Staufenberg Hut – The Oak Avenue of Sababurg loop from Weserhänge

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Kassel

Gutsbezirk Reinhardswald

Staufenberg Hut – The Oak Avenue of Sababurg loop from Weserhänge

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Staufenberg Hut – The Oak Avenue of Sababurg loop from Weserhänge

02:13

8.17km

120m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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Weserhänge

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Parking

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1.56 km

Staufenberg Summit Stone (472 m)

Highlight • Summit

Here is the highest point of the Staufenberg at 472m. I did not find a direct path here, I walked cross-country. But there was also a lot of snow. From …

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1.60 km

Staufenberg Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Refuge with lots of seating.

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2.08 km

Source of the Holzape

Highlight • River

This is where the Holzape rises in the upper Holzapetal. There is a bench to take a rest. From here you can walk a beautiful path through the forest.

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2.47 km

Spruce clusters in the Staufenberger Bruch

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

On this section of the trail you can see the so-called spruce lumps, which were created by Carl Friedrich Mergell in the 19th century in order to continue to use …

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5.25 km

Grotto at Paulistein

Highlight • Structure

The Paulistein and the grotto were created in memory of the forest master Pauli.

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5.31 km

Forstmeister Pauli Memorial Stone

Highlight • Monument

Nice place to take a break in the forest!

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5.42 km

Schweins-Eiche

Highlight • Natural Monument

The hog oak was a 700 - 800 year old tree that was a destination for school classes for many decades. In 2013 it was overturned by a storm, but it had also been dead for 30 years.

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5.83 km

The Oak Avenue of Sababurg

Highlight • Natural

It is impressive when you consider that the Landgraves of Kassel used this avenue many centuries ago to drive to their Sababurg hunting lodge.

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8.17 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.43 km

2.75 km

Surfaces

3.71 km

2.56 km

1.90 km

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (360 m)

Weather

Sunday 18 October

13°C

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November 3, 2023,Forstmeister- Runde im Reinhardswald 🌳

I'm back again and suddenly it's autumn 🍁🍂😁

Today we did a little lap around Reinhardswald 👣🐾

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October 16, 2024,Forstmeisterrunde Reinhardswald 🌳

After the night shift, we took advantage of the nice weather for the forestry round in the Reinhardswald.
🌳🐾👣🍄🍁
Hikers' car park Kühbacher Wiese/circular trail 3

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December 25, 2021,Reinhardswald: Forstmeisterrunde, die 3.- von der Kühbacher Wiese über den Staufenberg zum Pauli-Stein mit Schnee und Sonne bei minus 6 Grad- 25.12.21

More photos: unsere-pfoten.de/hunde/2021/fotos-25-12-21.htm
Yesterday Christmas Eve as well as the whole day was exclusively rainy at 7 degrees. We were hoping for Christmas Day today, because yesterday evening it was already colder and when we woke up in the morning everything was frosty. According to the weather forecast, the south would be rainy, while the north would be sunny from …

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December 21, 2021,Kühbacher Wiese, Fichtenklumpse und auf den Staufenberg

One of my Reinhardswald favorite rounds 🐾👣
Past the Kühbacher Wiese, the path leads through the spruce lumps, to the Staufenberg and over an old oak avenue 🌳
Sun and frost created a double magic forest atmosphere today 🧙‍♀️🧝‍♀️

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February 10, 2024,Forstmeisterrunde im Reinhardswald

We did the forestry tour counterclockwise. The forest paths were extremely damp and muddy. The Staufenberghütte is a great resting place. The description of the "spruce clumps" on the Reinhardswald Nature Park homepage somehow doesn't match the spruce clumps found on site. But they are very interesting to look at. The last few meters on the country road were due …

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September 21, 2022,Forstmeister Runde im Reinhardswald 🌳

On the way on the forest master round 👣🐾
A classic in the Reinhardswald 🌳🙂

The varied tour begins at the Kühbacher Wiese, leads through the fairytale spruce clumps, past the Holzape source and over an old avenue of oak trees.

To my great joy I discovered a lot of toadstools 🍄😍

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October 23, 2024,Herbsttour Reinhardswald, Forstmeisterrunde, Kühbacherwiese

Uwe and I were often out and about in the Reinhardswald forest, although the forest has suffered a lot...
Mostly with Bettina, Nadine and Jürgen.
The forester's round at the Kühlbacherwiese with Robbie at the time also partly inspired us, partly horrified us by the many trees felled by the bark beetles, in general in the climate change with too …

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