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- Geological highlights
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Welleringhausen Volcano Trail (quality tour)
On a "hot" trail, the path leads to an extinct volcano and becomes a journey back in time. In the immediate vicinity of Europe's largest gold deposit, the spectacular "Klondike feeling" comes to life.
Tour starting point:
Welleringhausen hiking portal, fire station, Zum Sonnenberg 12, 34508 Willingen, Welleringhausen district
Tour destination point:
Welleringhausen hiking portal, fire station, Zum Sonnenberg 12, 34508 Willingen, Welleringhausen district
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PrädikatswegLength
6.8 kmTime
1:51 Std.Elevation ascent
100 mElevation descent
101 mAltitude (Minimum)
473 mAltitude (Maximum)
574 mCondition
Difficulty
Adventure
Landscape
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This circular hiking trail in the Diemelsee Nature Park starts in the village of Welleringhausen - one of the smallest villages in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. In the nature park at the foot of the long-extinct Grotenberg volcano, hikers repeatedly come across traces of geological and border history. A wide variety of plant species unfold their flowers there. Typical plants include heath carnation, field thyme and hot stonecrop. If you take a walk with the trained Geopark guide, you will learn lots of exciting facts about the flora of the nature park and the geological features.
Geopark guide: Renate Hill, Tel. 05632- 1757
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Directions
The Welleringhausen Volcano Trail starts at the fire station in Welleringhausen, Zum Sonnenberg 12. Six stations provide information about geological and botanical features as well as the history of the village with the Romanesque Abraham's Church. The history trail runs past Grotenberg and Sonnenberg along the Uplandsteig quality hiking trail to Krutenberg. It continues along the same route as the volcano trail back to the starting point.You can also walk the trail in the opposite direction.
Public transiot
Bus/train to Willingen or Usseln station, continue by bus or shared cab (AST) to Welleringhausen, bus stop Mitte
Getting there
By car via the B251 to Gasthof Ohlenbeck between Usseln and Neerdar, Welleringhausen junction.
Parking
Free parking at the fire station, Zum Sonnenberg 12, 34508 Willingen, Welleringhausen district