The Tour de Chattengau is a 36 km long cycle path in the Chattengau. Every year on the 2nd Sunday in September there is a cycling day on the cycling route with many activities and attractions. The cycle path itself is signposted all year round, but only in one direction, namely counterclockwise.
Route profile
- Length: 36 km
- Mark: The Tour de Chattengau is marked with a stylized wheel tire while driving.
- Signposting: Medium-sized separate signs, often also with kilometer information, which are supported by signposts for further cycle paths. To be on the safe side, people who are unfamiliar with the area should always have an appropriate card with them.
- Slopes: In the direction of travel described and signposted below, in addition to the ascent up to the Gudensberger Nacken, only the wooded pass at Gestecke between Besse and Metzt should be mentioned.
- Path condition: The Tour de Chattengau runs mostly on asphalt paths, only rarely on gravel paths, but all of which are easy to drive on even with thinner bicycle tires.
- Traffic load: Moderate, as county and state roads are also used over and over again for a long time, namely between Besse and Metze, as well as near Kirchberg.
- Suitable bike: Touring bike with a 7-speed gear hub is sufficient, but more gears are better.
- Family suitability: No, the Tour de Chattengau is not suitable for families with small children.
- Inline suitability: The cycle route cannot be used continuously with inline skates, only in parts.
background
As Chattengau is the mostly open landscape, characterized by wooded basalt knolls, between kassel and Fritzlar designated. In the east and south it is bounded by the Eder, in the west and north by larger forests. Today in Chattengau mostly grain, rapeseed, sugar beet (sugar factory in Wobble) and Kohl (company Hengstenberg in Fritzlar) grown.
getting there
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With public transport
The most accessible place by public transport along the Tour de Chattengau is Gudensberg. The bus routes operate here 54, 402 and 500, operated by BKW Bad Wildungen and HLB Hessenbus. As a rule, the buses also take 1-2 bicycles with them free of charge, provided the operating situation permits. The next rail connection is in Edermünde-Grifts (KBS 620). From Grifte you can walk on the former railway line of the Kleinbahn Grifte-Gudensberg cycle to the Tour de Chattengau, the distance is simply three kilometers.
By bicycle
Through the Chattengau In addition to the Tour de Chattengau, there are also two cycle paths Chattengau-Fulda-Weg and Chattengauwegon which one of for example Fritzlar, Felsberg or Baunatal can go to the Tour de Chattengau. These cycle routes often run together with the Tour de Chattengau for a long time.
By car
Since the Tour de Chattengau is a circular route, you can also travel with your own car. To do this, you drive from, for example kassel or Fritzlar via the federal highway 49 to Gudensberg, where you can also find larger parking spaces directly on the bike route. Gudensberg is also suitable as a start and end point, as there are also several restaurants and cafes here.
Route description
The Tour de Chattengau is a circuit through the three municipalities Gudensberg, Edermünde and Niedenstein in the Chattengau. The cycle path is signposted all year round, but only in one direction, namely counterclockwise. If you ride the cycle route the other way around, you have to pay particular attention to the signposts and, so to speak, rethink a bit, which is also possible. For a detailed cycling map, please simply click on the POIs that will immediately direct you to the described position.
Gudensberg - Edermünde - Niedenstein (20 km)
From the town hall of Gudensberg With 1 Gudensberg Town Hall
town hall (Lines 54, 402 and 500) you drive on Bahnhofstraße past an Edeka to the old train station, where you turn right onto the old railway line. This is where the Railway cycle path, on which you first cycle past gardens to the Kasseler Kreuz, where there is also a parking lot. You cross the district road 6 and drive downhill through a small forest on the asphalt bike path, which is also suitable for inline skiers, on the railway line past one 2 Water step Water treading area with refuge and barefoot path, one of the few resting places on the Tour de Chattengau. This then leads on to the outskirts of Dissen, crosses the 3 B 254 Bundesstrasse 254 near the east (Lines 402 and 500) and continues downhill to a small wood. Since spring 2014 the Railway cycle path asphalted all the way to Haldorf, so that you can also ride inline skates on the Tour de Chattengau to Besse. At the entrance to Haldorf 4 Eder cycle path junction one meets the Eder cycle path, who comes up the street from Wolfershausen and continues on Railway line down to Grifte. Good to know: there is a small rest area with a refuge on the other side of the intersection. The original signposting of the Tour de Chattengau actually branches off the railway line shortly before Haldorf and then crosses one 5 Original route Gravel road to reach the extension of Berliner Platz Haldorf. Both variants then lead uphill again on Wolfershäuser Straße at an Edeka and near the Dissener Strasse (Line 402) past and beyond the Holzhäuser Straße from Haldorf. A separate footpath and bike path runs parallel to the latter up to above the Ernst Reuter School. Exactly where it ends 6 Branch Ernst-Reuter-Schule / K5, turn left, cross Kreisstraße 5 and cycle straight ahead on an asphalt farm road, then right over Brückenhofstraße to Holzhausen am Hahn, a district of Edermünde, into. In the center (Lines 50, 65 and 402) turn right and follow the main road under the motorway bridge of the federal motorway 49 through to 7 Get off at the BAB bridgeBAB bridge (Lines 50, 65 and 402). From here on together with the Chattengauweg over a traffic island before turning right onto a tarred path. This leads soon afterwards to the left, so that you can walk over a long straight uphill and downhill to Besse, a district of Edermünde, cycling. At the 