Cornberg Sandstone Quarry – Tunnel at Cornberg Station loop from Kloster Cornberg

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Cornberg

Cornberg Sandstone Quarry – Tunnel at Cornberg Station loop from Kloster Cornberg

Moderate

4.4

(8)

hikers

Cornberg Sandstone Quarry – Tunnel at Cornberg Station loop from Kloster Cornberg

02:18

8.34km

140m

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: August 10, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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394 m

Cornberg Sandstone Quarry

Highlight • Natural Monument

Right next to the Cornberg monastery is the beautiful sandstone lake, which is also a good place to take a break.
Behind it is (however fenced) the former red sand …

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1.85 km

Tunnel at Cornberg Station

Highlight • Structure

This narrow tunnel runs as an underpass below the former Cornberg train station (in a northerly direction). This means you can easily reach the old B27 route without having to …

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2.32 km

Cornberg Tunnel Construction Site

Highlight • Structure

The 719-meter-long Cornberg Tunnel between Bebra and Sontra has almost reached the end of its technical service life. It is therefore being replaced by a new tunnel.
The Cornberg Tunnel …

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8.34 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.68 km

2.10 km

365 m

159 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.59 km

3.65 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

Weather

Friday 11 September

21°C

8°C

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

May 8, 2022,Auf dem C4 Bubenbach 💦 Kornberger Wasser

For our Mother's Day tour we got a suggestion from @Nordhesse. Why wander into the distance, especially since we wanted to be back home for lunch. So we started today with our hiking guest @Verena in the parking lot at the monastery, walked along the sandstone quarry, under the railway and hiked on the country road to the Cornberg signal …

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April 10, 2022,🇩🇪Rundwanderweg🚸C4🥾Bubenbach💦 oder Kornberger Wasser🧐

Now that I was back in my home country and had recovered from my stay in beautiful Bavaria and the seven tiring night shifts over the last two days, the urge to go outside into nature was great. It was still too cold for MTB, the snow showers this morning scared me and so I decided to hike a little. …

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April 15, 2022,C4 bei Cornberg (abgekürzt)

a nice route even if the weather today was almost entirely cloudy. You feel pretty off the beaten track and a deer cow and two deer that we ran into confirmed that, we heard a woodpecker, but unfortunately we didn't see it. A nice round, unfortunately only without any possibility to rest.

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