Melsungen Town Hall – Melsungen Market Square loop from Melsungen-Bartenwetzerbrücke

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Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Melsungen

Melsungen Town Hall – Melsungen Market Square loop from Melsungen-Bartenwetzerbrücke

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Melsungen Town Hall – Melsungen Market Square loop from Melsungen-Bartenwetzerbrücke

01:51

25.4km

330m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 602 m for 116 m

After 5.08 km for 53 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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118 m

Bartenwetzer Bridge (Melsungen)

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The bridge takes its name from the woodcutters who moved into the city forest. They whipped their axes (whiskers) at the sandstones of the bridge to sharpen them.
This gave …

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361 m

Melsungen Town Hall

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Melsungen has an almost intact half-timbered old town. Additionally, the old stone bridge "Bartenwetzerbrücke"

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410 m

With an ice cream you can admire beautifully renovated half-timbered houses. In Brückengasse there is a drinking water fountain in front of a bicycle shop, where you can fill up your drinking bottles.

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961 m

Weir on the Fulda River in Melsungen

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The hydroelectric power plant was built in 1752.
The weir width is 191 m, the reservoir height is 1.68 m.

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1.91 km

View of the Fulda River Near Melsungen

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The Fulda near Melsungen in the middle of beautiful nature

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2.93 km

Half-timbered Town Melsungen Sculpture

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Melsungen with its many half-timbered houses is definitely worth a trip

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9.20 km

Treibach water-treading facility

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Water treading area to get your tired feet fit again.

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16.7 km

Brühbachhütte

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This new hiking hut was built on the "Dicken Eiche" in August 2022. The hut was opened on the occasion of his 60th birthday by the Spangenberg doctor Dr. Henner …

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25.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.5 km

4.13 km

4.03 km

2.24 km

408 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.3 km

4.84 km

3.56 km

1.24 km

423 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

17°C

3°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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Comments

September 15, 2024,Rosengarten und zurück 🌹

The sunny September weather is tempting for cycling. Today I finally saw the other side of Ars Natura. Past the former lung sanatorium that belongs to B. Braun and serves as the company headquarters. Very well-kept and spacious area. Thank you Dieter for the tour and the interesting explanations of the sights. And thank you for the help with my …

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May 4, 2025,Runde um Spangenberg 🚲🏰👍😃

Today it was changeably beautiful with sun ☀️ and clouds. To clear my head and take a deep breath, I'm out on my bike again. Over the Pfieffe, which flows into the Fulda, towards Moershausen. Here the children are still playing in the street. In Moershausen there is a cyclists' church, unfortunately currently closed for renovation. I went to Händewerk …

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