Moor lake in the Red Moor – Jagdschloss Holzberghof loop from Kernzone des NSG Höllwald bei Rodenbach

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Fulda

Gersfeld (Rhön)

Moor lake in the Red Moor – Jagdschloss Holzberghof loop from Kernzone des NSG Höllwald bei Rodenbach

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Moor lake in the Red Moor – Jagdschloss Holzberghof loop from Kernzone des NSG Höllwald bei Rodenbach

06:46

22.4km

750m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Kernzone des NSG Höllwald bei Rodenbach

Naturpark Hessische Rhön

Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

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2.69 km

Entrance to the Cascade Gorge

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The first 200 m cascade gorge are parking lot. It should be better solved. Otherwise, of course, a wonderful corner!

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3.24 km

Cascade in the Kaskaden Gorge

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Here you can see one of the cascades. The Feldbach has dug into the terrain and created the gorge, but is held back here and there by hard layers of rock.

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4.36 km

Upper Bridge, Kaskadenschlucht

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In the upper part of the Kaskadenschlucht this is the first bridge from the direction of "Rotes Moor", from which one gets a first impression of the small brook, which at the end carries some water masses with it.

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5.70 km

Moor lake in the Red Moor

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The Rotes Moor nature reserve is one of the last raised bogs in Hesse. After the peat mining was stopped in 1986, the restoration of the moor began. In the course of this, this pond was also created.

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6.90 km

View of the Rhön from below the Heidelstein

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Nice rest area to enjoy the great view.

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7.49 km

Viewpoint

7.96 km

Heidelstein Transmitter

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Wide meadows, typical landscape of the long Rhön and last but not least the view of the striking transmission mast

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10.5 km

Jagdschloss Holzberghof

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In the 16th century, an iron smelter was built on the Holzberg by the von Thüngen noble family.

In 1954, the hunting lodge was bought by the current owners, the …

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18.2 km

Hohe Hölle summit and historic boundary stones

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The Hohe Hölle is an 893.8 m high mountain between Bischofsheim an der Rhön and Gersfeld on the Bavarian-Hessian border in the Rhön.
Source: Wikipedia

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