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The 10 Most Beautiful routes in Rhön

Hiking route
· Rhön
On the way to early burial mounds, basalt prisms and St. Gangolf in the Rhön Mountains
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Difficulty
moderate
17.1 km
4:55 h
472 m
456 m
A day hike on the border of the „Lange Rhön“ nature reserve, which provides an insight into the history of the region and also has a lot to offer for the eye thanks to the grandiose distant views.

Long-Distance Hiking
· Rhön
Rhön Heights Trail
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Difficulty
moderate
145.9 km
40:00 h
3,735 m
3,793 m
The Rhön-Höhen-Weg takes us from Bad Salzungen in the Thüringische Rhön through the culturally and agriculturally varied Bavarian Rhön to Burgsinn in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart.

Long-Distance Hiking
· Binnenland Schleswig-Holstein
European Long Distance Trail E6 - German section from Flensburg to the Bavarian Forest
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Difficulty
difficult
1,455.2 km
369:45 h
16,973 m
15,746 m
The European Long-distance Trail E6 is an ambitious project that will one day run continuously from northern Finland to Turkey. On the German section we hike with gradually increasing gradients from north to south.

Long-Distance Hiking
· Rhön
The Hochrhöner (Western Kuppenrhön variant)
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Difficulty
moderate
137.9 km
42:00 h
3,717 m
3,661 m
The Hochrhöner is currently one of four German long-distance hiking trails certified as a premium trail by the German Hiking Institute. This seal of quality promises a particularly natural and varied hiking experience along the entire route. The tour indicated here runs from Bad Kissingen to Bad Salzungen.

Long-Distance Hiking
· Rhön
The Hochrhöner (Eastern variant of the Long Rhön)
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Difficulty
difficult
119.7 km
34:00 h
2,715 m
2,685 m
The long-distance hike „Der Hochrhöner“ starts in Bad Kissingen and ends in Bad Salzungen. In the middle of the tour, the trail splits into a western and an öeastern route. The variant described here, also called Route „Lange Rhön”, leads past the black moor, Frankenhain and Zella until both variants meet again near Andenhausen.

Hiking route
· Haßberge
The Jewish Cemetery of Kleinbardorf
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Difficulty
easy
7.2 km
2:15 h
205 m
205 m
The hike leads through the 20,000-metre Kleinbardorf Jewish cemetery on a journey through time that reveals the Jewish past and the expansion of Jewish culture.

Long-Distance Hiking
· Germany
On the European Long Distance Trail E3 through Germany
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Difficulty
difficult
804.3 km
213:40 h
16,060 m
16,400 m
This tour covers the German section of the European Long Distance Trail E3. It leads from Schirnding in Upper Franconia to Perl in Saarland. Over a distance of around 840 km, it goes from east to west through Bavaria, Hesse and Saarland.

Hiking route
· Rhön
Vorderrhönweg
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Difficulty
moderate
18.3 km
6:00 h
535 m
535 m
We hike on the Vorderrhönweg from Oepfershausen to the northwest. The tour takes us through a beautiful section of the Thuringian Kuppenrhön.

Hiking route
· Rhön
From Poppenhausen past the Guckaisee to the Wasserkuppe
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Difficulty
difficult
17.1 km
5:30 h
501 m
501 m
This tour takes us from Poppenhausen up to the Pferdkopf and the Wasserkuppe. From there we hike past the Guckai lake back to Poppenhausen.

Hiking route
· Rhoen
Rhön: Von Kleinsassen über Milseburg und Wasserkuppe nach Gersfeld
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
18.5 km
5:30 h
578 m
728 m
Von den vielen Touren, die man in der Rhön wandern kann, ist diese die spektakulärste.
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Extratour Kuppenweg - Geroda - Rhön by Karsten
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Rhön-Rundweg 10 Wüstensachsen - Ehrenberg - Rhön by Fabian
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Photo: Fabian Hartung, Community
May 29, 2023
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Rhön-Rundweg 5 Wüstensachsen - Ehrenberg - Rhön by Fabian
Photo: Fabian Hartung, Community
Photo: Fabian Hartung, Community
Photo: Fabian Hartung, Community
Photo: Fabian Hartung, Community
Photo: Fabian Hartung, Community
Photo: Fabian Hartung, Community
May 28, 2023
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