Best historic site trails in Marburg

Popular city walk in Marburg, Hesse. Over 5 kilometres, this route connects many of Marburg's most popular sights. You walk across the Lahn meadows and the Lahnauen and pass the market square with the city's historic town hall. Highlights of the route: - Lahnwiesen - Market Square - Landgrave's castle - St Elisabeth's Church

Popular circular hike near Marburg, Hesse. This loop starts at the historic, 36 metre-high Kaiser Wilhelm Tower. If you climb the 167 steps of the observation tower, you will be rewarded with a fantastic view of Marburg and the Lahn valley. This circular walk is also suitable for slightly older children. There are refreshment stops and a playground. Highlights of the hike: - Kaiser Wilhelm Tower (Spiegelslust Tower) - Pond swamp - Spiegelslust

Popular circular hiking trail near Marburg, Hesse. This is a marvellous circular walk, the highlight of which is the ruins of Frauenberg Castle, built in 1252. Today, nature dominates the landscape around the castle ruins, but in the Middle Ages an important trunk road ran through the area. The route runs largely through the forest. Highlights of the hike: - Frauenberg castle ruins - Frauenberg nature reserve near Beltershausen - Quiet forest paths

Popular circular hiking trail in Marburg, Hesse. The C1 circular hiking trail of the Marburg Tourist and Beautification Association starts near St Elisabeth's Church, the oldest exclusively Gothic church in Germany. You leave the city via the Marbacher Weg and walk around the Wannkopf in a beautiful loop. Highlights of the hike: - St Elisabeth's Church - Elisabeth Fountain - Behring mausoleum - Quiet forest paths

Popular circular hike near Marburg, Hesse. This hike leads almost exclusively through the forest. After just under 2 km, you reach the mausoleum built in honour of the Marburg researcher and entrepreneur Emil von Behring. On the way back, you walk through the Teufelsgraben nature reserve, a deeply incised valley that provides a habitat for rare animals and plants. Highlights of the hike: - Behring mausoleum - Teufelsgraben nature reserve - Side trip to Marburg Landgrave's Castle (optional)

Idyllic section of the long-distance hiking trail "Lahnwanderweg", Hesse. At 24 kilometres, the seventh stage is the longest and most challenging section of the Lahnwanderweg trail. Once you have left Marburg behind you, you mostly hike through secluded meadows and fields, interspersed with small villages or idyllic wooded areas from time to time. Although there are places to stop for refreshments, you should definitely have enough water and provisions in your rucksack due to the length of...

Family-friendly walk near Marburg, Hesse. In less than 3 kilometres, you will experience quite a bit of variety on this hike. You walk through shady, wooded sections and across pretty open landscapes. The highlight of the route is Weissenstein Castle. Highlights of the hike: - Child-friendly - Ruins of Weissenstein Castle

Challenging mountain bike tour near Marburg, Hesse. The route starts in Marburg Wilhelmsplatz, from where it follows the Lahn for a short distance and then crosses a road to the city forest. There is a first descent here before you cycle back up over the dome of the Kirschlehrpfad towards Neuhöfe. Be careful: here you have to pass a narrow, blocked singletrail on a steep slope. The route continues through a beautiful section of forest and past the Dammühle with its beer garden. A few...

The Homberg trail leads from the Aquamar Marburg car park via the Lahnberge, Schröck, Wittelsberg, Rauischholzhausen, Höingen and Deckenbach to Homberg/Ohm. A varied tour over terrain steeped in history.