Bodesruh Memorial – View of Monte Kali loop from Friedewald

Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Bodesruh Memorial – View of Monte Kali loop from Friedewald

Hard

5.0

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Bodesruh Memorial – View of Monte Kali loop from Friedewald

02:32

42.5km

420m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 18.3 km for 91 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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8.37 km

Zollstock Border Monument

Highlight • Monument

This is where the border between Hesse, Thuringia and Grabfeld ran in the Middle Ages. A Hessian customs office was documented here as early as 1306, which also served as a convoy border into the Seulingswald.

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11.9 km

Bodesruh Memorial

Highlight • Monument

The Bodesruh memorial commemorates the division of the region by the German-German border from 1961 to 1989.

Construction time: 1963
Architect: Karl Schuman
Building material: concrete
Total height: 16.8 m
Observation deck: 10.4 m

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19.0 km

View of Dankmarshausen and Monte Kali from the Werra Bridge

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From the bridge you have a beautiful view of the Werra – with Monte Kali in the background.

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20.4 km

Cycle Path Through the Werra Floodplain and Gravel Pits

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A lovely section through the Werra floodplain with beautiful trees and lots of birdsong in May. The cuckoo came loudest!

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20.8 km

View of Monte Kali

Highlight • Monument

Monte Kali or Kalimanjaro is called the White Giant, which rises here in Widdershausen behind the houses. It consists of several million tons of excavated salt from the mining of potash.

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21.3 km

Werraseen near Widdershausen

Highlight • Lake

located directly on the Werra

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21.8 km

Rohrlache von Heringen

Nature Reserve

22.0 km

Wooden boardwalk in the Rohrlache von Heringen nature reserve

Highlight • Structure

This charming wooden footbridge leads through the Rohrlache nature reserve. You can reach this section by following the cycle path between Dankmarshausen and Heringen.

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22.3 km

Boardwalk with view of Monte Kali

Highlight • Cycleway

Attractive cycle path along the Werra. A special highlight is this piece between Dankmarshausen and Heringen over the wooden boardwalk with a view of Monte Kali and a stork's nest.

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42.5 km

End point

Bus stop

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