The Black Moor is one of the most famous natural sights of the Rhön. It's on the Franconian side in the tri-border region Bavaria / Hesse / Thuringia.
background
The Black Moor is a high moor. It has a size of about 66 hectares and is at an altitude of about 770 to 782 meters above sea level.
It was compared to the red bog the originally smaller of the two large moors in the Rhön. However, since it was almost not used at all, the drainage ditches are now all closed, compared to the remaining area of the heavily degraded Red Moors it is the larger and almost intact of the two moors.
Since 2007, the black moor has been part of the project that was restarted in 2002 "Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes"(Bavarian State Office for the Environment) counted.
getting there
In the street
- From the direction of Fulda: The A 7 motorway at the junction Fulda center leave. Via the B 458 in the direction of Hilders into the Ulstertal, here keep right on the B 278 and drive up via Seiferts to the Schwarzen Moor. From the Fulda-Mitte junction, it is about 35 km to the moor.
By bus
By train
With the bike
The Hochrhön cycle path (Variant of the Rhön Cycle Path) leads past the Black Moor.
mobility
The moor can only be explored on foot and is cordoned off. An approximately 3 km long nature trail on a boardwalk opens up the moor.
The large car park "Dreiländereck" with the house on the Black Moor is located east of the moor and southwest of the Dreiländereck.
Tourist Attractions
- Boardwalk with nature trail
- Bog eye on the nature trail
- The Tri-border areaBavaria / Hesse / Thuringia is located a few minutes' walk northeast of the large parking lot on the black moor, it is eponymous for the whole corner. Parts of the former death wall of the GDR border have been preserved here: a 17 m high observation tower and parts of the border fortifications. The border triangle is the northernmost point Bavaria.
- Entrance gate of the former Reich Labor Service (RAD) camp "Hochrhön", (also Dr. Hellmuth-Lager): The camp was built in 1936 on the eastern edge of the Black Moor, here were the workers who were to cultivate and forest the Hochrhön according to the Rhön construction plan. At the end of World War II, the camp was abandoned and demolished in 1945. The attempt to reforest has failed, the spruce trees that were planted at the time have fallen victim to the harsh climate of the Rhön and have now largely disappeared as a result of wind and ice breaks. Some forest areas around the black moor still remain, but every storm continues to hit them hard.
- The scenic one Ice rift lies southeast of the black moor.
- It leads to the town of Hausen, through which it flows Aschelbach, one of the two streams that drain the moor. The ice ditch owes its current shape, which is in places very deeply cut, to the water masses of a cloudburst on July 26, 1834, the natural disaster was also a flood disaster for the village of Hausen at the end of the valley.
- In the Eisgraben there is a no longer accessible system of tunnels from lignite mining, which used to be operated here. It has been abandoned for a long time because of the poor quality of the coal mined, there are still some hidden air shafts to be seen, the entrances have been blown up. Access via the hiking route from the black moor hiking car park and from Hausen.
activities
- walk via the approx. 2.7km long nature trail to the Moorauge and to the observation tower at the border triangle.
- walk to the Watchtower at the border triangle on the former inner-German border with a view of the Thuringian Forest. To do this, walk about 1 km in the direction of Birx / Frankenheim from the parking lot at the Haus am Schwarzen Moor. The free-standing tower (cannot be climbed) is about 150 m to the right of the path in the open area and can therefore not be overlooked. Signs on the building provide information about the border.
- In winter: cross-country skiing
shop
kitchen
- 1 Kiosk on the Black Moor. The specialty is Black moor bratwurst, a gluten-free grilled sausage.Open: all year round during the day, including winter.
- Berggasthof Sennhütte around two kilometers northeast of the Black Moor (see in Rhön article).
- Hillenberg Inn around three kilometers south of the Black Moor (see in Rhön article).
accommodation
- Berggasthof Sennhütte, Sennhütte 1, 97650 Fladungen, Tel. 09778-9101-0, Fax 09778-9101-100. The very comfortable mountain hut is located about 1 km east of the Black Moor on the Hochrhönstrasse in the direction of Fladungen.
security
Please do not leave the jetty! Otherwise the sensitive moor vegetation will be destroyed. Another reason to stay on the path: There is also, by the way Adders (Poisonous snakes) in the moor. There is a warning on the jetty at the appropriate point.
Practical advice
The central point of contact on the moor is the "Haus zum Schwarzen Moor", newly built in 2005. The building, which is located on the large car park, with its gray metal roof fits in well with the rough surroundings of the high Rhön. The following service facilities can be found here:
- Information point - Open Mon-Fri from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sat and Sun from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Here you can take information brochures with you and purchase maps and literature about the Rhön.
- Toilets - They are available for 50 cents, which you have to insert into a turnstile. The turnstile also accepts 10 cents and 20 cents pieces.
- Kiosk on the moor - Here you can get (in the opinion of the host) "The best bratwurst in the world". The kiosk is open every day. Opening times: (Easter to October) every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in winter 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Tuesdays!
- Bicycle stand - There are stainless steel brackets in front of the building to which bikes can be securely attached.
trips
- This is in the immediate vicinity Tri-border area from Bavaria, Thuringia and Hesse with remains of the death strip, an earth bunker and a watchtower of the former GDR border systems from the time of the German separation.
- Visit of the Red Moores - second well-known moor of the Rhön
literature
- An information brochure about the nature trail is available at the tourist information office in Haus am Schwarzen Moor for € 2.50 (as of 10/2008).
- items Rhön - describes the low mountain range
Web links
- Virtual tour through the Black Moor www.rhoenfuehrer.de
