Fritzlar Market Square – Lake Affoldern loop from Sperrmauer Edertalsperre

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Waldeck-Frankenberg

Edertal

Fritzlar Market Square – Lake Affoldern loop from Sperrmauer Edertalsperre

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Fritzlar Market Square – Lake Affoldern loop from Sperrmauer Edertalsperre

02:45

43.0km

160m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 20.0 km for 70 m

After 21.5 km for 135 m

After 22.9 km for 70 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.38 km

Affolderner See

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Fantastic view over the lake. The bike and footpath leads directly along the lake. Numerous benches invite you to take a nice break.

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6.51 km

Krautwiese am Wesebach

Nature Reserve

9.83 km

View of the Eder River from the bridge

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Beautiful route on the Eder with great views of nature

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18.6 km

The Ederradweg is excellently signposted and well developed, the route often close to the river offers wonderful views and many rest opportunities, is very scenic and varied; the flat terrain is well suited for children and less trained cyclists.

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20.7 km

View of Fritzlar Old Town from Malerwinkel

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This place is also called Malerwinkel by the people of Fritzlar. If you look from here on the Fritzlar old town with the cathedral and winter tower, you quickly understand …

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21.5 km

Fritzlar Old Town

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The cathedral and imperial city of Fritzlar is one of the oldest medieval cities in Germany and is a popular destination in the holiday region Kellerwald-Edersee.

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21.6 km

Fritzlar Market Square

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Fritzlar is a beautiful town with a medieval old town, which is largely still enclosed by the almost three-kilometer-long city wall. Even some of the defensive towers are still preserved, …

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33.2 km

Eder River

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I rode my bike, skateboard and inline skates here as a teenager.

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41.1 km

Lake Affoldern

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The view of the Affolder See is beautiful. If you want to be a little faster on your bike, you have to brake regularly here so as not to run …

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43.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.3 km

10.3 km

7.40 km

824 m

124 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

28.5 km

6.16 km

5.49 km

1.97 km

930 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

Weather

Tuesday 6 October

22°C

6°C

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Max wind speed: 7.0 km/h

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Comments

July 10, 2023,Tour: Fritzlar - Edersee

This morning we drove to Fritzlar by car 🚘 Next to the Gärtnerhof Ludwig in Lindenweg 1 you can park well and you are right on the Ederradweg! With pleasant temperatures we cycled comfortably and were surprised how beautiful the Eder and the Ederauen are 😊We ate a little something at the Westerhotel and Bikertreff Zündstoff Edersee 😉 and then …

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July 27, 2022,Vom Gärtnerhof in Fritzlar entlang der Eder bis zur Sperrmauer und zurück

Beautiful path without gradients along the Eder and the Affolderner See

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June 19, 2025,Fahrradtour Edersee > Edertalradweg > Fritzlar

Fritzlar has a beautiful old town and invites you to take a longer break.

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April 19, 2022,Hemfurt - Fritzlar Ederradweg

This is one of the most beautiful river cycle route stages we have ridden so far

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April 15, 2025,Von Fritzlar nach Hemfurth-Edersee und zurück nach Fritzlar

Today is Kuba's second day of handball camp in Fritzlar, and it was my turn to drive him there.
And since I'm already in Fritzlar and have five hours to spare
(That's how long Kuba's training was today),
I'm asking him to take a short ride to Edersee. No sooner said than done.
Kuba got in the car, put his …

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August 24, 2025,Fahrradtour zum Affolderner See 🌤🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

We gave my parents a birthday present of spending time together. We'd actually planned it last year, but this year we made it happen and took a leisurely little hike from Fritzlar to Affolderner See.
We stopped at the Koppenretscher Wirt in Wega and fortified ourselves with food and drinks. 🍔🍟🍺🥃😋
The average speed of around 8 km/h is probably …

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September 22, 2024,Fahrradtour Fritzlar Edersee und zurück.

On the first day of autumn when the weather was nice, I went on a bike ride to the Edersee. There was a lot going on on the bike path and the Zündstoff was well attended.

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August 1, 2026,Von Fritzlar nach Edersee - eine wunderschöne Tour mit dem Liebling

First we drove by car to Fritzlar, then continued by bike to Edersee.
We wanted to see the low water level and eat delicious ice cream at "Eis, Eis Baby".

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