Village Square Spiekershausen – Heimatfrieden Bench loop from Sandershausen

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Kassel

Niestetal

Village Square Spiekershausen – Heimatfrieden Bench loop from Sandershausen

Moderate

4.6

(38)

100

hikers

Village Square Spiekershausen – Heimatfrieden Bench loop from Sandershausen

03:08

11.4km

190m

Hiking

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

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

Naturpark Münden

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.08 km

Bench with a view of the Fulda River

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From this bench you can enjoy a beautiful view of Fulda. 🙂

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4.05 km

Fuldagarten beer garden

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Nice place to rest with a view of the Fulda

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4.13 km

Village Square Spiekershausen

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Spiekershausen has been documented since 1319. The place name comes from a ford across the Fulda, which was fortified with sticks and sticks - also called bacon or spikes. Around …

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7.19 km

Old Landstraße Bridge Near Landwehrhagen

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The pavement can still be partially seen from the old country road to Landwehrhagen.

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8.99 km

Basalt Rocks in Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

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Fantastic view far into the forest

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9.28 km

Heimatfrieden Bench

Highlight • Rest Area

Great circular route with lots of berry bushes

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9.41 km

Forest in Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

Highlight • Forest

A very nice circular route that you can extend twice as much if you wish.

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9.78 km

Smugglers' Trail

Highlight • Trail

The old smugglers' paths lead through the forest. Goods were once smuggled past customs here between the County of Hessen-Cassel and the Kingdom of Hanover. The nearby town of Spiekershausen …

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11.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.42 km

1.91 km

1.27 km

777 m

Surfaces

4.93 km

2.81 km

2.31 km

1.12 km

179 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

7°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 27.0 km/h

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Comments

December 7, 2023,💰Schmugglerpfad🥷Sandershausen/Spiekershausen💷💵

Goods were once smuggled past customs on the old smugglers' routes between the county of Hesse-Cassel and the Kingdom of Hanover. The nearby town of Spiekershausen was described as a "smuggling nest" around 1800, which prompted the County of Hesse to build a customs house there. The historical border in a deep stream valley is still the state border between …

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April 8, 2022,Testlauf Schmugglerpfad 🤩🐾🤫

Copyright by @Paulis Moni, thanks for that!🙋‍♀️
It is pathy🤩, partly canyon-like and the ground is covered with early bloomers🥰. Finally, a piece of bike path along the Fulda. Really nice.
The entry can be optimized 😇, is about 400 m uphill on a country road.

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April 20, 2022,Wanderung

Today we hiked from Church Sandershausen, the X 13 (smuggler's path) to Spiekershausen. A very nice path, which unfortunately - without prior notice - was diverted, so that we lost half an hour.

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August 28, 2023,👑 Märchenlandweg 👑 Etappe 8 von Heiligenrode nach Spiekershausen

From the Karl-Marx-Straße stop in Niestetal-Heiligenrode, the second part went along the Nieste to Niestetal-Sandershausen and further where the fairytale country trail follows the smugglers' trail across the state borders to Lower Saxony. The tour ended in Staufenberg-Spiekershausen at the Fuldagarten stop.

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May 3, 2022,03.05.2022 Rundwanderung in Spiekershausen

Circular hike above the Fulda between Spiekershausen and Sandershausen.
The starting point is the Fulda Garden in Spiekershausen. At the church it goes uphill along the fairy tale land path via the smugglers' path to Sandershausen. In Sandershausen there is the possibility to make a small detour (about 1 km) to the ice cream parlour. However, we went in the …

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