Extra tour Celtic Trail

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Extra tour Celtic Trail

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Extra tour Celtic Trail

05:18

18.1km

500m

Hiking

With this demanding tour, you will follow the traces of the Celts in the Rhön and discover 2,500-year-old remains of Celtic fortifications in many places. A special natural highlight are the mighty basalt columns that tower up on Dietrichsberg.

The tour begins in the center of your Celtic voyage of…

by Rhön GmbH

Last updated: February 5, 2025

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Öchsenberg

Biosphärenreservat Rhön

Waypoints

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Parking

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1.67 km

Öchsenberghütte (Touringen Stamping Point No. 95)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The Öchsenberg hut is open on Sundays and home-made cakes, coffee, beer and other refreshing drinks as well as fatty bread and butcher sausage are offered. Very tasty after the climb and the magnificent view is definitely worth it!

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3.51 km

Little Stone Sea and Steinmörblick Viewpoint (Touringen Stamp Station No. 96)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Here you stand in front of a stony sea in the history of the earth: in front of you are countless basalt stones, which are created when the earth's mantle …

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12.8 km

Basalt columns at Dietrichsberg (Touringen stamp location 97)

Highlight • Natural Monument

The impressive basalt columns on Dietrichsberg are the result of volcanic activity. Basalt is still mined here today between the Dietrichsberg and the Geiskop, one of the extinct volcanoes.

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18.1 km

Sünna Celtic Village

Highlight • Historical Site

On your walks in the Rhön you will often come across Celtic traces. In the Celtic world of Rhön you can look at evidence of the Bronze and Iron Ages …

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18.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.7 km

3.74 km

308 m

183 m

173 m

Surfaces

6.72 km

6.16 km

2.91 km

1.74 km

308 m

173 m

Elevation

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Highest point (610 m)

Lowest point (380 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

13°C

7°C

15 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

March 30, 2025,EXTRATOUR Keltenpfad - Vacha - Rhön

The tour can be started at the following parking lots:
🅿️ Free Celtic Village parking lot, free of charge
🅿️ Celtic Hotel parking lot, free of charge
🅿️ Spider hiking parking lot, free of charge

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January 6, 2023,Extratour Keltenpfad

As in previous years, the Epiphany Tour was on the agenda again this year. However, this time we decided directly for a short vacation in Andenhausen in the Thuringian Rhön.

Today's Celtic path tour can be easily reached by car from Sünna. There is a parking lot directly at the Celtic village of Sünna and a parking lot above the …

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October 3, 2025,Rhön ⛰️🌱: Extratour Keltenpfad 🛡️

Beautiful tour in the Thuringian Rhön for German Unity Day 🇩🇪 The highlight is the Öchsenberg with the Celtic cross ☘️

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June 21, 2025,Extratour Keltenpfad

Highly recommended!
The cool beech forest is ideal in this heat.
The Celtic village is interesting, and the Öchsenberg offers a great view.
Trails of all shapes and sizes are easy to walk.
With 18 km and over 500 meters of elevation gain, you should be relatively fit. I would recommend the Öchsenberg as a starting point...

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October 31, 2022,Wanderung auf den Spuren der Kelten

Today we walked in the footsteps of the Celts. The Rhönclub Vacha has marked a beautiful path here. Beautiful information boards about the life of the Celts are set up everywhere, the view is unique in many places.

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November 6, 2021,Extratour - Keltenpfad 🌳Rhön🌳

Extra tour - 🌳Rhön🌳 Celtic Path
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Premium circular hiking trail
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August 19, 2023,Rhöner Extratour "Keltenpfad"

The Celtic Path extra tour, now my 23rd of the 36 Rhön extra tours, was once again a great excursion into the land of open distances. Above all, the view from Mount Öchsen cannot be bought with money. No picture in the world can truly reproduce this panorama. But luckily there is still the hard drive in the head for …

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February 3, 2024,Auf den Spuren der Ahnen: Extratour Keltenpfad 🗿

🥾 Premium Hiking Trail "Celtic Path" – In the Footsteps of History

The premium hiking trail "Celtic Path" combines nature experiences with fascinating history. The circular tour leads over the Öchsenberg and the neighboring Dietrichsberg, two striking ridges with stunning views of the Rhön Mountains.

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June 10, 2020

With this demanding tour, you will follow the traces of the Celts in the Rhön and discover 2,500-year-old remains of Celtic fortifications in many places. A special natural highlight are the mighty basalt columns that tower up on Dietrichsberg.
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The tour begins in the center of your Celtic voyage of discovery

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