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The Spessart is a wooded low mountain range in the border area of Hesse and Lower Franconia (Bavaria). It extends from the Lower Franconian Miltenberg in the south to the Hessian Schluechtern in the North. If you are looking for peace and relaxation away from mass tourism, the Spessart is the place for you.
Regions
The Spessart is in the south Lower Franconia (Bavaria) and in the north in Hesse, and is therefore divided into the Bavarian and the Hessian Nature Park Spessart.
places
Bavarian Spessart:
- Aschaffenburg
- Altenbuch
- Bessenbach
- Bischbrunn
- Burgsinn
- Dammbach
- Eschau
- Frammersbach
- Gemünden
- Hafenlohr
- grove
- Heigenbrücken
- Heimbuchenthal
- Heinrichtstal
- Hessenthal
- Karlburg
- Karlstadt
- Krommenthal
- Laufach
- Leidersbach
- Lohr am Main
- Mespelbrunn - holiday resort of the same name at the well-known moated castle
- Mönchberg
- Neuhütten
- Partenstein
- Rechtenbach
- Rieneck
- Rothenbuch
- Rothenfels - the smallest town in Bavaria
- Sailauf
- Schollbrunn
- Sulzbach am Main
- Waldaschaff
- Weibersbrunn
- grasslands
- Wiesthal
Hessian Spessart:
Other goals
background
- The inn in the Spessart - Historically, Rohrbrunn is said to have been the location of the "inn in the Spessart". However, local researchers today tend to assume that the "Gasthaus zur Post" in Mespelbrunn / Hessenthal was Wilhelm's Hauff's quarter that inspired him to write his famous novel.
- Geiersberg - The highest point in the Spessart at 586 m is located approx. 2 km northeast of Rohrbrunn. There is a 124 m high transmission tower on the mountain. There is no observation tower.
Spessart Nature Park
The Spessart Nature Park covers a total of 2440 km². The in Lower Franconia lying southern part (approx. 70% of the area) was used as a nature park Bavarian Spessart and first nature park in Bavaria founded in 1961. The Hessian Spessart Nature Park in the northern part was founded in 1962 and covers approx. 30% of the total area of the nature park. A sub-area in the northeast of this nature park is already geologically the Brückenauer Kuppenrhön added.
language
Several different German dialects can be found in the Spessart. In the eastern part of the Spessart, for example, a Franconian dialect is spoken and in the western part of the Spessart a mixture of Hessian and Franconian dialect. In the very south of the Spessart, on the border with Baden-Württemberg and around Miltenberg and Großheubach, you can hear a Baden accent in the dialect.
getting there
The runs across the Spessart Autobahn 3 Frankfurt - Würzburg, so that you can reach the respective region in the Bavarian Spessart on many runs.
The places in the Hessian Spessart are about the A 66 motorway To reach Frankfurt - Fulda.
Also the Railway line Frankfurt - Würzburg leads through the Spessart. Smaller towns can also be reached with the regional express or regional train.
The next Airport is the Frankfurt am Main airport.
Since the Main is navigable, the towns on the Main can be used with the ship are approached. Apart from the river cruises, for which the Main is only part of the journey, there is no continuous passenger shipping along the Main, but short-haul trips and excursions by ship are almost everywhere.
mobility
Spessart high road
The 55 km long holiday route opens up the northern Spessart in Hesse and Bavaria. The route begins in Steinau an der Straße in the Kinzigtal. From here it goes via Seidenroth, Alsberg, Mernes to Wegscheide (here is a 35 hectare school camp of the city of Frankfurt). On the way to Villbach, the route reaches its highest point at 521 m in the area of the former volcano "Hoher Berg".
It goes on about that Wiesbüttmoor (long raised moor) and the Wiesbüttsee to Wiesen. From here the route leads over the main ridge of the Spessart to the Waldhaus "Engländer" (ski lift). In the Weyberhöfe district of Sailauf, the Spessart-Höhenstraße ends at the B 26 about 10 km northeast of Aschaffenburg. There is a connection to the A3 motorway (junction 61 near Hösbach).
E-bike charging stations
Under the motto "Experience new ways & discover beautiful sides", a largely nationwide network of charging stations for e-bikes was set up with the project 'Experience the forest'. The charging stations are spread across the entire Spessart [1]. To charge the e-bike, special charging cables are required, which you either have to buy yourself or, in some cases, can be borrowed on site for a deposit. Since there are many different charging connections on e-bikes, you should inquire before a tour whether a suitable cable for your own e-bike model can be borrowed on site.
Tourist Attractions
- Mespelbrunn moated castle. Tel.: (0)6092 269, Fax: (0)6092 995979, Email: [email protected]. The romantic moated castle was built in the 15th to 16th centuries. Some of the castle rooms are accessible. A small, but worth seeing castle park surrounds the complex. The film "Das Wirtshaus im Spessart" with Lilo Pulver was shot here.
