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Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Fulda

Gersfeld (Rhön)

Fulda Spring – Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe loop from Wasserkuppe

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Landkreis Fulda

Gersfeld (Rhön)

Fulda Spring – Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe loop from Wasserkuppe

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4.6

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Fulda Spring – Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe loop from Wasserkuppe

01:12

4.28km

80m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

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Naturpark Hessische Rhön

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260 m

Fulda Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

Everything has to start small, and that also applies to the Fulda and its remarkable journey to the confluence with the Werra, which comes from Thuringia, and then flows from Hannoversch Münden as the Weser towards Bremen and the North Sea.

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829 m

View of Stirnberg, Steinkopf, and Heidelstein

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Here the view stretches far across the Ulster Valley to the mountains rising on the opposite side, some of which, like the Stirnberg, are already in the Bavarian-Lower Franconian part of the Rhön. On the far right is the striking transmitter mast on the Heidelstein, directly on the Hessian-Bavarian border.

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1.23 km

Grumbachborn Spring

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Source with nice seating (table and bench).

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2.28 km

Gliders on the Wasserkuppe

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There should be something for everyone on the Wasserkuppe. Great nature, beautiful paths, aviator memorial, glider airfield for model pilots... The parking spaces cost 2 € for the whole day 👌

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2.31 km

View from Guckaiseeweg towards Königstein

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The Guckaiseeweg of the Wasserkuppe in the direction of Fulda source going

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3.42 km

Rhön Information Center, Wasserkuppe

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Here you can get some information about the Rhön

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3.50 km

German Gliding Museum with Model Aviation, Wasserkuppe

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It's not without reason that the world's largest gliding museum is right here on the Wasserkuppe ... the "birthplace of gliding"!
Attention: In the winter season unfortunately only open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
segelflugmuseum.de

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Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe

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The airport on the Wasserkuppe is located at the place where gliding was - as they say - "invented". As early as 1911, gliding pioneers started their first flight tests with gliders on the treeless Wasserkuppe in the Hessian Rhön. Over time, the site became a busy airport for gliders and smaller powered aircraft.

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4.28 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.00 km

554 m

477 m

179 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.63 km

1.35 km

236 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (910 m)

Lowest point (830 m)

Weather

Friday 26 June

33°C

23°C

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Comments

May 12, 2024,Naturgenuss rund um die Wasserkuppe

A beautiful, quiet and gently ascending hiking trail that takes us around the Wasserkuppe.
From the Fuldaquell car park we set off towards Schafstein, which we leave to our left and continue on the circular path around the Wasserkuppe. Stop off at the Wiesenhaus on the Wasserkuppe and then past the airfield back to the Fuldaquell... The view and the …

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June 18, 2024,Grumbachquelle und Segelflieger

Beautiful circular route with a refreshing spring (take a bottle with you)
The route is perfect for stretching your legs after a long drive 😊

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April 5, 2023,Nach Fuldaquelle

If the cell phone had stopped, it would have been a wonderful, easy and short lap. Super feasible, especially with children, if you walk from the free parking lot in the opposite time. Then summer toboggan run etc. are almost at the end.

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Fulda Spring – Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe loop from Wasserkuppe

Fulda Spring

View of Stirnberg, Steinkopf, and Heidelstein

Grumbachborn Spring

Gliders on the Wasserkuppe

View from Guckaiseeweg towards Königstein

Rhön Information Center, Wasserkuppe

German Gliding Museum with Model Aviation, Wasserkuppe

Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe

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