Gondola · Willingen, Germany
Ettelsberg-Kabinenseilbahn
Ettelsberg-Kabinenseilbahn is a gondola near Willingen, Germany. It climbs 235 m over 1.36 km, from 592 m to 827 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
10/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Ettelsberg-Kabinenseilbahn is scarier than 10% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 61 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 490 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 206 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Ettelsberg-Kabinenseilbahn is near Willingen, Germany, at 592 m above sea level (51.29117° N, 8.60282° E). From there it runs 1.36 km up to the top station at 827 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Funicular near Willingen funicular · 1.4 km away · rises 124 m
- Waldecker Bergbahn gondola · 32.8 km away · rises 104 m
- Peterskopfbahn funicular · 33.4 km away · rises 265 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.