Landgrave Castle Marburg – Marburg Castle loop from Gießen Licher Straße

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Germany

Hesse

Lahntal

Landgrave Castle Marburg – Marburg Castle loop from Gießen Licher Straße

Moderate

4.7

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177

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Landgrave Castle Marburg – Marburg Castle loop from Gießen Licher Straße

03:58

70.8km

300m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 35.9 km for 149 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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11.9 km

Stone bridge and bathing jetty on the Lahn

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From the viewpoint one of the most beautiful Lahn bridges between Gießen and Marburg.

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12.1 km

View of the Lahn River in Ruttershausen

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Beautiful old sandstone bridge over the Lahn.

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13.8 km

Lahn Bridge, Odenhausen

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The bike path runs underneath, a boat rental in the meadow

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30.3 km

Railway bridge over the Lahn

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The reflection in calm water is unique

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35.5 km

Marburg Market Square, Town Hall and Sophie von Brabant Statue

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The Marburg town hall was built between 1512 and 1527 and is the seat of the municipal authorities of the city of Marburg in Hesse. The historic building stands on the market square in Marburg's upper town.

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36.0 km

Landgrave Castle Marburg

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The striking Landgrave's Castle towers high above Marburg's old town and is one of the city's most prominent buildings.

The Wilhelmsbau building now houses the University Museum of Cultural History on five floors.

uni-marburg.de/de/museum/landgrafenschloss

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36.1 km

Marburg Castle

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The beautiful Marburg Castle and is considered the cradle of Hesse !!!!

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54.7 km

Friedelhausen Castle

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The new palace, designed by the English architect John Dobson, closely follows the English, classicist form of the neo-Gothic, the Tudor Gothic. It is a two-story cubic building with a …

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70.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.6 km

22.2 km

7.81 km

6.46 km

4.38 km

177 m

126 m

Surfaces

56.9 km

4.86 km

4.83 km

2.62 km

1.13 km

450 m

Elevation

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Highest point (250 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

16°C

7°C

90 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

March 29, 2025,meet5 liegerad2xOliMarburg von Gießen

Not very strenuous—I was able to do almost everything in Eco mode, as some people were riding without motors. Strong headwind toward Marburg 👍

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April 6, 2024,Gießen Marburg

It was a great day, I had planned to return by train, and that worked until Gießen. From there, at that time, there was only rail replacement traffic - so an additional 30km by bike in the dark - I'm used to that by now 😉😀

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September 12, 2022,Marburg, Gießen, Heme

The "most beautiful" way was the way up the street from Marburg train station (south), towards Spiegelslust. But I wasn't willing to record the tour yet.
The way back down turned out to be more pulsating than expected because it was completely unknown terrain through the forest. Well, there were a lot of cyclists on the road and so I …

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