Bad Hersfeld Abbey Ruins – Fulda Cycle Route loop from Malsfeld

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Malsfeld

Bad Hersfeld Abbey Ruins – Fulda Cycle Route loop from Malsfeld

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Bad Hersfeld Abbey Ruins – Fulda Cycle Route loop from Malsfeld

11:28

189km

1,300m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 9, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 154 km for 102 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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55.9 km

Ruins

58.3 km

Bad Hersfeld Abbey Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

After a major fire in 1038, the new building began and the collegiate church was built. In 1761, when the French army withdrew, burned down the supplies they had piled …

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81.0 km

Forbachsee bei Bebra

Nature Reserve

85.6 km

Archaeological Site

86.0 km

Market Square and Old Town Hall, Rotenburg an der Fulda

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very nice old town with old lock, castle etc.

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87.9 km

Viewpoint

96.2 km

Fulda Cycle Route — Through the Fulda Meadows

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A really great bike path that leads through the meadows of the Fulda in the best condition.

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137 km

Guntershausen Railway Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Great object for photography.

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140 km

Fulda Cycle Route

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A wonderfully beautiful cycle path.

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144 km

Covered bridge over the Fulda near Dennhausen

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Structurally impressive bridge on the R1 Fuldaradweg with a very nice view of the Fulda and the surrounding area. A rest area is right next to it.

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148 km

Waldauer Kiesteiche

Nature Reserve

151 km

Bugasee

Lake

182 km

Over 300 half-timbered buildings have been preserved in the old town of Melsungen. Particularly beautiful medieval old town with historic half-timbered streets. A tour is reminiscent of the city's economic …

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182 km

Melsungen Market Square

Highlight • Settlement

With an ice cream you can admire beautifully renovated half-timbered houses. In Brückengasse there is a drinking water fountain in front of a bicycle shop, where you can fill up your drinking bottles.

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189 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

61.0 km

58.2 km

39.8 km

26.8 km

2.18 km

1.05 km

Surfaces

167 km

10.7 km

5.22 km

3.67 km

2.14 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

13°C

6°C

44 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

August 28, 2023,Von Nordhessen nach Osthessen via Fuldaradweg R1

From Kassel to Niederaula via the Fulda cycle path R1

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July 12, 2022,Radtour Tag 1: Fuldaradweg Kassel->Schlitz

First day of my summer bike trip. I took the train from Bremen to Kassel.
There I got on the Fuldaradweg, which I drove along there years ago. And because it's so beautiful, I'm driving it again this year. The path often crosses the Fulda and mostly runs along it. At least in the section I rode today. Autoarm with …

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