Willingen / Upland in Hochsauerland
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Diemelsee & Nature Park Diemelsee
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Willingen OT-Usseln
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Ski & winter sports in Willingen
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Info Day Trip to Skywalk Willingen
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Families & leisure facilities and events
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Cycling & mountain biking in the bike park Willingen
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Hiking in the Willinger Upland and Nature Park Diemelsee
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Our personal gastronomy tips
↗More than you expect! Willingen & Diemelsee
Willingen/Upland in the Sauerland (550-843m) in the nature park Diemelsee is a sportive and curative four-season holiday resort. As a summer addition for water fun there is the directly adjacent Diemelsee. Since July 2023, there has been a Skywalk Willingen - the second longest suspension bridge in the world (Skywalk Infos click HERE).With about 1.4 million overnight stays a year, Willingen/Diemelsee is the most visited holiday home in the German middle mountains. In Willingen you can experience two of the most beautiful German holiday regions, because still part of Hesse, marked Willingen the Border of holiday regions High-Sauerland and Waldecker Land/Edersee. With eight 800 mountains, the Willinger Upland is both a popular hiking and winter sports address. What more do you want?! Click HERE: Willingen (Upland) Do 22.10.2026 Temp.: 6,9 °C
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The landmark of Willingen is the impressive Viaduct with Stryckpark and right in the center is the beautiful Spa park ==References====External links==* Official website
The highest mountain of the Sauerland is not the "coal of Asten", but the Langenberg with 843m, which is located at the end of the village of Willingen and marks the border between Hesse and NRW. In the nature reserve you can reach the Langenberg only on foot.
Five to five Top hiking trails touch Willingen (Uplandsteig, Rothaarsteig, Diemelsteig, Sauerland-Höhenflug and Briloner Kammweg), which is why the landscape around Willingen has become the most popular hiking area in the Sauerland. Upland Steig Its wide views are from the highest peaks of the Sauerland. Because of its intensive dairy and pasture farming, the Upland is also called "Allgäu of the North". In the Upländer (organic) farmer's dairy is located the "MilkMuhseum".
On the 838m high Ettelsberg – the heart of Willingen – you can reach with the Cable car, where the hiking trails through Germany's largest and highest heathlands begin. High-Heath tower offers the highest panoramic view (875m) in northwest Germany.
Cult is the Ettelsberghütte the well-known hut owner Siggi: "No mountain hut in the Alps can take up with Siggis Hütte!==References==
„Willingen – more than you expect“! This slogan does not fit any other German holiday home better, because nowhere can you find such a compact variety of leisure activities:
All-year bathing fun and relaxation is available in the Lagoon experience bath Willingen with sauna landscape – and on hot summer days the beautiful Usseln swimming pool Cooling down.
Bike World Willingen with 250 km of signposted MTB trails as well as freeride, fourcross and Ettelsberg World Cup Downhill route. In June the largest German mountain bike event takes place every year. Popular among families is the 26km away from Willingen. Adventure Land "Fort Fun" with many rapid attractions such as looping track... etc.
In particular for: Family holidays Willingen is a special experience with its variety and nature. Recreational world Willingen offers summer toboggan run, game & amusement park, visitor mine, Curioseum, adventureGolf, indoor carp, bowling center, climbing hall, high rope course, ice rink, summer experienceCamp, cinema, glass factory, riding hall, canoe on the Diemel, golf club Brilon, paragliding etc.
Top destination in the region is the 35km away Edersee - Germany's most famous reservoir – with the castle Waldeck and the National Park Kellerwald/Edersee and National Park Center. With the MeineCardPlus Most leisure attractions in Willingen, Ederseeregion and Nordhessen are available free of charge.
Nature Park Diemelsee
NATUR is very important in the Upland. Willingen is part of the Nature Park Diemelsee with its vast forests, Germany's Greatest High Heath, charming creeks and valleys, numerous geological sights such as the Kyrill Trail. One of the most popular geological destinations in the Sauerland are the volcanic peaks 7km from Willingen. Bruchhausen stones. The certified quality hiking trail leads through the nature park Diemelsee DiemelsteigThe region was once a seashore and is one of the most important fossil sites in the northern hemisphere, over which the National GeoPark Border Worlds information.
