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Barbarossa Spring – St. Wolfgang Monastery Ruins loop from Rote Lache von Wolfgang

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Hanau

Barbarossa Spring – St. Wolfgang Monastery Ruins loop from Rote Lache von Wolfgang

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Barbarossa Spring – St. Wolfgang Monastery Ruins loop from Rote Lache von Wolfgang

03:47

14.5km

80m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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Naturpark Hessischer Spessart

Waypoints

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1.88 km

Hanau-Wolfgang Forestry Office and Giant Sequoia

Highlight • Historical Site

Nice highlight, from which nice tours start in all directions. Hanau's tallest tree is right in front of the forestry office. A sequoia planted in 1950 with a height of …

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7.57 km

Barbarossa Spring and Pond

Highlight • Natural Monument

Idyllically located in the Spessart, the Barbarossa spring with the adjacent small pond is a quiet, shady spot in the middle of the forest.

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7.63 km

Barbarossa Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The source takes its name from Friedrich I, Barbarossa, who often stopped at the source on his hunting expeditions from the Barbarossa town of Gelnhausen to the Bulau.

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9.50 km

Unusual Tree on the Grenzsteinweg

Highlight • Natural Monument

Conspicuous, unusually grown tree directly on the Grenzsteinweg. A small eye-catcher on the roadside that shows how creative and idiosyncratic nature can be.

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9.89 km

Niederrodenbacher Steinbrüche

Nature Reserve

10.6 km

Grenzsteinweg Trail in Naturpark Hessischer Spessart

Highlight • Trail

Quietly located and surrounded by a lot of forest, the path is ideal for relaxed hikes with a touch of history.

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12.7 km

Giant Sequoia (Tallest Tree in Hanau)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Impressive giant tree right in the front garden of the forestry office

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12.7 km

Quarter-Hour Bench Hanauer Forest

Highlight • Structure

There's something to learn here.

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13.0 km

St. Wolfgang Monastery Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

From the monastery, which only existed for about 30 years, considerable remains of the wall have been preserved after another 500 years, in particular the tower, which is about 10 meters high.

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14.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.6 km

1.09 km

420 m

Surfaces

6.54 km

5.35 km

958 m

937 m

312 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 20 July

24°C

12°C

12 %

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Comments

November 12, 2025,Spessartspuren "Niederrodenbacher Barbarossaquelle und Klosterruine"

The 12.4-kilometer Spessart Trail has two starting points: the sports field in Niederrodenbach or the parking lot at the monastery ruins. From the sports field, the trail leads through the forest to the old forestry office with its adjacent forest shop. Highlights of the tour include the Wolfgang Monastery ruins and the Barbarossa Spring. The return to the starting point …

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August 2, 2021,Spessartspur " Barbarossaquelle"von Rodenbach

The order of the pictures got a little out of hand 🙈🙂

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July 30, 2021,Spessartspur: "Niederrodenbach - Barbarossaquelle und Klosterruine

There are 2 official entry points for this tour. One at the Niederrodenbach venue and the other at the Wolfgang monastery ruins.

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Our tour also began at the ruins of the monastery. The ruin is undoubtedly interesting and the tour also has some minor highlights or special features to offer. Idyll and silence, however, look different. Most of the …

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September 30, 2021,Spessartspur(8)"Niederrodenbach - Barbarossaquelle und Klosterruine"

Hiked the track as today's evening tour with accompaniment. For me personally there is nothing new to see; Since I was 8 years old, I walk through this forest almost every day 😉😇
The route could have been designed a little differently so that you wouldn't have to run this loooong straight - it's really very boring. Otherwise it is …

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May 2, 2023,🪻Spessartspur🪻 "Niederrodenbacher Barbarossaquelle und Klosterruine🥾🌲🐾

Part 4 of my motivational task 😊
It was almost 13 km at the end. Unfortunately, this round is mostly paved and runs straight ahead.
The ruins are very "nice" to look at, there are cozy seats at the source.
I've walked it twice now - for a third time it's too monotonous for me.

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December 20, 2023,Spessartspur "Niederrodenbach - Barbarossaquelle und Klosterruine" #4

My collection of the Spessart traces:
komoot.de/collection/2408790/-spessarturen

Once again we spontaneously went on another Spessart track today. So far I have only ever been to the Barbarossa spring in the warm season. Accordingly, not only the source was extinct, but the entire tour. But that suits me because I draw strength from the peace and seclusion 😊
The inclined hiker …

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July 21, 2021,Spessartspur "Niederrodenbacher Barbarossaquelle und Klosterruine

The optical highlight awaits with the ruins of the monastery right at the beginning of the trail. The forester's house is also nice to look at. The first asphalt straight follows, before a very beautiful and extensive wooded area connects to the Barbarossa spring. This is followed by sadness, however, because two elongated straights that are paved again at the …

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June 2, 2024,Spessartspur - „Niederrodenbach-Barbarossaquelle und Klosterruine“

This Spessart trail will never be one of my favorites - too much asphalt, too much gravel, too many straight paths and too many people, only the Grenzsteinweg section is recommendable 👍

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Barbarossa Spring – St. Wolfgang Monastery Ruins loop from Rote Lache von Wolfgang

Hanau-Wolfgang Forestry Office and Giant Sequoia

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