The Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path leads around the settlement Ahlberg east of Mariendorf on the edge of the Reinhardswaldes and should encourage you to deal with the history of the Ahlberg and its surroundings and to keep them from being forgotten. The Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path is also very attractive in terms of landscape, as on the one hand it follows natural paths through the Reinhardswald runs and on the other hand you always have beautiful views in the direction Habichtswald Has.
Route profile
- Length: 4.5 km. The Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path can be easily explored with a bike tour on the Reinhardswald cycle path connect.
- Mark: The Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path is marked with the Huguenot church in Mariendorf.
- Signposting: The signposting of the hiking trail can be described as very good, the hiking sign can be found on trees and wooden pegs.
- Suitable footwear: As the hiking route mostly runs over unpaved roads, sturdy shoes are recommended.
- Family suitability: Yes, the Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path is also accessible with smaller children.
- Mountain bike suitability: Yes, all of the paths used by the hiking trail can also be used with a mountain bike.
- Best season: The Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path is accessible all year round.
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The eco paths in North Hesse should encourage you to deal with the varied and interesting history of the region. A total of 32 eco paths have been set up in the Kassel district and two in the Schwalm-Eder district.
Since November 2007, the Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path has been strengthening the extensive network of eco paths. In the meantime, the 4.5 kilometer long eco path has been dated HWGHV awarded as a "certified hiking trail".
getting there
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By car
From direction kassel it is best to drive on the L 3386 above Vellmar, Espenau and Immenhausen to Mariendorf, from direction Hofgeismar on the L 3229 via Carlsdorf and Udenhausen and from the direction Reinhardshagen also on the L 3229, but over the Udenhausen floor. The starting point of the Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path is on 1 Parking at the riding arena in Heideweg.
With public transport
Since bus line 170 was discontinued (Hofgeismar-Immenhausen) (HNA article) Mariendorf is only used by the Bus route 171 (Immenhausen-Grebenstein) approached. This serves, for example, in Mariendorf 2 
center and in Ahlberg the 3 Ahlberg right on the eco path.
Route description
The Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path is only marked in one direction, namely clockwise. For a detailed hiking map, please simply click on the POIs that will immediately direct you to the described position. From the parking lot at the riding arena in Mariendorf, you first hike over a paved farm road in a hilly direction east to the Ahlberg settlement. There you turn into the street "Am Ahlberg" and you have already reached the first station with the title
- 1 The Steigerhaus. The listed building with an eventful and interesting history was planned in 1920 by the Prussian Hegemeister (forestry officer) Heinrich Paul as a guesthouse for holiday guests and three years later it was bought as a "Steigerhaus" by the Bergwerksgesellschaft am Ahlberg as an apartment for the Steiger (mining supervisory officer). In the same decade the house was renamed "Schweitzer-Villa" and from then until 1958 it served as a poultry and fur farm. From 1959 a children's home was housed under the name "Waldhaus", in the 1970s a representative of a large industrial company lived in the house on Ahlberg and since 1982 the owner has been a social scientist who has set up an adult education center in the "Steigerhaus". Behind the Steigerhaus, keep going south and walk together with the Reinhardswald-Westweg (H), the local circular route "Um den Ahlberg" (I 6) and the Reinhardswald cycle path to the station
- 2 Mining on the Ahlberg, which deals thematically with lignite mining from 1755 to 1925. The coal obtained was, among other things, after the difficult transport to the station Immenhausen to the garrison in Hofgeismar and the graduation tower in Bad Karlshafen delivered, as well as to thirty distilleries and also to the brickworks directly on the Ahlberg. Today you can only make out a few traces of mining on the Ahlberg, the largest of which is the solidly bricked truncated pyramid at the station of the Eco Path. As you can see on the picture on the information board, the 29 meter deep shaft and tower was also located here. The cart in front of the vibrating tower was set up in memory of the mining industry in 2007 by the Mariendorf Village History Working Group. Past the
Ahlberg (Line 171) you now step into the Reinhardswald and hike on an unpaved path, slightly uphill, to the station
- 3 Clay pits and brickworks on the Ahlberg, in the vicinity of which a closed field of clay pits was found with clay pits close to each other from the early 13th to the late 14th century. Several larger clay pits were also found south of the Ahlberg, which were used from the 16th to the 20th century. The clay was obtained for the potteries in Reinersen and a late medieval brickworks, in whose single-chamber brick kiln mostly interlocking bricks and hollow bricks were produced, but also to a small extent utility ceramics. After a short steep climb, the summit plateau of the 394.6 meter high Ahlberg is reached, on which the next station is called
