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Neuwirtshäuser Pond – Grenzwalleiche loop from Rote Lache von Wolfgang

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Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Hanau

Neuwirtshäuser Pond – Grenzwalleiche loop from Rote Lache von Wolfgang

Easy

4.6

(51)

174

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Neuwirtshäuser Pond – Grenzwalleiche loop from Rote Lache von Wolfgang

01:13

4.76km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

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Naturpark Hessischer Spessart

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399 m

Neuwirtshäuser Pond

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If you follow the narrow path at the "Limes" hiking car park, this small fishing lake is beautifully romantic.

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822 m

Grenzwalleiche

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There is a nice rest area here.

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823 m

Birkenhainer Rest Hut

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Definitely the right one for a little break.

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1.45 km

Pedestrian Bridge Over the A45

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Here you can cross the A 45.

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4.06 km

Neuwirtshaus Small Roman Fort

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Großkrotzenburg was the site of a Roman fort, built around 140 AD. A few years earlier, the Romans had completed the Odenwald Limes and also built a fort in Obernburg …

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4.19 km

Spessart Trails Gloomy Path

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Gloomy path on the Spessart trail.

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4.76 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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4.28 km

460 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.75 km

1.54 km

460 m

< 100 m

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November 12, 2025,Spessartspuren "Limes Spur bei Hanau-Neuwirtshaus"
This Spessart Trail begins at the "Limes" nature park parking area. A narrow path leads through the forest, past the fishing pond, to the forest playground at the "Grenzwalleiche" (border wall oak). Here, the trail follows the old trade route from Hanau to Gemünden, the Birkenhainer Straße. Crossing the motorway, the trail leads to the former Roman border wall, the …

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Today it should just be one of the short Spessart tracks. On Sunday afternoon we did some quick research and chose the Limes trail.
The walk is like a typical walk on a Sunday afternoon, except that you can already clearly see that autumn has come through the door. It was also noticeably cooler in the forest today.

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The Limes Lane ran out quickly before going shopping ...
As a little stroll, it's okay.


Tour description:

This Spessart trail starts at the "Limes" nature park car park. On a narrow path it goes through the forest past the fishing pond to the forest playground at the "Grenzwalleiche". Here the trail runs on the old trade route from Hanau …

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“The almost 5 kilometer long trail leads to places with Roman history. For a while it runs on the old trading route“ Birkenhainer Straße. ”At the former border wall, the“ Limes ”, several information boards point to the course of the border, Roman life and the past Castle go. "

This is the text on the website naturpark-hessischer-spessart.de/seite/455284/spessartspuren.html

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