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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Kassel

Vellmar

Erlenloch Pond – Elfbuchen Tower loop from Vellmar-Osterberg/EKZ

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Kassel

Vellmar

Erlenloch Pond – Elfbuchen Tower loop from Vellmar-Osterberg/EKZ

Hard

4.8

(13)

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Erlenloch Pond – Elfbuchen Tower loop from Vellmar-Osterberg/EKZ

05:23

19.0km

390m

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 25, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.37 km

Harleshausen Bunker

Highlight • Monument

Z The facility had recently become overgrown and neglected. One of the bunker doors had been broken open. Thanks to the voluntary work of a Harleshausen company, the bunker is now presentable again. There is no information about its history or year of construction, but it is said to have served as a storage facility for explosives and ammunition during World War II. This explosive was intended to destroy the traffic routes as the enemy approached. This was intended to slow down their advance. For this purpose, blasting shafts were set into streets, but also in field and forest paths, and these can still be found in many places here in the Habichtswald.

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3.40 km

Harleshausen Historical Forest Trail

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4.94 km

Erlenloch Pond

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The Erlenloch is a small lake in the Habichtswald. All around is a root trail, which can be expired quickly or can also be used for MTB riders to technically durchzuwedeln between the individual trees.

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5.91 km

Short and Flowing Forest Trail

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Manoeuvrable on a mountain bike, maybe for pumping and a jump at the end?

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7.65 km

Elfbuchen Tower

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The Waldhotel Elfbuchen is widely known for its tower, the Elfbuchenturm

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7.73 km

Ridge Trail Above Kassel

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Trail through a beech forest with some beautiful views of the Kassel basin. Shady and cool in summer.

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9.40 km

Hercules Monument, Wilhelmshöhe Mountain Park

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The park and the Hercules monument are landmarks of Kassel. The size of the park is enormous, and the Hercules monument is no exception. Anyone who wants to climb the Hercules monument from the park should be a good walker. After all, you have to climb stairs to the monument. There is of course a place to stop for refreshments, but it is a good 220 meters up. There is also a fee to climb the Hercules (but that only applies to the Hercules itself), the path and everything else in the park is free.

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10.5 km

View of the Cattle Pasture near Elfbuchen and Herkules

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Beautiful hiking trail with a view over rolling meadows and forests in the background.

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19.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.67 km

6.15 km

1.50 km

1.29 km

383 m

Surfaces

5.44 km

5.10 km

4.90 km

3.33 km

229 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 8 July

22°C

15°C

36 %

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Harleshausen Bunker

Harleshausen Historical Forest Trail

Erlenloch Pond

Short and Flowing Forest Trail

Elfbuchen Tower

Ridge Trail Above Kassel

Hercules Monument, Wilhelmshöhe Mountain Park

View of the Cattle Pasture near Elfbuchen and Herkules

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