View of the Werratal Bridge – Old Werra bridge near Creuzburg loop from Herleshausen

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Herleshausen

View of the Werratal Bridge – Old Werra bridge near Creuzburg loop from Herleshausen

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View of the Werratal Bridge – Old Werra bridge near Creuzburg loop from Herleshausen

02:25

38.2km

360m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 30, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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Train Station

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811 m

Werra Border Park – Herleshausen/Wartha Border Crossing

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werra Grenzpark.info/presse-spiegel. There is a lot of information at this link

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5.77 km

View of the Werratal Bridge

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A nice view of the bridge and a great section to drive well and relaxed 👍🏻

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6.20 km

The Werratalbrücke Hörschel is a large 13-feldrige valley bridge of the Federal Highway 4. It belonged with 732 m in length to the largest prestressed concrete bridges in the GDR.
Source: wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werratalbr%C3%BCcke_H%C3%B6rschel)

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9.38 km

Werratal Cycle Path

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Nice bike path along the Werra.

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11.0 km

View of Creuzburg Castle

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From this section of the Werra Valley cycle path you have a beautiful view of the Creuzburg as well as the cultural landscape of the Werra.

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11.9 km

View of Creuzburg Castle

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The Creuzburg was one of the residence places of the Ludowinger and preferred residence of the landgrave Elisabeth of Thuringia, who became the German "national saint" of the Middle Ages …

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12.3 km

Old Werra bridge near Creuzburg

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Very well-preserved bridge from the Middle Ages (one of the oldest natural stone bridges in Germany) Together with the Liborius Chapel, a great photo motif. The chapel is only open from Easter.

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