Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Spangenberg

ARS NATURA challenge – ARS NATURA art trail

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Spangenberg

ARS NATURA challenge – ARS NATURA art trail

Hard

4.8

(50)

151

hikers

ARS NATURA challenge – ARS NATURA art trail

07:49

26.9km

700m

Hiking

On the large art hiking trail around Spangenberg you can walk through three valleys with wonderful views: the Vocke, the Pfieffe and the Lande valleys. There are numerous works of art to discover on the sides of the paths between the two ARS NATURA long-distance hiking routes X8 (Barbarossaweg) and…

by Melsunger Land

Last updated: June 3, 2024

Waypoints

Start point

Get Directions

6 m

Marketplace Spangenberg

Highlight • Historical Site

The legendary Liebenbach fountain is located directly on the historic Spangenberg market square. A fairy tale trail begins from there. The legend of the Liebenbach fountain is told on the boards.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

1.20 km

The philosopher Anaxagoras

Highlight • Monument

Anaxagoras, who came from Asia Minor, took the view that everything is made up of tiny little elements. You can also read this thesis in his work “On Nature”. Anaxagoras, …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

1.97 km

Sator Square (Ars Natura)

Highlight • Monument

Pun, secret formula or even a secret message? We don't know exactly what the Sator square is. But one thing is clear: Since many of these squares with the enigmatic …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

2.11 km

Maize Drums for Animals and People II (Ars Natura)

Highlight • Monument

The May drums are Ars Natura works of art by Karin Lina Adam and are located everywhere along the Ars Natura hiking trail. In harsh winter months you can/could open …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.03 km

Märchenwald Wooden Sculptures (Ars Natura)

Highlight • Structure

Ars-Natura artwork by Peter Hecht (Berlin). Five animals that were native to us but are now extinct look towards the sky.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.56 km

Ponykids Sculpture by Cornelia Brader

Highlight • Monument

“Pony kids” are children and young people from the dreary suburbs of Dublin who have bought a pony at the Smithfield horse market and then ride the animals through the …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

4.32 km

Abelone Sculpture (ARS NATURA)

Highlight • Monument

This sculpture is based on a character from Rainer Marias Rilke's only novel: The Notes of Malte Laurids Brigge, which was first published in 1910.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

4.90 km

Raven Mothers (Ars Natura Art Installation)

Highlight • Monument

In German, a bad mother is also referred to as a “bad mother”. The real raven mothers show how wrong this actually is. Raven mothers look after their own offspring …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

5.87 km

Frau in Eiche Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

“The Woman in Oak” is by the sculptor Cornelia Brader from Memmingen, who has already created several sculptures on the Ars Natura trails, such as the “Man with Binoculars” on …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

6.23 km

Animals Have Dreams Too – Dreamcatcher Sculpture (ARS NATURA)

Highlight • Monument

Dream catchers are well-known cult objects that have their origins in the culture of the North American Indians. They serve to let good dreams through and catch bad dreams. The …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

6.82 km

Mehr – Wooden Sculpture by Jochen Guinand (ARS Natura)

Highlight • Monument

A naked man stretches towards the sky. He seems to want “more” of something. More sun, more wind, more rain. In short: more nature. To do this, he even foregoes …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

7.13 km

Wächter III (Ars Natura)

Highlight • Monument

The Guardian III is a figure almost four meters high that vaguely resembles a bird with stilt-like legs. Thanks to its size and location, the “Wächter” has a wonderful panoramic …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

8.02 km

Wächter II (Ars Natura Art Trail)

Highlight • Monument

The sculpture series “Guardians” are archaic-looking figures by the artist Barbara Magdalena Neuhäuser. Inspired by the art of indigenous peoples, the sculptures are placed in places where they have a …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

9.39 km

Liegewiese 1 – Art in the Landscape

Highlight • Structure

Unfortunately, the location causes the loungers to be covered in moss.
On the other hand, it is exciting how nature takes over the place.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

9.92 km

Transformation (Ars Natura Art Installation)

Highlight • Monument

A look through the individual letters on the steel band with the words “Transformation” opens up completely different perspectives. A dialogue – a conversation – takes place between people and the observed landscape. Just try it!

