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Hesse
Wetteraukreis
Nidda

Heißbachgrund Pond – Bridge Over the Eichelbach loop from Nidda

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Germany
Hesse
Wetteraukreis
Nidda

Heißbachgrund Pond – Bridge Over the Eichelbach loop from Nidda

Hard

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460

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Heißbachgrund Pond – Bridge Over the Eichelbach loop from Nidda

05:28

19.2km

420m

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: August 6, 2026

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Heißbachgrund von Michelnau

Eichköppel bei Eichelsdorf

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1

4.05 km

Benderwiesenchaussee

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Here you go out of the forest through a beautiful meadow valley.

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2

4.07 km

From this shady spot you have a beautiful view of the extensive meadow valley of the nature reserve "Heißbachgrund von Michelnau".

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4.63 km

Heißbachgrund Pond

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very beautiful idyllic pond with a bench to sit and relax.

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8.32 km

Bridge Over the Eichelbach

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Landscape as in the Allgäu in the front Vogelsberg

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10.3 km

Eichköppel bei Eichelsdorf

Nature Reserve

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11.0 km

View from the Eichköppel

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The Eichköppel,
A grassland meadow on which rare flowers and plants grow.

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13.1 km

Bench With a View of Eichelsdorf

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13.4 km

Great view of the Hoherodskopf.

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14.1 km

Schmitter Viewpoint

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Seating with views to the 50 km away Taunus.
Information board with the places to be seen.
However, the specified "Winterberg" is the Steinkopf with its telecommunications tower, which even some locals consider the adjacent Winterstein.

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19.2 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

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13.8 km

4.16 km

947 m

194 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.25 km

5.92 km

2.11 km

1.23 km

366 m

246 m

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Highest point (310 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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Monday 24 August

22°C

13°C

48 %

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Comments

April 13, 2024,2024-04-13 Wandern auf dem Vulkan 🌋 NaturTour Nidda mit Verlängerung - Von Michelnau nach Eichelsdorf 🥰
Today we're going 🚙 to the Wetterau. Hmm, actually it's probably a Wetterau / Vogelsberg border hike 🛃 It starts in Michelnau and soon we find the hiking sign, it's supposed to be a volcano 🌋, I think it looks like a nose 👃🏻🤭 Beautiful forest to start with and right from the start we notice what will accompany us …

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July 10, 2022,066 Naturtour Nidda
Today's tour 🥾, the Nidda nature tour, was the last extra tour of the Vogelsberg region that we were missing. The starting point was the parking lot 🅿️ at the hiking portal in Nidda-Eichelsdorf. The paths of the round are mostly natural and therefore pleasant to hike. A mixture of field, forest, forest and meadow paths, occasionally narrow paths. According …

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April 6, 2024,VB "Naturtour Nidda"
Wow 🤩 What a great tour. I wonder why I'm only doing it now - I had planned it in June 2022!
Great views, great paths - natural/narrow paths - and you can hear the rippling of the Eichelsbach again and again.
Clear recommendation 👍
If I get the chance, I will definitely do the tour again with the extension …

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Sun on my face, voices of familiar faces heard from afar immediately this familiar feeling. Today I went with a Meet5 group on the NaturTour Nidda. Greetings, hugs, first jokes you are right in the middle of it. I already knew most of them, and that's what makes days like this so special for me.
The tour itself is …

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Great hiking trail with lots of markings. We'll do the extra tour next time. Unfortunately, I forgot to press "Record" at the start.

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October 16, 2021,Wanderung
Rolf Pipp, Werner K and Herby did the nature tour in Eichelsdorf, a very nice tour with many highlights, followed by a nice cup of coffee. Greetings 👍🥾🥾

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Great tour thanks to Herby. Highly recommended. 👍👍👍💥💥💥

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Heidrun from TSG Köppern organized and led this beautiful hike very well.

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