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Germany
Hesse
Landkreis Gießen
Hungen

Upper Knappensee – Utpher Mill loop from Hungen

Routes
Mountain biking trails
Germany
Hesse
Landkreis Gießen
Hungen

Upper Knappensee – Utpher Mill loop from Hungen

Easy

8

riders

Upper Knappensee – Utpher Mill loop from Hungen

00:43

13.2km

60m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 19, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 9.81 km for 110 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1

2.50 km

Inheiden Lake (Trais-Horloffer Lake)

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The Inheidener See or Trais-Horloffer See, whatever it is called, is a relic of the former lignite mining in the Wetterau and has been a popular bathing lake for decades, …

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3.38 km

Inheidener See

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Up until 1950, 2.2 million tons of lignite were mined here ⚒⚒⚒
Today, the 35-hectare opencast mine is known as the "Inheidener See".
There are good bathing opportunities here ... and sailing and surfing is also possible ⛵
alexanderhitz.de/geschichte_braunkohle_tagebau_see_inheiden.html

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3

3.92 km

Evangelical Church, Trais-Horloff

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Directly on the bike path of the Wetterauer Lake District actually a "hotspot" for cyclists....
Unfortunately always closed but nice church

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4

3.93 km

Book cells are public and offer everyone the opportunity to borrow or take books anonymously and free of charge. As a rule, they are open every day of the year and freely accessible

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3.95 km

Bee Hotel

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6

4.80 km

Upper Knappensee

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My round trip begins and ends in Ettingshausen. After Münster via Hessenbrückenhammer, Wetterfeld on the railway line to Hungen. Continue along the railway to Inheiden, via the Horloff-Bieberweg to Utphe. …

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5.02 km

Utpher Mill

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The mill has been owned by the Krauss family in the district of Gießen in der Wetterau for generations. It is not far from the upper Knappensee, an opencast mining …

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6.09 km

At this point there is a good observation post (hut) on a hill!
By the way, we are here in the Wetterau "NSG Mittlere Horloffaue"
naturschutzgebiete-wetterau.de/42901/43053.html

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13.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

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5.91 km

5.28 km

1.35 km

265 m

183 m

172 m

Surfaces

10.5 km

1.96 km

559 m

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< 100 m

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Sunday 17 May

16°C

8°C

78 %

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