Lumda cycle route: Lollar - Grünberg

Through the underpass at Lollar station, keep left on Marburger Straße. Turn right into Lumdastraße. Turn left on Holzmühler Weg, where you will soon meet the marking of the Lumda-Wieseck cycle route. Head towards Staufenberg / Allendorf. Staufenberg is bypassed in the valley of the Lumda, with the ruins of Oberburg high above the town. You should allow some time for the rest of the route. There are many interesting pieces of information along the way. For example, at Mainzlar station (2) about the history of the construction of the stations along the Lumdatal railway. Next information is available about Totenberg. Sculptures stand out in a meadow at Allendorf. A detour into the small town, over 1200 years old, is recommended. There is a town tower, remains of the town wall, and half-timbered houses to discover. Londorf is dominated by the "Dom der Rabenau". High above the valley to the left is Nordeck Castle, a former landgravial outpost from the 12th/13th century. In Geilshausen (3) the paths split. The direct connection to the Wieseck valley continues straight through Reinhardshain – Wirberg to the R7. The Lumda-Wieseck cycle route (marking to Grünberg implemented in 2010!) goes left into a wonderfully green meadow valley to Lumda and continues straight out on the edge of the village, past Beltershain, over the L3125 to Galgenberg (beautiful view). Past the industrial area to the railway underpass and right to Grünberg station.

Normal cycling equipment, drinking bottle

Paths / Suitability / Gradients: This stage starts flat along the Lahn and from Lollar in the valley of the Lumda. A climb behind the former Mainzlar station begins the second section. The path then tends to rise very gently up to Galgenberg near Stangenrod. The route is cycled on cycle and farm roads, interrupted by short road sections, on firm ground.

Gießen is located in the triangle A5, A45 and A480

Stations in Gießen, Lollar and Grünberg:
Vogelsberg Railway RMV line 35, Fulda - Gießen

DB: Lollar station

TAK Gießen Lahntäler

Tarjanplatz 1

35460 Staufenberg

Tel. +49 6406 80924 | info@giessener-lahntaeler.de

www.giessener-lahntaeler.de

Tourist office in town hall, Rabegasse 1, 35305 Grünberg, Tel. 0 64 01/80 4-114, www.gruenberg.de

Bicycle service:
Rabenau-Londorf 35466, Aumann Ulrich, Gießener Straße 84, Tel. 06407 5304;
Grünberg 35305, Zweirad Schlosser, Neustadt 75, Tel. 06401-10 66, mobile: 0171/718 18 89

Staufenberg: Staufenberg Castle from the 13th century;
Allendorf: Old half-timbered town with town tower of the former fortification;
Rabenau: Castle garden, Londorf, Protestant church - "Dom der Rabenau"
Grünberg: Marketplace with Thieves' Tower