- 4 Ringwall and waiting area on the Ahlberg, which informs about two topics. The ring wall around the Ahlberg, still clearly recognizable today, enclosed a fortified settlement from the pre-Roman Iron Age, which is also known as the Hallstatt / Laténe Age (800 BC - 0). Together with a defensive wall, earthfill and a circumferential battlement, the ring wall formed an obstacle that was difficult to overcome for attackers who wanted to reach the approximately 1 hectare settlement area on the Ahlberg. In the 13./14. In the 19th century, a control room was built on the Iron Age ramparts, which served as part of the Landwehr to monitor the area. From the tower, which was demolished in 1686, there was visual and acoustic contact with the Udenhausen control center, only a few kilometers away. You walk on the south side of the Ahlberg down to the Paulsweg, which you cross and only a few meters later continue on an unpaved forest path directly along the game fence. After a small clearing, turn west and meet the markings of the Reinhardswald-Westweges (H), as well as the local circular route 4, which you follow northwards back to the Ahlberg settlement. The station is located at the edge of the forest
- 5 Reinersen desert, which provides information about the pottery in the village, first mentioned in a document in 1019 and inhabited until 1572. Not far from the information board, ceramic shards, remains of mortar and burnt half-timbered clay were found, from which it can be concluded that all kinds of utensils were made in Reinersen well into the 16th century. Incidentally, the location of the church in Reinersen is presumed to be under a small elevation on the meadow behind the information board. The church was probably the only permanent building in Reinersen; the name of the place is the namesake of the Reinhardswaldes. From the deserted Reinersen you walk on a coarse gravel farm road together with the Reinhardswald cycle path and other local hiking trails uphill back to the Ahlberg settlement. You finally reach the penultimate station via an old ravine, over which the street "Am Ahlberg" runs today
- 6 Hutestein from 1748, which, together with the associated hat stone, is reminiscent of the forest pasture in the Reinhardswald remind. At that time, the first citizens from the newly founded French Huguenot colony of Mariendorf operated this forest use because the arable land allocated to them was insufficient to live on. But they also drove their cattle to Udenhäuser and Immenhäuser Markings, which inevitably led to lawsuits and disputes. Therefore, in 1747 the "Waldhudens Reglement before the French Colony Mariendorf" was issued, in which the pasture districts were precisely defined and marked with hat stones. The hat stone, which is probably on a remnant of a 14th century Landwehr next to the information board, marked the border between the hat districts. From Hutestein you follow the old ravine to the first houses of the Ahlberg settlement, where you turn west into a meadow path and the last station under several trees
- 7 Landwehr and Wildgraben of the Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path. The Landwehr already mentioned at Hutestein also ran at this station and is said to have been part of the old Hessian Landwehr, the one from Speele on the former Brunswick border to the Westphalian border Warburg proceeded. The Landwehr suspected at this point probably lost its importance as early as 1462, when Landgrave Ludwig II victoriously ended the Mainz collegiate feud. Presumably their remains were reused during the reign of Landgrave Carl (1677-1730) in the construction of the Mariendorfer Wildzaunes. Both Landwehr and Wildgraben have been leveled over the centuries. You continue on the meadow path with a view of Mariendorf, before you follow a paved farm road to the north and finally after 4.5 kilometers you reach the starting point of the eco path Kulturgeschichte Ahlberg-Mariendorf at the riding hall in Mariendorf.
trips
Mariendorf village walk
If you want to extend your hike on the Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path, that's it Historical walk through the village of Mariendorf recommended, which was inaugurated on April 24, 2010 and provides information about the history of the Huguenot and Waldensian Colony Mariendorf over a length of around two kilometers at ten stations. The ten stations have the titles The second school / village community center, George's Museum, The Huguenot Pond, The first school, The center of the village, The Mariendorfer roof tile, The Protestant Church, The cemetery, Paul-du-Ry-Strasse and The Protestant parish hall. More information at www.immenhausen.de and in the HNA article "Between the church and the Huguenot pond".
Eco path mining Holzhausen Reinhardswald
The Eco path mining Holzhausen Reinhardswald consists of the three circular hiking trails Gahrenberg circuit (8.4 km), Kleeberg circuit (4.0 km) and Osterberg circuit (4.8 km), which with a total of ten information boards lead to the individual colliery areas on Gahrenberg, Kleeberg and Osterberg. The Eco path Bergbau Holzhausen Reinhardswald can be reached via the state roads L 3386 and L 3233, as well as with the bus routes 171 and 173 with switch to Immenhausen.
Eco path Simmershausen settlement history
The Simmershausen settlement history eco path enables you to travel back in time from the Neolithic to the 20th century. Stops on the 6.5 kilometer long route are the Protestant church, the historic smithy, the Helleweg, the Stone Age camp, the Kreuzstein, the Neolithic settlement and the waterworks. The eco path Simmershausen settlement history is across the state roads L 3386, L 3232 and the county road K 38 to reach, or with the bus routes 171, 173 and 40 with switch to Immenhausen and in Holzhausen.
Eco Path Intellectual History Thinking Paths I - III Grebenstein
The Eco Path Spiritual History Thinking Paths I - III Grebenstein consists of the Thinking Path I (From Heraklit to Wittgenstein), the Thinking Path II (Morgenländischer Weg) and the Thinking Path III (Literary Parcours; from Homer to Handke), which together are barely a kilometer long . They all run near the castle hill with the Grebenstein castle ruins, from which one has a beautiful view of the region. Grebenstein and the eco path can be reached via the state road L 3229 and the county road K 51, or with the Bus route 171, possibly with a switch to Immenhausen in the RT1.
Web links
- Official website via the eco paths from the Kassel district.
