Discover Kaufungen

When looking for hotels in Kaufungen, local themes offer clear guidance: they range from Steinertseepark and trails connected to the town and landscape to half-timbered houses, history and sensory experiences. You can shape your stay around the topics that interest you most.

Steinertseepark: Nature and Exercise

Covering around 45 hectares, Steinertseepark connects the districts of Niederkaufungen and Oberkaufungen as a green lifeline. It includes a natural area with a bird sanctuary, reed beds and a fishing lake. The circular trail through the park is over one kilometre long and is ideal for walking, jogging and Nordic walking. This means the same park offers both a natural area and a circular trail for different forms of exercise.

Trails with Different Themes

The Kunigundenpfad is a circular route around Kaufungen that runs mainly through the hilly outskirts of Oberkaufungen and Niederkaufungen. By contrast, the Kunigundenweg passes former mills in the centre of Oberkaufungen on its way to the 1,000-year-old collegiate church. The Niederkaufungen Half-Timbered Trail follows a different route: it runs exclusively through the historic half-timbered centre of Niederkaufungen.

The Eco Pfad Mensch und Wasser in Kaufungen follows the traces of different forms of water use and passes former mills and sawmills. Cultural and historical insights, scenic views and walks in nature are also part of this trail. It therefore connects the theme of water with historic places and landscapes.

The Sankt-Barbara-Weg is named after the patron saint of miners and passes the Rossgang Mining Museum in Oberkaufungen. Its name and route give it a different focus from the town-centre route to the collegiate church: here, the mining museum and the connection to the patron saint are part of the trail’s theme.

Collegiate Church and SinnesGänge

Volunteer church guides accompany visitors through the collegiate church, the former royal court and the Ritterschaftliches Stift in Kaufungen. For planning purposes, please check the current visitor regulations on the church website.

In Kaufungen-Oberkaufungen, SinnesGänge invites people of all ages to discover and experience their senses at 40 interactive stations. The stations are located in 16 accessible vaulted chambers in a former brick kiln. This distinctive layout sets the attraction apart from trails through the town centre and countryside. The operator publishes current visiting times separately; please check them before your visit.

More Topics in the Overarching Destination of Kassel

The overarching destination of Kassel offers further, distinct landscape themes. In the overarching destination of Kassel, Habichtswald Nature Park is characterised by large areas of beech forest and numerous volcanic basalt hills. In the overarching destination of Kassel, Reinhardswald Nature Park brings together centuries-old pollarded oaks, extensive beech and spruce forests, river valleys, natural stream landscapes, and limestone grasslands with juniper and orchids. In the overarching destination of Kassel, deep forests alternate with meadows and fields in the Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land; colourful mountain meadows and trout streams are also part of its landscape.

The overarching destination of Kassel also offers further points of interest for those interested in cultural history. In the overarching destination of Kassel, the Eco Pfade in the Reinhardswald and Habichtswald let visitors trace history through the landscape of Kassel district. In the overarching destination of Kassel, the German Fairy Tale Route runs through Kassel district and leads, among other places, to Sababurg and Trendelburg Castle with its Rapunzel Tower. In the overarching destination of Kassel, a discovery map jointly published by the city and district of Kassel lists 70 cultural sites, along with their addresses, contact details, opening hours and links to their websites.

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