- geological highlights
- Insider tip
- Round trip
- Refreshment stop
- family friendly
- cultural / historical
Seelenort Diemelsee: Flechtdorf Monastery - Origin & Future
Building and pond complex of a Benedictine monastery built in the 12th century, renovated since 2007 by a voluntary intiative and operated as a cultural center.
Tour starting point:
Parking lot at Flechtdorf Monastery
Tour destination point:
Parking lot at Flechtdorf Monastery
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Tourist-Information Diemelsee
Kirchstr. 6, 34519 Heringhausen
Tel.: 05633 91133
info@diemelsee.de
Category
WanderungLength
1.5 kmTime
0:24 Std.Elevation ascent
27 mElevation descent
27 mAltitude (Minimum)
424 mAltitude (Maximum)
451 mCondition
Difficulty
Adventure
Landscape
Recommended seasons
If these stones could speak, I think, as I slowly stroll around the sprawling complex: they would have a lot to tell. Originally, the limestones lay coarse and gray in the earth. Then they were finely hewn and carefully placed on top of each other as ashlars. To walls that listened for almost a thousand years. The songs of pious Benedictine monks. The activities of immoral abbots. To the quarrels of bailiffs and counts who fought over the possessions of Flechtdorf Monastery. They heard the curses of the mercenaries in the Thirty Years' War, who murdered and plundered. They took pity on the sighs of the sick and infirm when the monastery became a hospital. They framed prayers for peace and intercessions. They blossomed when recently people came, founded an association and since then have cared for and revived the light gray walls. All the stories they have absorbed, for a thousand years, these stones tell. To the one who takes time, lets in and listens. Read >>more here.
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Directions
DiemelsteigSoul place hike
Safty guidelines
Attention: The lake locations will be signposted soon. Currently you can walk without signs.
Public transiot
The bus and train connections to Diemelsee:Line 569: Diemelsee - Willingen/Bad ArolsenLine 566: Korbach - DiemelseeLine 560: Diemelsee - Willingen/Bad ArolsenStations around Diemelsee Willingen (Upland) train stationMarsberg-Bredelar train stationKorbach main stationBrilon (Wald) train station
Getting there
From the north: Drive towards Hannover and the A7 towards Kassel, until Kasseler Kreuz and then A44 towards Dortmund, exit Marsberg towards Diemelsee.From the east: In any case direction Kassel, then A44 Dortmund exit Marsberg direction DiemelseeFrom the west: direction Dortmund, A44 direction Kassel, exit Marsberg direction Diemelsee.From the south: Munich direction Nuremberg, Kassel and on the A44 direction Dortmund, exit Marsberg and direction Diemelsee
Parking
Parking lot Flechtdorf Monastery