- Pedalwelt bicycle museum, in Heimbuchenthal. Tel.: (0)6092 7214. The small family museum shows a collection of around 60 special bikes with a focus on recumbents. Many of the bicycles can be tried out on the museum course.
Mountain tops
- Geiersberg 586 m above sea level NN.
- Geishee 521 m above sea level NN.
- Pfaffenberg 432 m above sea level NN., With a transmission tower of the Bavarian radio
activities
hike
- Spessartweg 1 and 2: These two Spessart trails, which are marked by the green-blue woodpecker, have existed since spring 2006. They are each between 50 and 60 km long and cross the Spessart from west to east (from Aschaffenburg to Gemünden am Main) or from north to south (from Heigenbrücken to Stadtprozelten am Main). They have been supplemented by the Spessartweg 3 from Bad Soden-Salmünster via Bad Orb to Heigenbrücken (here connection to Spessartweg 2).
- Spessart Arch: The premium hiking trail in the Hessian Spessart, which has existed since 2012, is around 90 km long and meets all the needs of leisure hikers for carefree hiking. It leads over exciting, well-marked nature trails and paths from Langenselbold via Bad Orb to Schlüchtern. In addition, 6 new circular hiking trails - the Spessart Trails - complement this great hiking offer.
- There are also two older hiking trails that cross the Spessart on the routes of old trade and transport routes: the Birkenhainer Strasse (between Hanau and Gemünden am Main, marking "B") and the Donkey path (between Schlüchtern and Miltenberg am Main, marking "E"), on which the salt from the salt pans in the Kinzigtal was transported. If you made the ascent from the starting point in the valley, these paths lead over the densely wooded Spessart Heights, mostly without major differences in altitude and without touching localities.
- Main hiking trail: On his route from the Fichtelgebirge to Mainz he also touches the Spessart. From Gemünden to Aschaffenburg, it circles the Mainviereck partly in the valley and partly on the heights above the Main (marked blue "M"). The offers a very similar route Maintalhöhenringweg (Marking "R").
- Also the west loop of the Franconian Marienweg crosses or touches the Bavarian Spessart on its route Würzburg - Mariabuchen - Rengersbrunn - Aschaffenburg - Hessenthal - Miltenberg - Faulbach - Würzburg.
- There is also a network local hiking trails the Spessart, which connects the villages and managed huts with one another.
- Archaeological Spessart Project: In the last few years in the Spessart from Archaeological Spessart Project many cultural trails created. Each of these trails is accompanied by display and information boards on which a lot of information about the history and culture of the respective region or community can be found.
- Circular hiking trails: There are 244 circular hiking trails in the Spessart. An overview can be found here.
To go biking
The Spessart is wonderfully suitable for bike tours of any kind. Mountain bikers will find their El Dorado in the area of Frammersbachinfo, where mountain bikers meet once a year to test their strength. But there are also opportunities here for those who prefer to pedal more comfortably. Because both the Main cycle path, as well as the Kahltal-Spessart cycle path lead past the Spessart or through it. There are also local bike paths to explore the Spessart.
Winter sports
- Ski lifts on the Englander - Two tow lifts of 400 m and 350 m in length and a small practice lift of 200 m in length open up an area of 10 hectares. The slopes of the area, which is about 500 m above sea level, have a difference in altitude of up to 60 meters. info
- Ski lift in Frammersbach
- Ski lift in Partenstein
- Cross-country trails in the Frammersbach - Bayerische Schanz - Lohrhaupten area
kitchen
In the numerous "Häckerwirtschaften" (bars in barns or living rooms of the winegrowers), primarily in the districts of Aschaffenburg and Miltenberg in the Bavarian part of the Spessart, you will find numerous regional dishes such as hand cheese with music, cooked cheese, ladder, sausages, etc.
Hand cheese with music
Cooking cheese with music
Brine meat with bread
Brine meat, also Coal meat called, has its origin in the Spessart. In earlier times, workers doing woodwork in the forest would wrap their brine meat in newspaper and place it in the embers. It is pork that is preserved in brine for a long time, hence the name. The meat is then wrapped in aluminum foil with onions and spices (previously wrapped in parchment paper, then wrapped in newspaper) and cooked originally in the embers or, more recently, in the oven. There are still several butchers and restaurants that maintain the long tradition of brine meat. The clubs in the Spessart maintain the tradition of the potato fire in September / October, in which the lacquer meat is buried in the beech wood embers.
nightlife
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climate
trips
literature
- Compass hiking and cycling map 763 "Spessart", Scale 1: 50000, 7.50 euros, ISBN 978-3-85491-555-3 see also www.kompass.at
