Walking route · Schlüchtern · Updated on 14 November 2026

Klosterweg walk

Klosterweg is a walk of 86.5 km from Schlüchtern. Along the way you'll find 140 benches, 4 water fountains and refill points, 8 public toilets and 2 bike pumps.

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The route step by step

From start to finish, with what you pass along the way and the distance in between.

86.5 km
± 22:05 h
↑ 1,723 m · ↓ 1,688 m
Hard
From A to B
Regional route

This route is in pieces in OpenStreetMap, so there are no kilometres per pitstop. Along the way you'll find 140 benches, 4 water fountains and refill points, 8 public toilets and 2 bike pumps.

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The route with the pitstops and sights within 100 m of it.

2 sights along the way

In the order you pass them. With the Outdoor Pitstop app you hear their story on the spot.

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Castle

Elevation and terrain

Up: ↑ 1,723 m
Down: ↓ 1,688 m
Highest point: 693 m
Lowest point: 206 m

5-10% slope · 20 km
10-15% slope · 3.5 km
15-20% slope · 1.7 km
2 stairs

Elevation from Copernicus GLO-30 (European Union and ESA), smoothed.

Way types

86.5 km in total

Track: 55.4 km
Street: 13.1 km
Path: 7.5 km
Road: 5.8 km
Busy road: 4 km
Footpath: 275 m
Cycleway: 125 m
Stairs: 2 stairs

Surfaces

86.5 km in total

Asphalt: 26.8 km
Gravel: 20.7 km
Unpaved: 7.2 km
Paved: 1.5 km
Natural: 1.4 km
Unknown: 28.6 km

About the walking route Klosterweg

Updated on 14 November 2026, with data from OpenStreetMap, the AHN and Copernicus.

Where do you walk?

Klosterweg is a walking route of 86.5 km that starts in Schlüchtern. It does not end where it starts. You start in Schlüchtern and finish in Mellrichstadt.

How hard is the route?

You climb 1,723 m in total and descend 1,688 m. There are 2 flights of steps along the way. Allow ± 22:05 h, without breaks. The level is hard.

What paths do you walk on?

The longest part is track (55.4 km), street (13.1 km) and path (7.5 km). Of the surface, 26.8 km asphalt and 20.7 km gravel. For 28.6 km the surface is not known.

Pitstops along the way

Within 100 metres of the route there are 140 benches, 4 water fountains and refill points, 8 public toilets and 2 bike pumps. The Outdoor Pitstop app navigates you there.

The Klosterweg is an 87 km main walking route of the Rhön Club (HWO 6), from Schlüchtern in Hesse through the Rhön to Mellrichstadt in Lower Franconia. It runs via Kalbach, Motten and Wildflecken to Bischofsheim in der Rhön and Oberelsbach, and on via Bastheim. On the way you cross the Hessian Rhön and Bavarian Rhön nature parks and pass the Osterburg and Brandenstein castles. Almost two thirds is forest and field track. We know of 8 toilets and only 4 drinking water points along the route.