Translated by Google •

Tip by

10.5 km

„Die Lauscher” (Ars-Natura)

Highlight • Monument

Here on the path on the edge of the Stölzinger Mountains with a view of the Landetal there are two “ear stones”. Treat yourself to a quiet moment with the …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

12.1 km

Ich Sehe Dich Bench by Meinrad Ladleif

Highlight • Monument

Meinrad Ladleif, Kassel
»I see you«
A bench whose innovative, linear design seems to be in stylistic contrast to the half-timbered idyll of the nearby village. However, the view of …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

15.8 km

Wassergeflüster by Jürgen Raiber (Ars Natura)

Highlight • Monument

Four figures on open-cast mining sleepers tell of summer experiences in the village. Since the four works of art are located by the Pfieffe stream, they are also referred to …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

17.3 km

Past Present Future - Ars Natura

Highlight • Monument

Colorful hands in a row. This is the work of art by children from the municipal kindergarten in Spangenberg.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

18.3 km

Reclining Stone – Glacial Erratic from the Far North (ARS NATURA)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Try! A resting place in the middle of the forest🌲

Translated by Google •

Tip by

19.2 km

RaumSchau by Norbert Jäger (ARS NATURA 2009)

Highlight • Monument

This installation, consisting of two parts, was made from a granite boulder. The peephole in the boulder gives you a clear view of the opposite slope of the Vocketal. There …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

21.2 km

Durchsichten sculpture by Peter Paul Medzech

Highlight • Monument

This sculpture was made from local red sandstone from the Volpriehausen Formation. There are three peepholes in the rock. One look is directed at the village of Vockerode, the second …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

21.9 km

Affection (ARS NATURA Art Installation)

Highlight • Monument

Karl-Heinz Bieda created this installation based on 600-year-old drawings by the Hopi, Zuni and Navajo Indian tribes. The animals depicted here are also referred to as “mountain sheep” in specialist literature.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

22.2 km

Wachende by Heide Nonnenmacher (ARS NATURA 2002)

Highlight • Monument

Heide Nonnenmacher's work was deliberately placed here on an old trade route. The three pillars “guard” the passing hikers and travelers. This form of human design has already been found in ancient cultures such as Greece and Egypt

Translated by Google •

Tip by

23.0 km

Tree Book (ARS NATURA)

Highlight • Monument

A gust of wind in 2001 caused the already dead oak trunk to fall to the ground. The artist Halvor Machmor breathed new life into the tree. This work of …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

23.6 km

Eye-gaze I - ARS NATURA

Highlight • Monument

Here you can admire the artwork from classes H8a and H8b at Spangenberg Comprehensive School.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

24.6 km

2 Lives - ARS NATURA

Highlight • Monument

Two lives or ways of life embody the work of Peter Paul Medzech. In an abstract form, depending on the incidence of light and direction of view, you can see …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

25.3 km

Ars Natura »Roots«

Highlight • Monument

The Ars Natura trail near Spangenberg is one of the most interesting that I know. At this point you have e.g. B. a very beautiful view of Spangenberg itself. And …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

26.9 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.6 km

2.69 km

230 m

140 m

134 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

17.9 km

3.87 km

3.30 km

1.12 km

478 m

208 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (460 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

Weather

Tuesday 14 July

26°C

14°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

September 1, 2024,🚶Ars☀️Natura🏆Challenge🚶‍♀️2024🌞

ARS-NATURA-Challenge - a slightly different hike along the approximately 28 km long "ARS-NATURA" trail
The route led through the beautiful valleys of the Lande, Pfieffe and Vocke valleys.
In addition to wonderful views, participants were treated to numerous works of art along the route.
It was great that I was able to take part, even if the temperature was a …

Showing Translation

September 3, 2023,Ars-Natura-Challenge 🥾☀️

Superbly organized event on the Ars-Natura-Runde Spangenberg. It was a lot of fun 😊! Next year again!

ars-natura-challenge.de

Showing Translation

September 1, 2024,20240901 Ars-Natura-Challenge 2024

I had been planning to take part in the Ars Natura Challenge for a long time. In recent years, however, something always got in the way. This year, too, it didn't really work out, as I was registered for the OmS community meeting in Cochem. Unfortunately, professional commitments got in the way and I couldn't take a whole weekend off. …

Showing Translation

December 5, 2021,🌀Ars Natura- Die Runde🌀

We have been planning the big round of Ars Natura for a long time, today everything should be fine👍
Start in Spangenberg, a beautiful half-timbered town, then it went uphill and downhill through the forest and over panoramic paths ... unfortunately the paths were mostly gravel or asphalt ...
But it was easy to bear because of the many works …

Showing Translation

September 1, 2024,Ars-Natura-Challenge 2024

It was another great event and really fun 😊! Next year again 👍!

