Landau Water Art – Siebringhäuser Pond loop from Volkhardinghausen

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Waldeck-Frankenberg

Bad Arolsen

Landau Water Art – Siebringhäuser Pond loop from Volkhardinghausen

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Landau Water Art – Siebringhäuser Pond loop from Volkhardinghausen

02:58

10.8km

180m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Restaurant

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315 m

Franzoseneiche (Bad Arolsen)

Highlight • Natural Monument

The French oak is a freestanding oak in the Long Forest between Bad Arolsen and Twist Valley, which is located in the northern Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg.
The original "French oak" was a large oak. It stood on the edge of a plain used as arable land, which slopes down into the valley, and its size and individual position served as a signpost or orientation point that could be seen from afar. There are no specific indications of the origin of the name. Oral tradition says that the name originated during the Seven Years' War, when French troops were encamped in Landau during the war from 1760 to 1762.
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2.20 km

Lookout Tower With View of the Village

Highlight • Viewpoint

2.84 km

Stuken

Forest

3.51 km

Landau Water Art

Highlight • Historical Site

Visits are possible from April to October on Sundays from 10.00-12.00 clock free of charge

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4.93 km

Wattertal Forest Path

Highlight • Trail

You can start very well from Freienhagen into the Wattertal. It is easy to park at the treading pool outside of town.

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5.35 km

Emmchen Farmhouse

Highlight • Settlement

7.75 km

Siebringhäuser Pond

Highlight • Lake

Invites you to linger 👌

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9.75 km

Volkhardinghausen Monastery

Highlight • Religious Site

The Counts of Schwalenberg probably founded the Augustinian monastery here, a women's monastery, before 1221, before it fell to Count OTTO IV von Waldeck in 1465, who had it occupied by canons.
The late Gothic convent house, which still stands today, was built in 1512.
In 1567 the Reformation was introduced and the monastery was converted into a manorial dairy.
In 1624 a fire destroyed large parts of the old monastery buildings. In 1715 the village of Volkhardinghausen was created through the division of the dairy and the settlement of 16 colonists.
The preserved and restored remainder of the cloister still serves as a monastery chapel for church services and funeral ceremonies.

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10.8 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.16 km

1.60 km

518 m

517 m

Surfaces