Münden Nature Park

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Location of Münden Nature Park

Münden Nature Park
View of the Werra valley and Werra valley bridges of the A 7 and ICE routes

Monument to the nature park’s foundation in 1959 near the

The Münden Nature Park lies within the district of Göttingen, in south Lower Saxony in Germany.

Geography[]

This large and densely wooded nature park was founded in 1959 within the borders of the now defunct district of . It is just under 374 square kilometres (144 sq mi) in area and runs almost from the eastern edge of the town of Kassel and border of Hesse in a northerly direction through the northern part of the Kaufungen Forest via Hann. Münden to the Bramwald and . It lies south, east and northeast of the confluence of the Fulda and Werra rivers with the Weser and borders in the south and southeast on the . It is crossed by the A 7 motorway.

Many footpaths criss-cross this forested landscape, including long-distance paths like the Frau Holle Path (Kennzeichnung X4), Werraburgensteig (X5), Studentenpfad (X13) and Fuldahöhenweg (X17). On the Großer Staufenberg there is a glider airfield.

Hills[]

The hills in the Münden Nature Park include (heights in metres above sea level (NN)):

Places of interest[]

Nienhagen barefoot path in the Münden Nature Park

• Barefoot walk near
• on the near Scheden-
• Hemeln − reaction ferry via the Weser to Veckerhagen with its beer garden Zur Fähre ("The Ferry")
• Hohen Hagen − Geology Path and Gauß Tower with its tower restaurant
• Naturfreunde, NFH Steinberghaus near Großen Steinberg
• Rinderstall − deer enclosure with inn and small museum, (51°22′26.42″N 9°39′25.35″E / 51.3740056°N 9.6570417°E / 51.3740056; 9.6570417)
• Steinrode, medieval model village of Steinrode near Steinberg youth hostel

See also[]

• List of the nature parks in Germany

External links[]

• Media related to Münden Nature Park at Wikimedia Commons
• Münden Nature Park