spangenberg.de/freizeit-tourismus/kunst-kultur-events/ars-natura-challenge

Showing Translation

September 1, 2024,2024.08.31 Ars-Natura-Challenge

I don't know what was going through the organizers' heads. Route past the car and then back into the city to the parking lot. Brainless,

Showing Translation

September 1, 2024,Ars Natura Challenge 2024

The Ars Natura Challenge takes place in Spangenberg on the first Sunday in September.
After a welcoming round in front of the town hall, the start countdown was counted down and we were off. First out of the city and then straight up a nasty hill. Right at the beginning, this climb was exhausting.😅
The round went through many beautiful …

Showing Translation

September 5, 2021,ARS-NATURA-Challenge, Runde um Spangenberg 05.09.2021 15:37

Great challenge. The start was the market square in Spangenberg. From there first up a grass path uphill. Short incline. Then through the forest towards Pfieffe for a lunch break. From Pfieffe about 2 km uphill again and then through a great landscape, you feel like in the Allgäu, back to Spangenberg. Culture is not neglected on the entire route. …

Showing Translation

August 8, 2023

On the large art hiking trail around Spangenberg you can walk through three valleys with wonderful views: the Vocke, the Pfieffe and the Lande valleys. There are numerous works of art to discover on the sides of the paths between the two ARS NATURA long-distance hiking routes X8 (Barbarossaweg) and X3

Translated by Google •

Want to know more?

This route was planned by komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.8

2,205

"Lochbachpfad" - Fairy tale path, Premium hiking trail

02:42h

9.21km

210m

Moderate

4.7

454

"Hutewaldweg" - Fairy tale path, Premium hiking trail

03:14h

11.4km

270m

Moderate

4.7

412

"Schwan am Silbersee" - Fable path, Premium hiking trail

02:43h

9.84km

170m

Moderate

4.7

284

Time out – ARS NATURA art trail

02:57h

10.6km

210m

Moderate

4.8

341

"Eisenberg Panoramaweg" - Fairy tale path, Premium walking trail

01:57h

6.81km

170m

Moderate

4.6

220

TOP-Border hiking trail Schifflersgrund

03:04h

10.9km

220m

Moderate

4.7

317

"Hoher Knüll" - Fable Path, Premium Hiking Trail

02:37h

9.24km

210m

Moderate

4.6

322

"Schlossbrunnenweg" - Fairy tale path, premium walking trail

01:21h

4.73km

120m

Moderate

4.7

263

Bartenwetzer hiking loop B2

02:40h

9.76km

150m

Moderate

4.6

163

Loop between Spangenberg and Schnellrode – ARS NATURA art trail

02:42h

9.70km

180m

Easy

4.7

214

"Falkenflug" - Fable path, Premium walking trail

01:33h

5.51km

110m

Moderate

4.7

190

"Lichte Blick" - Fable Path, Premium Hiking Trail

03:39h

12.8km

300m

ARS NATURA challenge – ARS NATURA art trail

Marketplace Spangenberg

The philosopher Anaxagoras

Sator Square (Ars Natura)

Maize Drums for Animals and People II (Ars Natura)

Märchenwald Wooden Sculptures (Ars Natura)

Ponykids Sculpture by Cornelia Brader

Abelone Sculpture (ARS NATURA)

Raven Mothers (Ars Natura Art Installation)

Frau in Eiche Sculpture

Animals Have Dreams Too – Dreamcatcher Sculpture (ARS NATURA)

Mehr – Wooden Sculpture by Jochen Guinand (ARS Natura)

Wächter III (Ars Natura)

Wächter II (Ars Natura Art Trail)

Liegewiese 1 – Art in the Landscape

Transformation (Ars Natura Art Installation)

„Die Lauscher” (Ars-Natura)

Ich Sehe Dich Bench by Meinrad Ladleif

Wassergeflüster by Jürgen Raiber (Ars Natura)

Past Present Future - Ars Natura

Reclining Stone – Glacial Erratic from the Far North (ARS NATURA)

RaumSchau by Norbert Jäger (ARS NATURA 2009)

Durchsichten sculpture by Peter Paul Medzech

Affection (ARS NATURA Art Installation)

Wachende by Heide Nonnenmacher (ARS NATURA 2002)

Tree Book (ARS NATURA)

Eye-gaze I - ARS NATURA

2 Lives - ARS NATURA

Ars Natura »Roots«

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️