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Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Hessisch Lichtenau

View from Schwalbenthal – Lake Kalbe loop from Hausen

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Hessisch Lichtenau

View from Schwalbenthal – Lake Kalbe loop from Hausen

Hard

4.6

(18)

hikers

View from Schwalbenthal – Lake Kalbe loop from Hausen

05:52

19.9km

550m

Hiking

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

Last updated: June 12, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturwaldreservat Meißner

Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

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4.10 km

Seesteine Natural Monument

Highlight • Natural Monument

The natural monument made of basalt rock, which is managed by the Werra Valley Association, is always worth a visit. The narrow, well-groomed paths and the stones themselves transport me to a different, earlier world with every stay.

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5.55 km

Blockfield in the Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

Highlight • Natural Monument

An interesting information board has been set up for this sea of blocks. The Blockmeer is a biotope with an amazing variety of animals and plants.

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6.75 km

Haus Halde and the Mining History of the Hoher Meißner

Highlight • Historical Site

You simply have to see everything on a tour on the Meißner.

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7.21 km

View from Schwalbenthal

Highlight • Viewpoint

On Sundays the Meißner ice cream car is at the lookout point! Definitely worth a visit!

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8.52 km

View from the Kalbe summit (Hoher Meißner)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Whoever speaks of the calf in the Hoher Meißner means a basalt knoll from which one has a grandiose view towards Berkatal-Frankershausen. It is located at an altitude of 719 …

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9.19 km

Lake Kalbe

Highlight • Lake

In addition to a beautiful view, there are also a few things worth knowing about open-cast mining in the region.

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9.67 km

Moss-Covered Basalt Field (Moossteinmeer)

Highlight • Natural Monument

In basalt seas/fields or block heaps in summer, the escaping cold air causes the formation of condensation or a low evaporation rate. This allows various types of mosses to grow and spread there.

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19.1 km

Kitzkammer Basalt Cave

Highlight • Cave

The Kitzkammer is a natural monument – a rock niche between basalt columns. At the end of the Tertiary period (around five million years ago), thin lava penetrated through cracks …

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19.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.3 km

5.48 km

786 m

246 m

120 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.8 km

5.73 km

751 m

695 m

574 m

230 m

189 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 11 July

29°C

12°C

13 %

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December 19, 2021,Auf den Spuren des P1 - Runde um den Meißner

Today there was a birthday hike for a dear hiking friend who had wished for a lap around the Meißner.
From the parking lot in Hausen, Kaiserstraße 3, it went first over the Grimmsteig to the Seesteinen, on to Schwalbenthal, on beautiful single trails to the Kalbesee and over the wonderful Kalbegratweg. Then we walked down to Frau Holle pond, …

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View from Schwalbenthal – Lake Kalbe loop from Hausen

Seesteine Natural Monument

Blockfield in the Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

Haus Halde and the Mining History of the Hoher Meißner

View from Schwalbenthal

View from the Kalbe summit (Hoher Meißner)

Lake Kalbe

Moss-Covered Basalt Field (Moossteinmeer)

Kitzkammer Basalt Cave

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