Discover Waldeck-Frankenberg
Accommodation in Waldeck-Frankenberg
Waldeck-Frankenberg can be explored through a variety of themes: ancient beech forests and longer hiking routes sit alongside natural history exhibitions, half-timbered architecture and activity facilities. When planning your trip, it is helpful to first decide what kind of outing you are looking for. This lets you consider nature, culture and physical activity as separate priorities.
Gravestone at the former Cistercian convent Marienthal in Netze
Photo: Ludwig Bickell via Source, Public domain
Nature, forests and trails
The ancient beech forests of Kellerwald-Edersee National Park have been part of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site since 2011. The Urwaldsteig Edersee is 66 kilometres long and can be hiked in eight stages or as part of a three-day ranger hike, with each stage covering around 22 kilometres. This gives you two options for planning your time: eight stages along the trail, or three days with a stage of approximately 22 kilometres each day.
The Edersee Wildlife Park is home to native and formerly native wild animals in spacious, naturalistic enclosures. Information boards, a flying display and educational activities provide information about the animals. This differs in focus from the hiking route of the Urwaldsteig: here, the emphasis is on wildlife and learning.
Exhibitions and local history
The GeoFoyer Kalkturm Korbach presents the landscape and living world around Korbach as they were 250 million years ago. Another exhibition explores the extraction and processing of limestone and its industrial use in the quarry for more than 100 years. This site brings together geological and industrial history: it looks far back into the development of the landscape while also tracing how a natural resource has been used.
The Historic Town Hall of Frankenberg (Eder) is a half-timbered town hall dating from 1509. Its ten towers represent the town’s ten guilds. The weekly market run by the rural women’s association takes place every Saturday at the town hall’s Rathausschirn. If you plan to visit the market, check the date before you travel, as weekly schedules can change.
Landau Castle is the Waldeck counts’ castle in Landau’s old town. In 1290, an old castle was converted into a palace. The castle’s history thus adds another historical theme alongside the town hall’s half-timbered architecture and guild history.
Facilities and distinctive dimensions
The Allendorf (Eder) intergenerational park covers an area of around 3,000 square metres and has 28 stations for activities and communication across generations. The “Im Ried” dirt bike facility is also located in the park. It features trails of varying difficulty and a pump track, and opened in October 2017. The stations and the bike facility offer different experiences: shared activities and communication on the one hand, and trails and a pump track on the other.
The Willingen Skywalk is 665 metres long and suspended 100 metres above the Upland landscape. Its length and height give it a different scale from the hiking routes, exhibitions and historic buildings described above. When planning your trip around your interests, you can choose between longer hiking routes, wildlife and nature, cultural history, and specific facilities for physical activity.
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