It took good reasons for me - Frank Schneider - as a friend of steep downhills to move from the rugged Saale valley to the lovely, gentle region of Mühlhausen, on the edge of the Thuringian Basin: Love, family home and work. Fortunately, there are a few good trails here too - and the Landgraben is definitely the longest of them. But it's not even its length that makes it so interesting, but its many fat and nasty roots. That's why I prefer to test and train here. The moat was built in the Middle Ages as a border fortification. At intervals of around twelve kilometres, it formed a quarter circle around the Free Imperial City of Mühlhausen and protected it from the north-west. When merchants wanted to go to market with their carts, they could only cross the moat at six points. There they passed a tower with a tavern and a cash desk - and were collected. Some of the so-called "waiting rooms" are still standing. To this day, the trail only crosses the road network there. In between, the Landgraben sometimes runs in a straight line, sometimes zigzags through forest and pampas. Boundary stones mark the route. The trail can be travelled in both directions.
You can find all the information about the Mühlhäuser Landgraben Supertrail in the PDF download below.
