Vulkanregion Vogelsberg

The Eisenkaute south of Weikartshain, the former Deutschland mine, is a good start to this circular tour. The route runs anti-clockwise from Weickartshain via Freienseen, Lardenbach Stockhausen and back to Weickartshain through the Seenbachtal. The landscape is shaped by the iron ore open-cast mining

On the Erzweg Mitte, starting at Mücke train station and circling the town, you can still see the relics of the mining that took place until the 1960s. Remains of the former operating facilities, such as the loading tower between Merlau and Nieder-Ohmen, loading ramps, cable car foundations and mud ponds

Welcome to the dance on the volcano, because this circular hike literally takes you around the extinct volcanic crater of the Amöneburg. Here you can experience geology up close. At every turn you will also encounter a variety of geotopes, i.e. places that took their shape through the events of the earth

The Iron Trail between Gedern and Hirzenhain is a cultural-historical and geological circular trail with 10 information boards and wonderful views in the middle of a beautiful low mountain landscape. It starts and ends at Gedern Castle, which offers adventures such as a trolley trail in the idyllic castle

On this tranquil walk around Wartenberg-Angersbach, where you also have stunning viewpoints of the castle ruins and the surrounding area, you will be walking the whole time on a global speciality: a continental rift valley, the "Lauterbacher Graben". To put it bluntly, the tectonics of the tectonic plates

On this circular hike through the volcanic region, a very special place awaits you that you can explore: the geological tree hedge. This is a former quarry that has been planted with trees and shows the different types of rock and explains them on panels that were formed here millions of years ago. In

Geological features and natural monuments accompany this circular route that begins in Homberg (Ohm). From the hill of the "Hohen Berg" you can look far across the fertile Ohmtal to the Lahnberge and Amöneburg, which is enthroned on an extinct volcanic crater. In the other direction, the Vogelsberg mountain

In contrast to the Erzweg Süd komoot.com/de-de/tour/1755295481, the Erzweg Nord hiking trail is somewhat more secluded and wilder. It impressively shows the relics of ore mining in the Vogelsberg region and brings the mining history back to life with numerous information boards. Routes of former mine

The volcanic cone on which Amöneburg stands is the only elevation in the Amöneburg Basin. The geotour "Kreuz und Quer" is a circular wall trail that takes you from Amöneburg to the Schweinsberger Moor and along the Ohmtal. From the Brücker Mühle you walk past a former brickworks, now an industrial monument

This varied tour combines the enjoyment of nature with geological and spiritual history. The first highlight is at Nieder-Mooser See, an idyllically located bathing lake with many water sports options and a campsite. Very close by, the geotope "Gunzenau Quarry" is a showcase for geological history, because