The Hessencourrierradweg is a 43 km long cycle path from kassel-Wilhelmshöhe about Baunatal and Bad Emstal to Naumburg. It roughly accompanies the 33 km long railway line of the Hessencourrier in the Habichtswald Nature Park, especially from Schauenburg-Breitbach it runs rather further away from this.
Route profile
- Length: 43 km
- Mark: The Hessencourrierradweg is marked with a green steam locomotive on a white background.
- Signposting: Small separate signs, between kassel and Martinhagen under the cycle signs, between Martinhagen and Naumburg attached individually. To be on the safe side, people who are unfamiliar with the area should always have an appropriate card with them.
- Slopes: There are two notable climbs, between Nordshausen and Altenbauna, and between Hoof and Breitenbach the so-called Hoofer Pforte, the highest point of the route.
- Path condition: Most of the Hessencourrierradweg runs on asphalt paths, only occasionally on gravel paths, which is why the condition of the path can be described as very good.
- Traffic load: Low, as the bike path mostly runs far away from roads. State roads and district roads are only used sporadically.
- Suitable bike: Touring bike with a 7-speed gear hub is sufficient, but more gears are better.
- Family suitability: No, because the Hessencourrierradweg has a very distinctive elevation profile.
- Inline suitability: No. Only the section between Bad Wilhelmshöhe and Niederzwehren is passable with inline skates.
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The Hessencourrier is the first museum railway Hessen and has been running on the 33.4 km long railway line since 1992 kassel-Naumburg (Hesse). This runs from Bad Wilhelmshöhe via Süsterfeld-Helleböhn, Niederzwehren, Nordshausen, Altenbauna, Großenritte, Elgershausen, Hoof, Breitenbach, Sand, Balhorn and Altenstädt to Naumburg (Hesse) through the Habichtswald.
getting there
With public transport
At the Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe train station In addition to the long-distance trains IC and ICE, many regional trains as well as buses and trams of the KVG and the NVV stop. The four bus routes run along the cycle route 52, 53, 55 and 152operated by HLB Hessenbus and the Bonte travel service. As a rule, the buses also take 1-2 bicycles with them free of charge, provided the operating situation permits (Bonte travel service operates with smaller buses that only take a maximum of one bicycle).
By bicycle
The starting point of the Hessencourrierradweg at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Süd train station is via the Herkules-Wartburg cycle path and to reach local bike routes. By Naumburg (Hesse) also runs the Hess. Long-distance cycle route R4, on which one continues to Wolfhagen or Fritzlar can drive. There is a rail link in both cities Kurhessenbahn.
Route description
The Hessencourrierradweg partially does not follow the topographical ideal line of the railway line and has some dangling routes. If you want to get ahead faster, you should look for shorter routes, for example kassel-Brasselsberg or Wolfhagen-Isha. Those who just want to enjoy the landscape, on the other hand, are in the right place on the Hessencourrier cycle path. For a detailed cycling map, please simply click on the POIs that will immediately direct you to the described position.
Kassel - Baunatal (10 km)
The start of the Hessencourrier cycle path is on 1 kassel on Johanna-Waescher-Strasse. Follow this south, turn left into Amalie-Wündisch-Straße, drive on Helleböhnweg under the railway line and turn right on Sophie-Scholl-Straße to 2 Leuschnerstrasse, on which one crosses the railway line this time. Alternatively, you can also take the street Am Rennsteig directly along the route of the Hessencourrier drive. Then around the Magazinhof and over the Glöcknerpfad, as well as the streets An den Triftäckern, Am Rosengarten and Wolfgang-Bangert-Straße zur 3 
Korbacher Strasse / University (Lines 4 and 7). The Korbacher Straße is passed and you cycle on a nice gravel path along the Dönchebach to Heinrich-Plett-Straße, which you follow to the right past the Heinrich-Plett-Strasse, Brückenhof middle and Indoor swimming pool south to the 4 Indoor swimming pool south . Now around the Brückenhof-Nordshausen elementary school in the small one Kasseler Nordshausen district, which is driven through via Felchenstraße and the length of the path. In Nordhausen, the first major ascent begins up an asphalt farm road towards Baunsberg. At the top at 247 meters above sea level, turn left to 5 Federal motorway 44 and under this through to a playground at the entrance to Altenbauna, where you can access the Baunatal circular route meets. We continue on a gravel path along the edge of the forest past the Friedrich-Ebert-Schule, before turning south downhill into Baunsbergstraße, which 6 Altenritter Strasse at the At the Goldacker (Lines 51 and 60) and follow Langenbergstraße into the city park of Baunatal. The Hessencourrierradweg now continues on Friedrich-Ebert-Allee to the youth Center and Park Stadium past the Erich-Kästner-Schule, where you cross Schulze-Delitzsch-Straße and follow Glatzer Straße and Karlsbader Straße, turn right into Breslauer Straße and left into Bahnhofsstraße zur 7 Grossenritte station turns.
