Muschelkalk Quarry – Wendehausen Agent Lock loop from Wanfried

Mountain biking trails

Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Wanfried

Muschelkalk Quarry – Wendehausen Agent Lock loop from Wanfried

Hard

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riders

Muschelkalk Quarry – Wendehausen Agent Lock loop from Wanfried

04:04

42.7km

1,070m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 1.64 km for 162 m

After 2.77 km for 684 m

After 16.2 km for 242 m

After 33.9 km for 428 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.44 km

Plesseturm and view over the Werra Valley

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The Plesseturm is a 22 m high observation tower built in 1963/64 on the Plesse mountain in the Wanfried Werra Heights. For the wooden structure, 34 cubic meters of larch …

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6.50 km

Muschelkalk Quarry

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Old limestone quarry, here you can clearly see the shell limestone rock layers on the demolition stones.

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10.9 km

View of Wanfried

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Nice view over Wanfried.

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15.3 km

Wendehausen Agent Lock

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The agent lock of Wendehausen (nomen est omen!) Dates back to the early 1980s and is said to have served to inject and disperse Stasi agents. It was camouflaged as …

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16.1 km

Viewpoint

26.6 km

View of Eichsfelder Dom from Plesse

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From the Plesseturm to the Kolonnenweg, from there a wonderful view

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27.6 km

Historic Boundary Stone (Former Border Between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Electorate of Hesse)

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The historical boundary stone marks the former border between the "Kingdom of Prussia" and the "Electorate of Hesse".

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27.7 km

Plesse Viewpoint (Plesse Lookout)

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What a view. Beautiful corner

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33.5 km

Patrol Path on the Green Belt (Former Inner-German Border)

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Here you can cycle along the former border on the green belt on the Kolonnenweg

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42.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

37.3 km

3.23 km

1.15 km

1.05 km

Surfaces

25.2 km

13.0 km

1.71 km

1.67 km

669 m

434 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

14°C

7°C

95 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

August 26, 2024,Plesse Turm blaue Lagune

There is a lot of variety around the Plesse Tower area. Forest paths, easy trails, viewpoints and incredibly steep climbs and descents on the patrol paths.

Everything around and on the Green Belt, the former state border and now a protected border area.

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