Urwaldsteig Edersee - hiking in wild nature
- 21: 50 pm
- 66,12 km
- 1.904 m
- 1.904 m
- 204 m
- 525 m
- 321 m
- Start: National Park entrance and hiking car park "Kirchweg" Edertal-Bringhausen
- Destination: National Park entrance and hiking car park "Kirchweg" Edertal-Bringhausen
Around the Edersee there are deep insights into the history of the earth and the landscape as well as wonderful views of the unique forest and lake landscape. You hike through the last virgin forests, which are among the most extraordinary forests in Germany and Western Europe. Old beech and oak trees with gnarled, bizarre growth forms are reminiscent of goblins and strange mythical creatures and inspire the imagination.
Above the slate and graywacke of the Edersee steep slopes, pure beech forests alternate with oak-beech forests, oak-bush forests, block and ravine forests. The extensive, typical old beech forests in the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park offer a contrasting program: 7688 hectares are protected. UNESCO declared selected areas of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park a world natural heritage site in summer 2011! The area represents, among other things, one of the most valuable relics of large-scale natural beech forests in Germany.
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Line 510 - Korbach Waldeck Edersee Bad Wildungen
A particularly large catchment area can be reached by bus line 510: These buses travel directly via Affoldern to the dam, then along the Ederseerandstraße to Nieder-Werbe and via Sachsenhausen to KorbachThe line offers an hourly service to the eastern shore of Lake Edersee – daily and throughout the year. Passengers from Medebach/Park Hochsauerland can take bus line 550 to Korbach and change there to bus 510 to Edersee. The departure times are coordinated.
Line 503 - Herzhausen Vöhl Waldeck Hemfurth-Edersee
North of the Edersee, bus route 503 connects Edertal-Hemfurth and Vöhl-Herzhausen. Passengers can use this on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays as well as on all Hessian holiday weekdays reach almost the entire north side of the Edersee.
Line 515 - Bad Wildungen Edersee Edertal-Bringhausen
If you are planning to go to the southeastern shore of the Edersee, take the bus number 515, which runs between Bad Wildungen and Bringhausen commutes.
AST - call share taxis
With CallSammelTaxis (AST), the NVV ensures mobility on routes that are not in great demand. Instead of taking the bus, you can travel here in normal taxis or rental cars. AST also have fixed timetables - you just have to register your wish to travel by telephone (usually) up to 30 minutes before the journey. Also remember that AST only run when there are no normal buses running at the same time.
Call shared taxi center: +49 (0) 5631-5062088
NVV timetable information
All connections are via the NVV timetable information clearly visible!
More information / links
Books
Urwaldsteig Edersee brochure - hiking in wild nature in the Kellerwald-Edersee nature and national park
84 pages, approx. 65 photos and 17 maps
ISBN-3 932583-14-0
Kellerwaldsteig with Urwaldsteig Edersee (The path is the destination)
(3rd revised edition 2019)
ISBN 978-3-86686-623-2
Conrad Stein Verlag
Our tip
safety instructions
The forests in the national park are not used for forestry purposes. Old trees and those at risk of breakage will not be removed. Trees can tip over and branches fall onto the paths. Visiting the national park and using all paths is therefore at your own risk! Please do not go into the forest in strong winds, heavy rain or snowfall.
This disturbs nature
Our natural heritage is protected in the national park. People are guests here. Nature requires special consideration. Therefore, please observe the behavioral instructions.
Nature is severely disturbed by the following actions:
- Don't scare animals
- Do not deviate from the marked paths
- Please be quiet so as not to scare animals
- Do not carelessly dispose of empty cans, bottles and other rubbish in the landscape
- Do not pick plants
- Do not light fires in the national park
- Keep your dog on a leash so that he doesn't startle any animals
- Park in the designated areas
- Camping is not permitted in the national park. Take advantage of the official offers.
Way markings
You can reach the special features of the national park via the marked hiking trails. Circular trails from the national park's hiking car parks are marked with animal or plant symbols. There are “sign trees” with place names at selected crossroads. They are landmarks for the hiker.
Rescue points
The official rescue points (e.g. KB-426) are entered/marked on the maps and signs on site in the national park. If you are injured, you can inform the emergency services (telephone: 112) of the relevant point. Unfortunately, the cell phone network is not comprehensive.
Liability
No liability is assumed for the accuracy of the information in the text and maps.
Use of the Urwaldsteig is at your own risk. You should not walk the Urwaldsteig in strong winds, heavy rain or snowfall.
Map
- Erlebnisregion Edersee - ISBN 9783866969160 (2nd edition 2018) - mr-kartographie, engineering office and publisher (1:25.000)
- Hiking and cycling map Edersee - ISBN 978-3-86973-192-6 (11th edition) - Cartographic Municipal Publishing Company mbH (1:25.000)
- Hiking and cycling map Kellerwald-Edersee - ISBN 978-3-86973-189-6 - Kartografie Kommunale Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (1:33.000)
author
Karuna Eckel
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