, in the "Sodenberg-Gans" nature reserve, admired the Adonis roses, liverworts, daffodils, daphne and pasque flowers.
Tour made on 20.3.2022.

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April 16, 2022,Über Tannenberg und Sodenberg (Rhön)

A short afternoon tour of the historic Sodenberg "guardian of the Saale valley". Already in prehistoric times there was a Germanic sacrificial site and Celtic refuge here. The Frankish apostle Kilian is said to have erected the cross on its basalt summit, which is why the mountain was also called Kiliansberg in the past. A path leads around the crater …

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