The Solztal cycle path leads from Bad Hersfeld on the Fulda to Heimboldshausen on the Werra. The largely (?) Asphalted path runs for the first 12 km on a former railway line. The cycle path is the first in the network of the Hessian railway cycle paths: BahnRadweg HessenThe Hessian long-distance cycle routes R1 and R7 as well as the D-Route 4 also partly run on this cycle route. The Solztalradweg and the R7 form alternative Fulda-Werra connections, the latter being 5 km shorter.
Route profile
Altitude profile of the Solztalradweg Bad Hersfeld-Heimboldshausen
- Length: 27 km (approx. 12 km railway cycle path)
- Signposting: available
- Slopes: moderate on the railway section, then mountainous
- Path condition: largely paved
- Traffic load: partly on streets
- Suitable bike: An everyday bike with 3 gears is sufficient on the railway line. For the mountainous onward journey from Schenklengsfeld, it is better to use a bike with a 7-speed hub or a chain gear that is suitable for mountains.
- Family suitability: only the railway line
- Inline suitability: largely
background
getting there
Public transportation
The new logo of the Solztal cycle path
- By train to Bad Hersfeld train station. The connection to the Solzradweg from the train station was completed in 2009 and re-signposted. So you can now reach the beginning of the cycle path on the old route at the sewage treatment plant / animal shelter near the Fulda bridge without crossing. In the underpass, leave the station on the side facing away from the city (Börnerstrasse).
By bicycle
Bad Hersfeld:
- Hess. Long-distance cycle route R7: From the Werra to the Lahn and D9
- from the south: via the cycle path along the Haune (Fulda - Hünfeld, Waldhessen R12 and Haunetal cycle path)
- Fulda-Radweg (Hessischer Radfernweg R1)
- Ulstertal cycle path
In the street
- There is parking in Bad Hersfeld. Ideal for access to the cycle path (so far) free parking spaces directly at the train station (east side, Börnerstraße).
Route description with sights
 old Sorga train station on the Solztal cycle path |  Schenksolz stop |
 Lampertsfeld stop |  The old Fulda bridge |
View of the Monte Kali and the new bike path in front of Ransbach
- Bad Hersfeld - connection Fulda cycle path
- Near Bad Hersfeld: It is worth seeing former railway bridge over the Fulda, which is part of the way.
- Gut Oberode : Worth seeing building from 1843, beer garden, rest area. Here the northern connection to the R1 cycle path branches off via Ludwigsau / Friedlos (signposted)
- Sorga: Be careful, many locks, several streets cross the cycle path
- Malkomes: The section about 1 km before Malkomes had to be bypassed so far. In May 2008 the expansion is almost complete.
- Gift pride: former stop, rest area, beer garden
- Schenklengsfeld - Place must be crossed without a bike path. More than 1000 years old linden (probably 1120 years old), one of the oldest trees in Germany. The bike path now runs Next the railway line to
- Ransbach - is already behind the hilltop
- → Here you can Waldhessen R15 on a somewhat flatter path (no descent into the Werra valley) to Wenigentaft and the journey on Ulstertal cycle path continue. You can also start a nice round trip if you drive down into the Werra valley in a little bit. There you follow the Hess in Philippsthal. R7 long-distance cycle path back to the Solztalweg.
- Heimboldshausen - Connection to the Werratal cycle path
trips
- From Schenklengsfeld you can take roads to Pus field cycle. There is a connection to the Kegelspielradweg
- one follows that BahnRadweg Hessen to Philippsthal on the Werra, which there on the Ulstertal or. Rhön cycle path meets.
- on the Werratal cycle path Direction Creuzburg
- on the D route 4 (Mittelland route) to Eisenach and on through Thuringia
References to literature and maps
- ADFC regional map "Rhön" 1: 75000 - see Bielefelder Verlag
Web links
- Hesse cycle route planner - official website of the state of Hesse.
- Route in the Hesse cycle route planner
- Solztal cycle path www.bahntrassenradweg.de - Route description with picture documentation
