The Kellerwald is a wooded low mountain range in Hesse. He is known and loved Edersee, which lies on the northern edge of the mountains. This is also where the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park, Hesse's only national park. The region invites you to go hiking.
Regions
places
- 1 Bad Wildungen
- 2 Bad Zwesten
- 3 Mountain freedom
- 4 Frankenau
- 5 Jesberg
- 6 Haina (monastery)
- 7 Smaller ones. in the Wesetal - located directly on the Kellerwald National Park.
Other goals
- 3 Desert garden. At 675 m, it is the highest point in the mountains. From the observation tower, built in 2004, you have a beautiful panoramic view. The 28 m high tower was completely closed between April 2009 and May 2010 due to construction defects. Now it has been released again with restrictions (as of May 2010).
background
The Kellerwald has one of the largest undivided beech forest areas in Germany and, with the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park, contains the only national park in Hesse. The Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park encompasses almost the entire Kellerwald. It's like the one nearby Burgwald, an excellent hiking area.
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getting there
The best way to do this is by car or by bike and train.
Trains run to the Kellerwald Kurhessenbahn on the railway lines RB39 / (KBS 621) (Wobble-Fritzlar-Bad Wildungen) and RB42 / (KBS 622) (Marburg (Lahn)-Frankenberg (Eder)-Herzhausen(National Park Station)-Korbach-Willingen (Upland)-Brilon)
Of course, buses also run. Information on public transport in the region can be found on the website of the NVV to find.
mobility
The best way to discover the diverse nature of the region is on foot. But the mountains can also be experienced by bike. However, there is no comprehensive regional cycle route network for the entire region. However, there are some well-signposted circular routes in the Edersee area. Here is the one too Edersee cycle paththat leads around the lake.
Rental stations for e-bikes can be found: In the Wandelhalle Reinhardshausen, am Edersee, in Frankenau and Bad Zwesten as well as at the national park facilities.
Tourist Attractions
- Kellerwald-Edersee National Park i.a. with the National Park Center in Herzhausen, the Peterskopf viewpoint and the Quernstkapelle (also with a view).
- Edersee with a barrier wall, Waldeck Castle and wildlife park with a gryphon station
- 4 Princess garden. at Jesberg. Almost nothing can be seen of the former pleasure garden, which was laid out between 1723 and 1753 in today's Jesberg State Forest. The forest has already largely recaptured the gardens. The imposing Prinzessingarten oak, which was part of the garden, is worth seeing 50 ° 58 ′ 59 ″ N.9 ° 10 ′ 9 ″ E about 2 km south of Jesberg. The long-distance hiking trail X 16 (Lullus path) leads past the remains of the facility.
- 5 Altenburg Mountain. with observation tower and archaeological circular hiking trail to the Keltenwall. The mountain to the east of Bad Zwesten no longer belongs geographically to the Kellerwald, but in terms of tourism it still belongs to the region.
- Peterkopf viewing platform with mountain railway with E-On hydropower information center at the Waldeck pumped storage power station near Hemfurth
- Old hat forests "Paradise" and "Halloh" at Albertshausen
Monasteries, castles and palaces
- Haina Monastery - The monastery church and the cloister can be visited. Official website of the place Haina (monastery)
- 6 Jesberg Castle. The facility is located on a hill in the middle of town. The keep with the viewing platform of the restored ruins can be climbed (loud Wikipedia: in the summer months between April and October daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. no entry).
activities
- Hike: The supraregional Kellerwaldsteig opens up the entire mountain range in large loops.
- Mountain biking: The Kellerwald bike marathon takes place annually in spring in Gilserberg instead of.
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literature
- Cycling and hiking map "Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park", Scale 1: 35,000, Kartographische Kommunale Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-86973-008-0 , 6,00 €, The tear-proof and weatherproof card as of September 2009 shows the entire Kellerwald Edersee nature park. Sheet cut, map example and further information about the map can be found on the publisher's website to be found here
- "Burgwald / Kellerwald" cycling and hiking map, Scale 1: 50,000, ISBN 978-3937929798 , 1st edition July 2007, € 3.50, the card covers the entire Kellerwald well; appeared in the Cartographic Municipal Publishing Company Nordhausen
