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Volkerode

Salzfrau Viewpoint – Green Belt loop from Volkerode

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Landkreis Eichsfeld

Volkerode

Salzfrau Viewpoint – Green Belt loop from Volkerode

Moderate

4.4

(9)

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Salzfrau Viewpoint – Green Belt loop from Volkerode

04:15

14.3km

380m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

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Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

Waypoints

Start point

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543 m

Lourdes Chapel Volkers

Highlight • Religious Site

Small chapel in the middle of nowhere. Suitable for a break.

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1.94 km

Through this 40-meter-long concrete tube once Stasi employees were clandestinely rooted through the inner-German border - sometimes for espionage to West Germany, sometimes for rapport to East Germany. If you are brave, today you can even crawl through it yourself.

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3.26 km

View of the Werra Valley and Bad Sooden-Allendorf from Schöne Aussicht

Highlight • Viewpoint

Always a nice moment up here, great view of the Werra Valley and the BSA

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3.85 km

Brandwall

Archaeological Site

4.32 km

Viewpoint

7.82 km

Historic Lime Kiln on the Gobert

Highlight • Monument

Historic lime kiln that invites you to a short stopover. The functioning of the furnace is explained on a notice board.

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8.89 km

Salzfrau Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful view of Eschwege, Hoher Meißner and the Hessian mountains

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10.4 km

Former Inner German Border Marker

Highlight • Historical Site

In the Hessian Switzerland there are still some "witnesses" of the former German/German border to see

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11.0 km

Grenzeck

Highlight • Viewpoint

There are fantastic views up here! 🤩

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12.0 km

Green Belt

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

The “Green Belt” nature conservation project was born shortly after the border opened. Nature and environmentalists met to secure the former border strip as the “ecological backbone of Central Europe”. …

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14.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.95 km

3.75 km

960 m

667 m

Surfaces

5.69 km

4.85 km

2.73 km

771 m

286 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 14 July

25°C

13°C

11 %

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Comments

July 18, 2024,Mailer seine jährliche Gobert - Tour

Apart from the tough climb at the beginning and the knee-crushing descent at the end, it was a very nice tour. I've read the name Gobert several times, but unfortunately I don't understand what it means.

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Salzfrau Viewpoint – Green Belt loop from Volkerode

Lourdes Chapel Volkers

Stasi-Schleuse

View of the Werra Valley and Bad Sooden-Allendorf from Schöne Aussicht

Historic Lime Kiln on the Gobert

Salzfrau Viewpoint

Former Inner German Border Marker

Grenzeck

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