Bürgerturm Mellrichstadt – Upper Gate / Powder Tower loop from Mellrichstadt

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Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld

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Bürgerturm Mellrichstadt – Upper Gate / Powder Tower loop from Mellrichstadt

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Bürgerturm Mellrichstadt – Upper Gate / Powder Tower loop from Mellrichstadt

00:57

3.59km

40m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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976 m

Old Cemetery

Highlight • Historical Site

you can still see old magnificent tombs and the cemetery hall

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1.09 km

Bürgerturm Mellrichstadt

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Civic tower with half-timbered tower room a landmark of Mellrichstadt.

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1.62 km

Schutzengel Chapel on Großenberg

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Belonging to a modern Way of the Cross as Stations, marked "1695", with Pietà sculpture, around 1700 (Station XIII), also memorial to the fallen

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2.06 km

Parish Church of Mellrichstadt

Highlight • Religious Site

A beautiful, almost two kilometer long loop around the largely preserved high medieval city wall.

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2.08 km

View of St. John the Baptist Church, Stadtlauringen

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because you know immediately what to expect in the Städle

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2.65 km

St. Sebastian Chapel (Spitalkirche), Mellrichstadt

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The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Sebastian belonged to the former hospital of Mellrichstadt, a town in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria. It is therefore also known …

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2.80 km

Mellrichstadt City Wall

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The city wall is largely preserved and worth a visit.

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2.86 km

Upper Gate / Powder Tower

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Like the city walls, the Powder Tower was built in the 13th century.

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3.59 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.85 km

1.00 km

633 m

108 m

Surfaces

1.80 km

1.16 km

291 m

235 m

108 m

Elevation

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Sunday 1 November

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Bürgerturm Mellrichstadt – Upper Gate / Powder Tower loop from Mellrichstadt

Old Cemetery

Bürgerturm Mellrichstadt

Schutzengel Chapel on Großenberg

Parish Church of Mellrichstadt

View of St. John the Baptist Church, Stadtlauringen

St. Sebastian Chapel (Spitalkirche), Mellrichstadt

Mellrichstadt City Wall

Upper Gate / Powder Tower

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