Hohe Hölle Shelter – View of Kreuzberg loop from Höllwald bei Rodenbach

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Fulda

Gersfeld (Rhön)

Hohe Hölle Shelter – View of Kreuzberg loop from Höllwald bei Rodenbach

Moderate

4.7

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Hohe Hölle Shelter – View of Kreuzberg loop from Höllwald bei Rodenbach

04:43

15.6km

520m

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: August 6, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Hessische Rhön

Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

Waypoints

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Parking

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782 m

Triangular redoubt at Hohe Hölle

Highlight • Historical Site

Information board including concentrated knowledge on the topic of the Swedish Wall... builders, meaning and purpose in the Thirty Years' War... etc.

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1.13 km

Historic Border Stones Between Bavaria and Prussia

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Here you walk between Hesse and Bavaria… today… this used to be Prussia

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1.15 km

Hohe Hölle summit and historic boundary stones

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The Hohe Hölle is an 893.8 m high mountain between Bischofsheim an der Rhön and Gersfeld on the Bavarian-Hessian border in the Rhön.
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1.47 km

Hohe Hölle Shelter

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Great refuge for a rest. The "Hohe Hölle" stop was set up here as a small gag. Great idea! 👍🏻

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1.90 km

View of Heidelstein

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From the mountain meadows on the Himmeldunkberg you have a great view of the neighboring Heidelstein with its transmission tower.

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3.21 km

Viewpoint

3.79 km

View of Kreuzberg

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From here you have a wonderful view of the Kreuzberg!

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8.86 km

Rothsee parking lot

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This large free car park is located in the immediate vicinity of the Rothsee and the visitor mine.

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13.3 km

Pond in Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

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You are currently looking in vain for the surrounding path...green growth...😉

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15.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.1 km

4.52 km

813 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.34 km

3.34 km

1.68 km

1.12 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (880 m)

Lowest point (520 m)

Weather

Tuesday 13 October

12°C

7°C

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

March 28, 2024,Rothsee – Jagdschloss Holzberghof - Hohe Hölle (Rhön)

Discover the Rhön - that's the motto for the weekend.
Initially on one of the many Rhön circular paths, we went uphill along the Leutenau stream to the Teufelsmühle. Continue to the Holzberghof hunting lodge. Then we left the loop and continued downhill - accompanied by light rain and a lot of wind (you notice this immediately when you're at …

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August 13, 2021,Teufelsmühle - Holzberghof - Rothsee

We're visiting my parents for the weekend, so we made a little detour to the Rhön and walked a few meters.

Nice weather and sunshine accompanied us. The flora and fauna in the Rhön is just great, if there were still clever mountains here, then it would be perfect ☺️

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