Top 20 Natural Monuments around Ifta

😎 In 2023 I rode along here with my brother on my first longer EBIKE TOUR from ESW to ESA. Then again the next day on the way back. What a fantastic picture. What a symphonic frog concert from the other bank of the Werra. What a wonderful cycle path between Hesse and Thuringia. The next time will be in 2024 on an e-bike tour with my partner from Eschwege-Niederhone through the beautiful Ringgau to Creuzburg and back to Eschwege. We enjoyed it. And I'm already looking forward to the next time. Sometime this year. 👋

You cycle along the cliffs. The rocks, the trees and the blue sky offer a wonderful view.

One of the most beautiful low mountain landscapes in Germany. The region along the Werra in Thuringia and northern Hesse, wonderful to visit by bike on the Werra Valley Cycle Path

If you want to see the karst spring bubbling, you should hike along here in spring after rainy or snowy days. Then you will see a unique sight. However, this occurs very rarely.

If you want to find water at the karst spring and in the Renda Valley Graben, you should come here when it rains. The spring only supplies water after heavy or heavy rainfall. Otherwise it is mostly dry, as is the stream bed of the Rendatalgraben.

If you want to find water at this spring, you should come here during rainy times. This spring only supplies water after heavy or heavy rainfall. Otherwise it is dry, as is the stream bed of the Rendatalgraben.

When I reached the cliffs I could hardly believe what I was seeing. There they stood, towering, mighty and impressive, and it was as if the cycle path had forced its way right through these ancient rocks. On one side of the path the Werra, flowing calmly and serenely, and on the other side these huge cliffs that seemed almost alive in the morning sun. It was an amazing sight and a bit like cycling through a huge open-air museum. The sun played with the light and shadow on the rocks and I couldn't help but keep stopping to enjoy the view. The cliffs seemed to tell stories from long ago and I felt like a small part of that long history. The cycle path itself was a joy to ride. It was well maintained and took me through a landscape that seemed somehow magical. At times I was in the shadow of the cliffs, at times in the sunshine on the banks of the Werra. There was always something new to see and I enjoyed every minute of this ride.

Calcareous tuff springs, like here in Elfengrund, are an unusual, rare habitat that needs to be protected. They occur in areas where the groundwater is heavily enriched with dissolved lime. The waterfall in Elfengrund is one of the largest tufa springs in Hesse. The Gatterbach, which rises from nearby springs, has over time piled up the limestone tuff on mosses and formed steps for waterfalls through the constant supply of lime deposits. Due to their porous structure, the limestone tuffs are extremely fragile and therefore endangered. It is therefore forbidden to enter, otherwise the naturally formed structure will be destroyed!