"Ronde van Schmachtenhagen" (Geg. Uhrz.)

Difficulties:

The main climb, 'Schmachtenhagen' between Morschen and Spangenberg, has about 140 m of elevation gain from the exit of Morschen over a distance of 2.4 km. This means an average gradient of around 5.8 %. The gradient is irregular: shortly after Morschen it rises moderately, then barely rises until Eubach, only to become moderately steeper again after Eubach. It only gets significantly steeper towards the end: the last 400 m are continuously steeper up to 8-9 %.

However, the rest of the route is not completely flat, as more than half of the total 370 m of elevation gain is distributed over short climbs that can also be quite taxing on the legs (for example, there is a short section behind Beiseförth with > 13% gradient...).

Best roads, only slightly bumpy in the first meters of the descent from Schmachtenhagen.

Little traffic, there may also be trucks on the B478. However, these can be avoided:

Variants: bike path between Spangenberg and Morschen (highly recommended) and bike path between Malsfeld and Beiseförth (boring - but saves you the detour over the little hill on the K29)