Orketal circular route 2 - In the Orketal at the foot of Lichtenfels Castle

2: 30 pm
8,03 km
125 m
125 m
298 m
423 m
125 m
Start: Lichtenfels, Orketal hiking car park
Destination: Lichtenfels, Orketal hiking car park

The circular route runs through the Orketal and meets the Lichtenfelser Panoramaweg in the Düsteren Tal, then turns off near Sachsenberg and leads back to the starting point at the foot of the Eisenberg.

Route 8, which circles the Eisenberg, is exactly 2 kilometers long. Gold was mined here as early as the Middle Ages until mining came to a standstill during the Thirty Years' War. Today mining is unprofitable because the distribution in the rock is very fine and it would mean serious interference with nature. Streams that rise near the Eisenberg transport gold particles into the Eder. First, the circular route runs through the Orketal and leads up the forest. In the Düsteren Tal it meets the Lichtenfelser Panoramaweg, then turns off near Sachsenberg and leads back to the starting point at the foot of the Eisenberg.

Path surfaces

Street (7%)

Asphalt (9%)

gravel (84%)

Best Season

suitable

depending on the weather

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
Mai
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
October
Nov
Dec

Tour features

Accessibility
Flatly

Equipment

You are well equipped with sturdy shoes, rain protection, food and a map.

Arrival & Parking

Lichtenfels and its districts can be easily reached via the following roads:

A 44 (exit no. 64, Diemelstadt)
A 49 (exit no. 16, Borken)
and the federal highways B 252 and B 251

Orketal hiking car park.

The hiking parking spaces in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park are generally free of charge.

Nearest bus stop/s: Lichtenfels-Dalwigksthal middle

Line/s: 502, AST584.2, AST581.7

All connections including AST-Taxi connections can be found on the NVV timetable information www.nvv.de/fahrplanauskunft or found out via the NVV mobile app.

More information / links

The marking of this circular route is still pending.

author

Edersee | Your region: wild, colourful, healthy.

Organization

Edersee | Your region: wild, colourful, healthy.

Website

Our tip

Lichtenfels Castle, originally built in 1189, stands about 700 m east-southeast of Dalwigksthal above the Orke valley, which is rich in forests and windings.

safety instructions

The circular hiking trail leads, among other things, through forests and open terrain. There may occasionally be trees and branches on the path.
Use of the hiking trail is at your own risk. You should not attempt this hiking trail in strong winds, heavy rain or snowfall.
Your cell phone may not have reception everywhere.

Map

Kellerwald-Edersee cycling and hiking map, 5th edition (1:33.000)

Publisher: Kartografie Kommunale Verlagsgesellschaft mbH

ISBN 978-3-86973-189-6

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