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Ilsbach Stream – Ore Trail: Former Ilsdorf Mine loop from Hesse

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Ilsbach Stream – Ore Trail: Former Ilsdorf Mine loop from Hesse

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Ilsbach Stream – Ore Trail: Former Ilsdorf Mine loop from Hesse

01:44

6.52km

60m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 6, 2026

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1.53 km

Ilsbach Stream

Highlight • River

The Ilsbach, also known as Streitbach or Sausel in the upper and middle reaches, is a 20.7 km long, right-hand tributary of the Seenbach in the High and Lower Vogelsberg …

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1.86 km

Ore Trail: Former Ilsdorf Mine

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Around Ilsdorf, especially between the Ilsdorf pit and the B49, you can find brown-red chunks of ore when the fields are freshly plowed and the rain has washed the stones …

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2.74 km

Ore Washing Plant and Luse Mine

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Here at the Wadenhäuser mill, in the corner of the street curve, there was an imposing facility until 1925, the Luse ore washing plant.
As early as the 1880s, brown …

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4.59 km

Rest Area Klein-Eichener Straße

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Several benches and also a weather shelter. Seating is limited on the "ERZWEG Mitte". The few benches are mostly rotten. Here you have space for a snack.

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5.01 km

Gehalt Mine and Dorothea-Elisabeth Mine

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Here in the middle of the open field, there is almost nothing left of the hustle and bustle that prevailed here a hundred years ago. Exactly at this point there …

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6.29 km

Geographical Center of Hesse

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Nice little facility in the middle of Hesse. Also suitable for a rest.

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6.32 km

Historic Mining Cart at the Geographical Center of Hesse

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At the center of Hesse you will find information about the Erzweg in the Grünberg - Mücke area, as well as an old dump truck.

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6.32 km

Ore Cart on the ERZWEG Mitte

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Iron ore was found and mined in the Vogelsberg many centuries ago. Also here in the immediate vicinity. Field names such as Eisenfeld, Rothfeld, Klopfhammer, the Eisenbiegel near Lehnheim and …

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6.52 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.99 km

1.24 km

646 m

508 m

147 m

Surfaces

2.73 km

2.64 km

594 m

556 m

Elevation

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Monday 25 May

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Ilsbach Stream – Ore Trail: Former Ilsdorf Mine loop from Hesse

Ilsbach Stream

Ore Trail: Former Ilsdorf Mine

Ore Washing Plant and Luse Mine

Rest Area Klein-Eichener Straße

Gehalt Mine and Dorothea-Elisabeth Mine

Geographical Center of Hesse

Historic Mining Cart at the Geographical Center of Hesse

Ore Cart on the ERZWEG Mitte

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