Rheinburgenweg

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The Rheinburgenweg is a 200 kilometers (120 miles) hiking trail in the Middle Rhine Valley region of Germany.

Rheinburgenweg Halal Travel Guide

The Rheinburgenweg (Rhine castles trail) runs mainly parallel to the left (west) bank of the river Rhine from Bingen to Rolandsbogen south of Bonn. It runs mainly on elevated trails providing along the way excellent views of the UNESCO World Heritage Site valley and the many castles on both sides of the river.

History

The Rheinburgen-Wanderweg was started in 2004 with the path on the right side of the Rhine which is now part of the Rheinsteig. In 2006 the Koblenz to Bingen stretch was defined with the full path opening in 2010. It was also at this point awarded the "Qualitätsweg Wanderbares Deutschland".

Eat and drink

There are many places to eat along the way, not just in the towns along the way, but also a few isolated restaurants and taverns (Gaststätte) along the trail.

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Both sides of the Rhine river provide hotel and camping facilities. Places on the route are listed below, for others follow the links to the town pages.

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Rheinburgenweg

On the trail is little chance for shopping. However in the villages you pass there is ample opportunity to purchase the local fruit cocktails. In the towns on the river you will have the chance to buy typical German tourist trinkets. Some of the castles also sell wooden swords and other toys for children of all ages.

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Landscape, flora and fauna

The trail alternates between the relative flat plateau above the Rhine and the steep sides the Rhine and its side valleys. A large part of the walk is in forest but also opens out into agricultural fields, meadows and vineyards in many places. In the mixed woods on the slopes of the valley there is a good chance to come across deer.

Climate & Weather

The generally mild weather in Germany means this trail is accessible all year round. The colours of fruit tree blossom in the spring and the orange leaves of trees in the autumn are both worth seeing. In the summer be aware that you could be exposed to the strong sun for a large portion of the walk, so do not forget sun protection. Some points of the walk you need to take caution on rainy days, particular on rock exposed slopes.

Rheinburgenweg-schild-01s - Rheinburgenweg way marker

Prepare

Most of the walk is on good paths with some steep rocky sections. Hiking footwear is highly recommended. The route generally passes through a town or village roughly every 10 kilometers so only water and snack suppliers are needed. The route is well signed with the red R way-marker but a local map or guide book can still prove useful.

Travel to Rheinburgenweg

Buy a Flight ticket to and from Rheinburgenweg

The area can easily be reached from Cologne/Bonn, Hahn and Frankfurt airports.

Pano mosel - The Rheinburgenweg goes under the A61 at the Moselle Viaduct.

Rent a Car or Limousine in Rheinburgenweg

The A61 autobahn runs north-south about 10 kilometers to the west of the Rhine, providing a number of access points to the trail.

Muslim Friendly Rail Holidays in Rheinburgenweg

From Mainz or Cologne the West Rhine railway (Linke Rheinstrecke) going through Bonn, Bingen and Koblenz provides a number of useful stop points.

Book a Halal Cruise or Boat Tour in Rheinburgenweg

There are vehicle ferries (also for foot and bike) across the Rhine. See below in route listings for details of locations.

Get around

RheinburgenwegPfalzgrafenstein01 - Cruise boats and freight barges passing Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Rent a Car or Limousine in Rheinburgenweg

The B9 runs along the left bank of the Rhine between Bingen and Bonn and provides access to some interesting hairpin bend side roads to the trail.

Muslim Friendly Rail Holidays in Rheinburgenweg

The West Rhine railway (Linke Rheinstrecke) provide a very scenic means of transport with stop in towns that the trail goes through.

By cruise boats

KD (Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG) and BRFS (Bingen-Rüdesheimer Fahrgastschiffahrt) boats cruise the Rhine stopping at a number of points along the route.

Walk

Listing Key
See	museums, castles, etc.	View	viewpoints
Do	pleasure rides, beaches, sports	Buy	shopping
Eat	restaurants, snack outlets	Drink	bars and cafes
Sleep	hotels, hostels, campsites	Go	car parking, rail stations, etc.
City	towns and villages	Vicinity	near route locations
Red	warning or points of concern	Other

The walk does not need to be done in a single expedition. There are points at convenient distances, between 8 and 12 kilometers, where you can park a vehicle allowing you to use the Hiking#Doing trail sections with two cars|two vehicle one direction hiking technique. There are also points where trains are available or even one of the Rhine cruise ships.

