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Westerwald-Steig – Complete Trail (East - West)
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We will inform you about detours, road closures or other safety instructions on the WesterwaldSteig at the respective stage!
Wear sturdy shoes and appropriate clothing adapted to the weather, which will protect you from cold and wet or heat and sun.Take sufficient liquid with you. There are not refreshment facilities available everywhere.Please put on appropriate hiking boots, which will give you sufficient grip even on slippery and steep or rocky and uneven paths.If you feel that certain sections of the path are not accessible to you, you should avoid them. Particularly in adverse weather conditions, slushy and slippery passages can occur on near-natural paths.Especially in autumn, you should also be aware that the leaves lying on the ground can cover up unevenness, roots, stones or holes in the path. You must reckon with this kind of path obstruction when you go on a hike.Although the path is very well marked throughout, you should always have a suitable hiking map with you for safety reasons.
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You can travel to Herborn train station and Bad Hönningen train station by bus and train.
You can easily and conveniently put together your own individual routes at www.bahn.de.
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You can get there by car, bus and train.
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Herborn, Kallenbachstraße
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- 16 Stages
Beautiful half-timbered houses in the Hessian town of Herborn, mysterious prehistoric caves, and an underground stream are just some of the ...
The high basalt plateaus of the High Westerwald mountain range provide you with plenty of expansive views during your hike. The stage finishes at ...
Panoramic views across pastures and descents into the pine forests accompany you on your way to the half-timbered town hall at Rehe, to the ...
This stage of the trail through the High Westerwald passes the Seitenstein and the Secker Weiher lakes. The highlight is the wild, romantic ...
Gentle hills, extensive leafy forests and wide meadow valleys characterise the landscape of the Upper Westerwald at Westerburg and its surroundings.
This stage of the trail goes from lake to lake, first following the River Wied and then ascending to the Alpenroder hikers' hut with a view of the ...
The short path from Nistertal to the spa town of Bad Marienberg leaves you plenty of time to enjoy the park with its barefoot path and herb garden ...
This stage of the trail begins with the 'Westerwald view' at the basalt and wildlife park. Just before Hachenburg, where the stage ends, there is ...
This stage of the trail starts with a trip back in time in the museum of natural and cultural history, followed by a stroll through the town of ...
The trail follows the Kleine Nister River past the 'Deutsches Eck der Kroppacher Schweiz' in Heimborn, where the Kleine Nister and Große Nister ...
From Marienthal Abbey, the trail follows the Stations of the Cross, and the old coal road to the viewing tower on the 389m high Beulskopf and into ...
This stage of the trail leads through Raiffeisen country from Weyerbusch to the romantic medieval village of Mehren in the Mehrbach Valley and via ...
This stage of the trail runs from Flammersfeld through the Wied Valley to the viewing point in Döttesfeld. After ascending to the Hölderstein ...
This stage of the trail leads from Horhausen past the legendary 'Bildeiche' oak tree to Peterslahr in the Lahrer Herrlichkeit region and through ...
The trail leads from Strauscheid up to the viewing points on the Weißenfelser Ley and Roßbacher Häubchen, both in the Wied hills, and down again ...
This stage of the trail passes through the grounds of the St Joseph House in Hausen, continues to the 'three abbey view' and leads up to the ...
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