Historic Lime Kiln on the Gobert – Lourdes Chapel Volkers loop from Volkerode
Historic Lime Kiln on the Gobert – Lourdes Chapel Volkers loop from Volkerode
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Historic Lime Kiln on the Gobert – Lourdes Chapel Volkers loop from Volkerode
04:10
14.8km
300m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 23, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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3.02 km
View from Pfaffschwender Kuppe
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3.81 km
Grenzeck
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4.44 km
Former Inner German Border Marker
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5.81 km
Historic Border Stones of the Inner German Border
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6.47 km
View from Silberklippe
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9.44 km
View of Hitzelrode from the Pferdeloch
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10.1 km
Historic Lime Kiln on the Gobert
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14.3 km
Lourdes Chapel Volkers
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14.8 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
9.28 km
4.64 km
579 m
319 m
Surfaces
7.78 km
4.38 km
1.66 km
707 m
292 m
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Elevation
Highest point (510 m)
Lowest point (330 m)
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Friday 26 June
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Since we didn't manage to reach the Pfaffschwender Kuppe last time, we went to Hessian Switzerland again today - this time we started in Thuringia... an absolute highlight round 🙂
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𝗘𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘂̈𝗿𝘇𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺𝘄𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝟰.
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮̈𝗹𝗳𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗺
🌧ᖇᗴᘜᗴᑎ 🌧𝗮𝗺 -𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘇 𝗔𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 ℕ𝕖𝕦𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕖, up 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗲
🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱𝗕𝗮̈𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
𝗪𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗵 𝘇𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝘂̈𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲.
𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗽𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘁𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 …
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Started from the Neuerode hiking car park, from there hiked some sections of the P4 and also a few meters over the former patrol path.
The forest paths are great to walk and lead through huge fields of wild garlic and the view in some places is awesome.
Unfortunately the weather didn't play along …
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