Fuchstanz Restaurant in the Taunus Mountains

Just yesterday, before we were hit with all that snow coming down today and delaying arrivals and departures from Frankfurt  Airport for up to five hours, we decided to go up the Taunus Mountains to find some snow, and the beauty of it.

Yesterday afternoon, we parked our car at the parking lot within the serpentine curve, then hiked up the mountain for a good 30 minutes. Our destination was the Restaurant Fuchstanz to have a bite to eat and a little something to drink.

Germany is full of trees,  about a third of land is covered with about 90 billion of them.

 Trees on the Feldberg

It is a 1.6km (one mile) walk from the Große Kurve (serpentine curve) to the Fuchstanz Restaurant.

Wegweiser

Time to turn around for a photo.

Maria snow

We can spot the other Frische Luft Geher (fresh air walkers) near the steaming Glühwein (mulled wine) already. There are two restaurants at the top and some outdoor vendors for the ones only wanting a Bratwurst and/or Glühwein. They also serve hot apple juice and a few other small items.

Reaching the Fuchstanz

Zum Fuchstanz (lit: to where the foxes dance)

At the Fuchstanz

The restaurant is open from Wed – Sunday from 10am – 6pm (tel: 06174 – 2 12 23). Occasionally, they also open on Mondays and Tuesday, all depending on fine weather only.

We ordered Rouladen with dumplings and red cabbage. Rouladen are made from thin strips of beef, then filled with bacon (sometimes seasoned ground beef).

Rouladen und Klösse

A box asking for a Spende (donation) for Wegemarkierer (trail blazers)

Wegemarkierer

Our visitor got himself a big cup of hot Glühwein.

Glühwein vendor

There are various trails leading to this area:

from Königstein: parking lot at the cemetery
from Falkenstein: Forest Parking Lot (Waldparkplatz)
from Oberursel: Serpentine parking lot or Hohemark
below the Feldberg Mountain : parking lot Windeck oder Teufelsquartier
as well as from Schmitten: parking lot Sandplacken

The Fuchstanz is always worth a visit. Right now, I imagine kids are riding down the trail on their sled. If you don’t have a sled, a big plastic bag might do the job too. It did for our kids when they were young, after the trail had iced over a bit.

Sledding around the Frankfurt area

We are lucky enough to have a small hill for sledding right within our neighborhood – the hill in front of the former Officers’ Club (Camp King Oberursel) is just teaming with kids and sleds right now.

Sledding in Oberursel at Camp King

For all others, you might try the following places:

Königstein: between Fuchstanz and Reichenbachweg

Schmitten (Oberreifenberg): near the Haus Brenner

Schmitten: Am Pechberg

Schmitten-Treisberg: in front of the Sporthotel Erbismühle

Vogelsberg: at Herchenhainer Höhe (600m) and Hoherodskopf (1,2 km and 400 m runs)

Birkenau (Löhrbach): in Buchklingen and across from the ski lift

Michelstadt (Vielbrunn): 280 m run at Bremhof

Michelstadt (Würzberg): 200 m run near Gasthaus Adler

List compiled by the magazine Surroundings (issue 4/2008).

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