8 Entrance to Besse Turn right uphill into Danziger Straße and follow this and Dresdener Straße along the eastern edge of the town. On the Enger Weg then a little deeper into the village, then north of the Besser Church via Klappgasse and Gänseweide to Röderweg. Follow this in turn to the left and continue on Raiffeisenstraße to Gudensberger Strasse (Lines 50, 65 and 402), where you follow Gudensberger Straße to the right out of town. The following, approximately four kilometers long route over the Gestecke pass runs completely on the 9 L 3218 Landesstraße 3218, which should be avoided especially in rush hour traffic and otherwise not manageable for smaller children. As an alternative to the national road 3218 one can drive from Besse on the Röderweg to the west on an asphalt access road to the edge of the forest and then from there on the hiking trail "inverted T" along this first and then through the forest to Gestecke. The hiking trail is not paved, however, while mountain bikers can use it without any problems. Cyclists with thinner tires have to get off and push. The national road 3218 climbs slowly uphill from Besse, in between there are small bends before the ascent in the forest becomes stronger and you reach the top of the pass 10 Pass height arrangements Arrangements reached. At Gestecke there is a parking lot with a rest area and you continue cycling slightly downhill through the open landscape of the Chattengaus after Metze. At the entrance to the village, however, do not continue to follow Gudensbergers Straße, but turn sharply to the right behind a barn. Now you drive up 11 Asphalted farm roads paved farm roads on a well-signposted section of the Tour de Chattengau slightly uphill northwest to Wichdorf, in between crosses the county road 88 and reaches the district of Niedenstein finally via Goethestrasse. There are several at the entrance to the village 12 Entrance to Wichdorf Supermarkets and the Goethestrasse (Lines 54 and 401), behind which you first go downhill to the left over Schulstrasse and then in front of the Wiehoffstrasse to the right on the street of the same name downhill to Niedenstein into it.
Niedenstein - Dorla - Gudensberg (16 km)
After walking down Wichdorfer Straße at the 13 Tannenweg bus stopTannenweg (Lines 54 and 401) has crossed, you drive over the street Auf der Stichel out of the residential area and over tarred paths through the fields. In between times left and right, you then finally turn left and cycle always south with slight curves up to the 14 State road 3220 Merxhäuser Strasse (Landesstrasse 3220). You cross this and now ride with the Chattengau-Fulda-Weg on a tarred path to the south, until you turn right into a gravel path. The following section down to Weißenthalsmühle has the worst quality of the entire Tour de Chattengau. First of all, it's on a gravel road 15 Bad quality of the path Along the edge of the forest and soon partly steeply downhill on a gravel path with several transverse grooves, where bicycle tires with a slightly larger profile can be an advantage. But even with a normal touring bike you can finally get out down in the Emstal. Past the 16 WeißenthalsmühleWeißenthalsmühle campsite and the Wiesentahlmühle hiking car park, you continue cycling on the paved access road, idyllically in the Emstal, to a farm, from which you can walk on Rieder Straße past the 17 Kirchberg snack barKirchberg snack bar drives into Kirchberg. Below the church, turn right and drive on Emstaler Straße past the On the Ems (Line 401) out of the village below the Wartberg, always along the Ems. After carefully crossing the 18 State road 3218 Landesstraße 3218 you cycle on an asphalt farm road that is easy to drive at a farm through the Emstal and in curves through the fields to Dorla, a district of Gudensberg. You drive on Brunnenstraße at Dorla (Line 402) past a bridge over the federal highway 49 and comes to 19 Junction DorlaJunction Dorla (Line 500), where you can also click on the Chattengauweg meets. You are now leaving the Chattengau-Fulda-Weg and drives together with the Chattengauweg on an asphalt farm road up to the Gudensberger Nacken. From the bike path or from the top of the mountain with the Kaiser Wilhelm monument you have a beautiful view of the Chattengau. After enjoying the beautiful view, you drive on one 20 Gudensberger neck long straights at several works of art on the ARS Natura hiking trail and at Gudensberg Golf Park past to Kreisstraße 10. You cross this and carry your bike up a few steps onto the lower-lying footpath and bike path, which you follow on the left Gudensberg follows into it. Over the Nacker Weg, past the sports ground (Lines 402 and 500) and via Fritzlarer Straße you can reach the center of Gudensberg with the 21 Gudensberg Town Halltown hall (Lines 54, 402 and 500). If you want, you can now take a detour to Obernburg high above Gudensberg make, from which you have another wonderful view of the surrounding region, the Chattengau Has.
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 €, published jointly by the Hessisch-Waldeckischer Gebirgs- und Heimatverein e.V. and the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation (2012).
- KB Kurhessisches Bergland Schwalm-Eder-Kreis - topographic leisure map 1:50 000, ISBN 978-3-89446-296-3 , 9.50 €, published jointly by Touristik Service Kurhessisches Bergland e.V., district committee of the Schwalm-Eder district and the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation (2008).
- Flyer of the Tour de Chattengau - The Tour de Chattengau is only shown in the flyer and on OpenStreetMap. The hiking maps mentioned above show the area, but the cycle route itself is only shown as a normal cycle path, but often not at all. Even in the Hesse cycle route planner, the cycle route as of 05/2014 is still missing. This is probably due to the fact that it was actually only designed for the day of action every second Sunday in September, but that does not change the fact that the Tour de Chattengau is an official cycle path that is signposted all year round.
