Wilhelmshöhe Palace – View of Kassel at Night loop from Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Wilhelmshöhe Palace – View of Kassel at Night loop from Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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Wilhelmshöhe Palace – View of Kassel at Night loop from Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

02:03

6.20km

290m

Mountaineering

Moderate mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Parking

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728 m

Wilhelmshöhe Palace

Highlight • Castle

You can only give something historical to the castle. This works best on a portal and I have decided for the kassel.de/kultur/sehenswuerdigkeiten/Bergpark/01927/index.html. Schloss Wilhelmshöhe was under Landgrave Wilhelm IX. Built in 1786 in several stages. Previously, an Augustinian monastery and later a hunting lodge had already stood in the same place.
Especially the middle part of the castle was completely destroyed during World War II. Between 1968 and 1974, the building was rebuilt and redesigned for a museum use.
Today, the Schloss Wilhelmshöhe accommodates an antique collection, the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, the Graphische Sammlung and a library. In addition, the museum offers space for special exhibitions.
Castle rooms in the narrower sense can be visited in the Weißenstein wing.

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1.13 km

Great Fountain in the Castle Pond, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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Impressive, world-wide unique technical achievement. The fountain is driven only by gravity and not by a pump.

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2.68 km

View of Kassel from the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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From the Wilhelmshöhe mountain park below the Hercules statue at the Cascade Falls you have a fantastic view of Kassel and the surrounding area.

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2.83 km

View of Kassel at Night

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From Hercules - a great view of the city

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3.07 km

Hercules and Octagon (Back View)

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by night

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3.25 km

Hercules Monument, Wilhelmshöhe Mountain Park

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The park and the Hercules monument are landmarks of Kassel. The size of the park is enormous, and the Hercules monument is no exception. Anyone who wants to climb the Hercules monument from the park should be a good walker. After all, you have to climb stairs to the monument. There is of course a place to stop for refreshments, but it is a good 220 meters up. There is also a fee to climb the Hercules (but that only applies to the Hercules itself), the path and everything else in the park is free.

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3.33 km

Cascades of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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There are exactly 535 steps up to Hercules. The water features have been working for 300 years. There is even a fountain of about 50m. The water covers a distance of 2.3 km.

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3.53 km

Ascent to Hercules in the Snow

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6.20 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.37 km

394 m

266 m

167 m

Surfaces

3.21 km

1.50 km

1.42 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

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Thursday 15 October

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Comments

October 1, 2023,Wanderung zum Hercules im Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 🏞🦸💪👍

Today we went to the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe for a change in the day. 😊
We took a few more photos in better lighting conditions and this time also paid a visit to the Hercules at the summit.

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