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Germany
Bavaria
Lower Franconia
Landkreis Bad Kissingen
Fuchsstadt

Fuchsstadt Earth Station – Fuchsstadt Earth Station loop from Fuchsstadt

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Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Bavaria
Lower Franconia
Landkreis Bad Kissingen
Fuchsstadt

Fuchsstadt Earth Station – Fuchsstadt Earth Station loop from Fuchsstadt

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5.0

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Fuchsstadt Earth Station – Fuchsstadt Earth Station loop from Fuchsstadt

00:27

7.57km

50m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 25, 2026

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Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

Waypoints

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1

1.09 km

Bicycle Repair Station Sandflur Fuchsstadt

Highlight • Rest Area

2

1.14 km

Bistro Tineja Erlebnisgarten Sandflur

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Small bistro at the adventure garden, Sandflur, near the earth station, open Sundays from 1 p.m.

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2.14 km

Fuchsstadt Earth Station

Highlight • Structure

earth station????

You must have seen that....
gigantic... what is that for... what are they doing there???👽🤖👽😉 we came from the autobahn and were flashed...
If you haven't seen something like this before...go there and have a look....Fuchsstadt!!!

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2.97 km

Fuchsstadt Earth Station

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The earth station Fuchsstadt with more than 50 parabolic antennas is widely visible in the Saale valley. Operator of the radio station is the American group Intelsat and it serves as a ground station for communication with news satellites.

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3.81 km

Fuchsstadt Earth Station

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The Fuchsstadt earth station is an earth station in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen in the area of the municipality of Fuchsstadt. It was built by the Deutsche Bundespost and is now operated by the US company Intelsat. The Fuchsstadt earth station serves as a ground station for communication with communications satellites and enables, among other things, satellite-based telephone calls, Internet connections and television broadcasts. Until the 1990s, Fuchsstadt was an important hub of the global communications network; This importance has been lost because the vast majority of continental and intercontinental communications are now carried out via fiber optic cables.

There are 50 parabolic antennas at the earth station, including two type A antennas with a diameter of 32 meters and around 25 others, each more than 9.3 meters. The earth station is therefore one of the largest satellite communications systems in the world. It is Intelsat's first earth station in Europe and also the largest of the six that the company operates. With its large parabolic antennas it is visible from afar in the Saale Valley.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdfunkstelle_Fuchsstadt

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4.29 km

Fuchsstadt Earth Station

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Interesting

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7.07 km

Fuchsstadt Village

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Fuchsstadt is a cute little village

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7.57 km

End point

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2.16 km

1.86 km

1.66 km

1.26 km

623 m

Surfaces

4.96 km

2.31 km

244 m

< 100 m

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