Discover Burgwald: Wiesenfeld, hiking trail and natural monument

A systematically planned village centre, a hiking trail of around 20 kilometres and a natural monument offer concrete points of interest for a trip to Burgwald, combining village history, outdoor activity and nature. Wiesenfeld provides a particularly vivid insight into local history: this district of Burgwald, with its village centre and the remains of the monastery estate, forms a cohesive village scene.

Wiesenfeld: colony village centre and monastery estate

The village centre was systematically laid out as a Huguenot and Waldensian colony. Together with the remains of the monastery estate, it shapes the cohesive village scene. The two features bring together a named settlement type and another element of the local landscape. Visitors interested in local history and planned settlement patterns will find a clearly defined focus in Wiesenfeld.

Hiking trail and natural monument

The approximately 20-kilometre-long “Memories of the Knights Hospitaller and Boniface” hiking trail passes through Bahnhof, Birkenbringhausen, Wiesenfeld, Ernsthausen, Roda, Christenberg and Münchhausen. Its approximate length gives you a concrete measure for planning your hike, while the sequence of named places helps you understand its route. The Eder cliffs near Birkenbringhausen are a natural monument and a distinctive natural highlight in Burgwald.

Waldeck-Frankenberg: more ideas for planning your trip

In the wider Waldeck-Frankenberg destination, the 66-kilometre Urwaldsteig Edersee offers a different scale of hiking. It can be walked in eight stages or as part of a three-day ranger-guided hike, with each stage covering around 22 kilometres. Compared with the approximately 20-kilometre trail in Burgwald, both the total distance and the hiking formats described are different. This information can help you weigh up the scope of hike you want to plan.

In the wider Waldeck-Frankenberg destination, the GeoFoyer Kalkturm Korbach offers a different focus. It presents the landscape and wildlife around Korbach as they were 250 million years ago, as well as an exhibition on the extraction and processing of limestone and its industrial use in the quarry for over 100 years. Here, geological history and industrial history are presented as distinct topics.

The Historic Town Hall in Frankenberg (Eder), a half-timbered town hall dating from 1509, is an example of architecture and town life in the wider Waldeck-Frankenberg destination. Its ten towers represent the town’s ten guilds. Every Saturday, the Landfrauen farmers’ market takes place at the covered market area of the Historic Town Hall. Check the date before travelling.

In the wider Waldeck-Frankenberg destination, the Allendorf (Eder) multi-generational park offers 28 activity and socialising stations for all generations across an area of approximately 3,000 square metres. The park also features the “Im Ried” dirt-bike facility, with trails of varying difficulty levels and a pump track; the facility opened in October 2017. Different types of activity are available side by side: stations for all generations and a bike facility with trails of varying difficulty.

Choose your destination based on the experiences that matter for planning your trip.

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