Date Diemelsee there are numerous beach resorts + dog beach, boat rental and passenger boating. Tourist main town on Diemelsee is Heringhausen With small Adventure pool/sauna and golf park. Here is also the 2015 newly opened interactive Visionarium of the nature park Diemelsee and the tourist info. Largest place of the municipality-Diemelsee is Adorf with Visitor mine and all shops of daily needs. Worth seeing is the Kloster Flechtdorf. The Diemel cycle path runs from Usseln to Bad Karlshafen.
Willingen in winter:
Willingen with alpine flair is one of the most popular winter sports resorts in the Middle Mountains. Ski Resort-Willingen is one of the top 5 of the Mittelgebirgs ski areas. 15km of panoramic slopes, 6km of which with floodlight; 11 lifts, conveyor belts and 6-seater chairlifts; descent lengths of 600-2000m; more than 100 snow cannons provide largely snow-proof ski season from December to March.
DSV-Nordic Activ Centre With 110km of cross-country trails of all difficulty levels - 20km above 750m above sea level - allow good cross-country skiing conditions for the middle mountains. Jochen Behle, Germany's cross-country legend and ex-DSV Bundestrainer is based in Willingen. EWF Biathlon Arena in Usseln with 2km snowy floodlight loop (in summer asphalted skating track)
Winter-Highlight is the annual FIS World Cup ski jumping more than 50,000 visitors to the Millhead hill – the biggest big hill in the world!
Legendary is Willingen's après-ski! ...and the year-round "Saturday Night Fever' with 14(!) dance clubs for all generations is unique in Germany's holiday resorts. Willingen is always worth a trip for your main vacation, short holidays, family holidays or a weekend trip with its year-round variety of offers.
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Willingen / Nature Park Diemelsee - all holiday themes in detail
Willingen - your Sauerland holiday destination
Willingen is known for its Diversity and Top Events, which is probably unique in Germany in such a compact form. Whether for nature lovers, families, winter sports enthusiasts, mountain bikers or party people - in Willingen everyone will find his suitable TOP offer, which makes this holiday resort so attractive all year round.
Ski & winter sports Willingen
Willingen is ideal for winter holidays and offers the whole range of winter sports. Ski-Alpine, ski jumping, biathlon, Nordic skating, cross-country skiing, ice skating, curling, winter hiking and sledding. the longest ski slopes in Sauerland, numerous ski schools and ski rentals. holiday apartment holidaymakers can search for a ski lift-near apartment with us by search criterion (max. 500m).
Family- Leisure Facilities & Events
"Everything I want - Willingen and the region Nature Park Diemelsee offer a variety of great leisure facilities and business opportunities as well as top events, which are so compact in hardly any other holiday resort.
There are many indoor and outdoor possibilities here. In Willingen you will certainly not get bored!
Diemelsee
The Diemelsee is the smallest but most natural of the Sauerland reservoirs embedded in the attractive landscape of the nature park Diemelsee. The lake and the homonymous municipality offer a relaxing flair in beautiful nature with numerous beach baths In the voting of the most popular leisure lakes in 2016 (seen.de), Diemelsee reached 6th place.
Bike Park Willingen
Willingen offers the whole spectrum of cycling, whether downhill in the MTB zone, mountain bike, road bike, family tours along the Diemel cycle path or an e-bike tour through nature.
Gastro & Party Tips
Here we introduce you to our personal favorite restaurants, where we ourselves like to eat. There is something for every taste, from breakfast to gourmet cuisine.
Hiking in Upland
Hiking trails "par excellence" - around Willingen a network of quality hiking trails spins, as there is no second in Germany. For hikers the No. 1 in Sauerland!
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Excursions in the Sauerland
Edersee & National Park
Spa & Wellness
Indoor & Outdoor Baths
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Willingen & surroundings
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Holiday with the FewoZentrale Willingen
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Recreational world Willingen
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Skywalk Willingen
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Ski Resort Willingen
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Nature Park Diemelsee
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