Baunatal - Bad Emstal (20 km)
From the Großenritte train station, you first drive on the Schauenburger Straße along the railway line, before you turn right into Elgershäuser Straße and take the Trineweg to the left, past the Trineweg (Line 61) follows. Shortly afterwards, the Hessencourrierradweg branches off to the right into the fields and you leave Baunatal. Passing a courtyard you come to a level crossing, which you don't cross, but a little left along with the Baunatal circular route moves. Finally you bend 8 turn right, cycle past a model airfield, cross the Lützel and Landesstraße 3215, as well as the railway line kassel-Naumburg a total of four times. Elgershausen itself is only affected and you drive on 9 Train station of the place on a paved road past direction Hoof. Shortly before Hoof, turn right into the Pfingstweide, pass two supermarkets, cross Korbacher Strasse at the Shirne (Lines 52, 53 and 59) and downhill to Bauna. After crossing this is uphill over the railway line and in a zigzag past a wood and a hoof to one 10 Rainwater retention basin. Here you pass under the railway line of the Hessencourriers and drives along this to a sports field at the Bauna, where the climb up to the Hoofer gate begins. Via the street An der Bauna you drive through Hoof to Triftstraße, in which you turn left to Ehlener Straße, in which you turn right again, cross the railway line at a sawmill and conquer the last climb to the Hoofer Pforte. At the top there is a 11 Allotment garden, from which you can take a detour over gravel roads up to the castle hill with the ruins of the Schauenburg. The Hessencourrierradweg now leads downhill through fields to Breitenbach, also a district of Schauenburg, which you enter via Ahrensbergstrasse and Uhlensteinstrasse. Turn right into Lindenbergstrasse and turn left on Schönbergstrasse to 12 Landesstraße 3220, on which the Warmetalweg runs. We continue on Kreuzwiesenstraße and Leckenweg past the Breitenbach elementary school primary school (Line 59) and on paved roads uphill to Martinhagen. The place with its worth seeing Martinsstein is passed through the Schulstrasse, the Wattenbergstrasse and the Mittelweg. You cycle past a courtyard for up to three 13 Wind turbines. Here you turn left, drive a short distance on the L 3215 and then right on a gravel path into the forest. It now goes uphill and downhill along with the hiking trail ▯ past the Remmenhausener Kopf. Signposts also indicate the 14 Branch to Balhorn, but the Hessencourrierradweg continues through the forest on Erzeberg and past the Lauseküppel and a refuge 15 Bad Emstal-Sand, which can be reached via the Triftweg.
Bad Emstal - Naumburg (13 km)
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Do not cross the railway line in Sand, but before it turn right into the street Auf dem Krombach and over the Balhorner Weg on an initially paved, then graveled path to the district of Bad Emstal leave. Soon you come back into the forest and cross it together with the Habichtswaldsteig. At a refuge you exit again and cycle over the Erzebergstraße through the fields to Balhorn. At Edeka and a savings bank with the same name 16 Savings bank (Lines 53 and 152) turn left and continue on Königsstraße past the Koenigsstrasse (Lines 53 and 152) and Naumburger Straße out of town. It now goes through the beautiful landscape Wolfhager Land on easily navigable paths first through an open landscape, then through the Lindchen forest area up to a few 17 Wind turbines, on which you drive left and shortly afterwards right again. You can just see them in front of you Weidelsburg and before that Ippinghausen, before turning left at a small bicycle signpost downhill to Altenstädt into the street Auf den elf Äckern. Altenstädt itself is driven through on Kasseler Straße and you come to both of them 18 In the linden garden and center (both lines 53 and 152) before crossing the street An der Hardt from the district of Naumburg drives out. At the grove of Große Hard, turn right into the 19 Mastenweg, an asphalt farm road, which you can see until shortly before Naumburg follows. At a small industrial area, turn left again downhill into Industriestraße and follow a tarred path twice to the right in the extension of this Naumburg. Via the Lerchenweg you finally reach the after 43 km 20 railway station Naumburg, the end point of the Hessencourrier and the Hessencourrierradweg. This is also where the railway station (Lines 53 and 152). It is a good 300 m downhill to the Hessian long-distance cycle route R4 via Bahnhofstrasse into the center of the beautiful half-timbered town Naumburg.
literature
- Cycling and hiking map of the Habichtswald Nature Park - scale 1:35 000, ISBN 978-3-86973-031-8 , € 4.50, published by Kartographische Kommunalen Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (2011).
- HR Habichtswald / Reinhardswald Nature Park - Topographic leisure map 1:50 000, ISBN 978-3-89446-319-9 , 9.50 €, jointly published by the Hessisch-Waldeckischer Gebirgs- und Heimatverein e.V. and the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation (2012).
- Flyer Hessencourrier-Radweg - The flyer was published by Region Kassel-Land e.V. and summarizes all the information about the bike route, including a height profile.
