The best running trails in Main-Taunus-Kreis

Stone for the Light (Livia Kubach & Michael Kropp, 2010): The stone sculpture with the many holes you described is this work made of black granite. The artist couple drilled numerous cylindrical openings into the massive stone to make the heavy material permeable to light. Thus, the stone is dematerialized: the incoming light travels through the holes, making the hard core appear alive and fragile from the inside out.

Origin: It comes from the former Hoechst AG dye works (known as the "Red Factory"). Location: It stands in the orchard in Hattersheim, a site within the Rhine-Main Regional Park. Function: The machine was formerly used in the chemical industry to mix pigments and dyes on a large scale. Symbolism: As a technical monument on the Industrial Heritage Trail, it commemorates the importance of the chemical industry to the region. Special Feature: It forms a deliberate visual contrast between massive industrial technology and the surrounding natural landscape of the orchards.

Wonderful trees from many regions of our planet. Worth a visit at any time of year.

St. Margaret's Chapel (Little Turnip Chapel) Location: The chapel is situated in the vineyards between Mainz-Kastel and Mainz-Kostheim. It is located on the slope of the Turnip Hill, which is why it is commonly known as the Little Turnip Chapel. History: The building recently celebrated its 300th anniversary, as it was built in 1723 according to the inscription. Hiking Trail: It is one of the stops on the well-known Three Chapels Circular Hiking Trail. This trail connects: The Chapel at the Pond Fountain St. Margaret's Chapel (Little Turnip Chapel) The Chapel on the Geisberg (near the Fähncheskreuz)

The Main-Taunus Arboretum is a park-like woodland landscape of approximately 76 hectares located between Eschborn, Schwalbach, and Sulzbach. It was established in the early 1980s as compensatory reforestation for the expansion of Frankfurt Airport on the site of a former airfield. Today, over 600 species of trees and shrubs from the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere grow here. Instead of individual display trees, complete forest communities have been planted, allowing visitors to experience a small "botanical world tour" through forests from Europe, North America, and Asia along its walking paths. The freely accessible arboretum combines nature experiences, environmental education, and recreation and is considered one of the most important tree collection areas in the region – a tranquil, green contrast to the nearby metropolis of Frankfurt.

The Regional Park Tower is a 41-meter-high observation tower located near the visitor center of the Regional Park Portal at the Weilbach gravel pits, northeast of Weilbach in the Main-Taunus district of Hesse. In addition to the Regional Park Portal for the Rhine-Main Regional Park, which opened in 2011, the planning also included the construction of a highly visible landmark directly related to the Regional Park and its focus on nature. Thus, in 2012, the Regional Park Tower was erected according to the plans of architect Peter Karle. Its overall form is designed as a large sculpture, intended to evoke associations and interpretations of natural forms in the viewer, such as a blossom or a bud. The €500,000 project, which was even dubbed the "Tower of Evil" in advance due to the involvement of the Fraport Foundation,[1] was to be financed by Regionalpark-Pilot GmbH (€160,000), Regionalpark Ballungsraum GmbH (€170,000), the State of Hesse (€102,000), and Fraport AG (€68,000). In 2013, the Wiesbaden chapter of the Association of German Architects (BDA) awarded the Regionalpark Tower the Johann Wilhelm Lehr Plaque for outstanding architecture in Hesse.

The former Hattsteiner Hof is originally a medieval farmstead, whose existence is documented as early as 1492. It was renovated in 1733; the date is inscribed with the initials J.H.L. (District Forester Johann Heinrich Lotz) in the keystone of the small, round-arched courtyard gate, along with a depiction of a leaping stag. The farmhouse is a stately timber-framed building with two high stories on a high plinth and a hipped roof. Notable features inside include the vaulted cellar extending the entire length of the house, the stucco ceilings with their restrained ornamentation in the living quarters, and the spiral staircase spanning two stories, carved from a single timber. Also part of the complex are the covered gateway with round-arched, profiled sandstone jambs at the entrance and the hand gate, as well as the timber-framed barn at the rear of the courtyard, dated 1738, and a contemporary timber-framed outbuilding. The residential building is similar in proportion, construction and layout to the house at Wiesbadener Straße 10.

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