Forest playground – Marienheide Monastery loop from Waldkappel

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Waldkappel

Forest playground – Marienheide Monastery loop from Waldkappel

Moderate

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Forest playground – Marienheide Monastery loop from Waldkappel

04:12

14.2km

420m

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: August 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.51 km

Ars Natura: Horns in the Sign of Fire, Air, Earth, Water

Highlight • Structure

6.37 km

Lichtgestalt Sculpture (ARS Natura, Zauberwald)

Highlight • Monument

A little to the east, below the large stones near Reichenbach, is the ARS Natura Section 8 -Enchanted Forest-. The project "Lichtgestalt" by the artist Jochen Guinand is exhibited here …

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6.72 km

Rest Area at Hessisch Lichtenau Monument

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Rest area with large information boards on the premium hiking trail P10 and the Reichenbacher Kalkberge.

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6.98 km

Große Steine Dolomite Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

Here you can take a break and admire the large stones from the past.

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7.06 km

Forest playground

Highlight • Rest Area

Pretty forest playground. Located right next to the “Große Steinen” and the House of Youth.

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7.26 km

Hessisch Lichtenau Boundary Stone

Highlight • Monument

7.98 km

Wollstein Viewpoint and Summit Cross

Highlight • Summit

At the cross you have a fantastic view of the valley to Wollstein

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8.81 km

Marienheide Monastery

Highlight • Religious Site

In the year 2000 the monastery was established in the abandoned and remote small estate village of Wollstein

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14.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.0 km

2.28 km

982 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.78 km

5.81 km

907 m

752 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 6 October

22°C

5°C

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Comments

March 16, 2025,ArsNatura X8 "Zauberwälder" & Kloster von Bethlehem - Marienheide 🗿💒🫏

Beautiful weather 🌤️, so let's head out onto the ArsNatura "Art on the Hiking Trail X8," section 8, the so-called Magic Forests 🪾🌳🌲 from Waldkappel via the baptismal font to the large stones. This art trail was created in 2007 on the Barbarossaweg, the popular regional hiking trail between Korbach and the Kyffhäuser Monument. Many of the works of art …

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March 16, 2025,ARS Natura Wanderung bei Waldkappel über den Taufstein zum Kloster Wollstein 🌞🌲🌼

Under the motto "Magic Forests," three stages of the ARS NATURA art trail have been established along the Barbarossaweg. Since the X8 leads for a long stretch through the territory of Frau Holle and the mountain attributed to her, the Meißner, the artistic ideas predominantly revolve around this mythical and fairytale figure. Her mysteriously fascinating figure, both queen of heaven …

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