Melsungen Market Square – Melsungen Old Town loop from Kassel Hauptbahnhof

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Melsungen Market Square – Melsungen Old Town loop from Kassel Hauptbahnhof

Moderate

4.6

(21)

340

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Melsungen Market Square – Melsungen Old Town loop from Kassel Hauptbahnhof

03:06

70.1km

630m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 20.4 km for 155 m

Closed: • September 9, 2026-November 29, 2026 (otherwise open)

After 20.6 km for 1.11 km

Closed: • July 27, 2026-September 18, 2026 (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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26.6 km

Domäne Mittelhof

Highlight • Historical Site

The manor house was built around 1600 by Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel. The associated farm buildings date to the middle of the 17th century

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31.0 km

Markwald

Forest

36.1 km

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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36.1 km

Melsungen Old Town

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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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49.1 km

Cycle path bridge Hassenfernerstraße

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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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50.5 km

Büchenwerra Malerwinkel Viewpoint

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Here, after the Second World War, painters painted views of Büchenwerra.

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56.7 km

Railway bridge over the Fulda near Guntershausen

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Very imposing buildings.

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56.9 km

Guntershausen Railway Bridge

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Great object for photography.

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70.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.7 km

14.5 km

8.68 km

7.37 km

6.78 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

68.3 km

1.63 km

116 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Friday 30 October

10°C

4°C

12 %

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View over the Eder Valley

Domäne Mittelhof