Route and sights of interest

Points of interest along the route listed below and shown on maps.

The milestone below each section shows kilometers from start and to end of the trail.

Upper Rhine section

Bingen - Trechtingshausen : 17 kilometers

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The walk starts on the northern edge of Bingen climbing steeply out of the Rhine valley and into the Bingen forest.

Steckeschaeaeferklamm-01 - Steckeschlääferklamm BurgRheinstein02 - The trail runs along the rear wall of Burg Rheinstein

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• Mouse tower - Mäuseturm | 49.971995, 7.880371 Level with the start of the trail. Maeuseturm-rheinburgenweg-01 - 10th-century tower in the middle of the Rhine river.

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• Viewpoint Prinzenkopf 49.970131, 7.872764 - Views towards Bingen and Rüdesheim

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• Viewpoint Kreuzbach 49.973043, 7.861682 - View of Assmannshausen

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• Forsthaus Heiligkreuz - 49.971104, 7.853313 Down a small slope from the trail. ☎ +49 6721 992975

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• Villa Rustica 49.969469, 7.838377 In Bingen forest (Binger Wald) near Weiler bei Bingen - Remains of a Roman villa.

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• Parking - Josefsbrunnen Josefsbrunnen 49.978308, 7.827691 Note the narrow road from Bingen via Forsthaus Heiligkreuz is closed to motor vehicles on Sundays and national holidays. Can also be reached from Weiler and Waldalgesheim.

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• Steckeschlääferklamm 49.980343, 7.827669 - Steckeschaeaeferklamm-02 - A small narrow gorge with some interesting wood carving made into the trees.

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• Parking - Kinderholungsheim 49.984286, 7.827232 From Waldalgesheim good quality but narrow roads.

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• Forsthaus Jägerhaus - Web: ägerhaus.de/ 49.984107, 7.827597 at the bottom of Steckeschääferklamm take the path straight on and up the hill rather than right to follow the trail. ☎ +49 6721 159241 - Excellent food and quality rooms.

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• Schweizerhaus 49.988677, 7.857302 - Look attractive from the valley but based on web reviews the food sounds as dangerous as the dogs and garden furniture look.

• Burg Rheinstein - 49.993484, 7.858066 - Rheinstein Castle BurgRheinstein-01s

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• Waldgaststätte und Pension Haus Waldfrieden / Gerhardshof - 49.99614, 7.834471 By vehicle best reached via stone/gravel road from Forsthaus Jägerhaus. A number of navigation systems show a route from Trechtingshausen to here, although passable, it is a narrow stony track with many potholes, only for the experience driver with a good vehicle who enjoy such fun driving. - Good food, friendly staff. Perfectly positioned for the hiker.

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• Parking - Burg Sooneck 50.021752, 7.820318

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• Parking - Niederheimbach 50.034682, 7.806257 in Niederheimbach limited space and some with time restrictions

• Niederheimbach

After climbing out of Heimbachtal you meander along the top of the valley in more open fields passing a number of small villages before returning to the Rhine valley bottom at Bacharach.

• Oberdiebach
• Medenscheid
• Neurath

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• Burg Stahleck - 50.058224, 7.765702 - 12th-century castle, now a youth hostel.

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• Parking - Bacharach 50.06019, 7.769307 - On the primary street at Bacharach.

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Bacharach - Oberwesel: 14 kilometers

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The very steep climb out of Bacharach provides you some great views of the town and its defensive towers. You continue to climb through vineyards on the side of the valley before reaching the open fields of the plateau above.

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• Parking Henschhausen 50.073292, 7.75823 above the trail on the K21

BurgPfalzgrafensteinRBW01 - Pfalzgrafenstein Castle near Kaub

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• Viewpoint Blüchenblick -

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• Pfalzgrafenstein Castle - 50.083252, 7.765528 - BurgPfalzgrafensteinRBW01 - 14th century toll station in the middle of the river

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• Viewpoint Sauzahn Grillplatz

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• Viewpont - Pfalzblick | 50.092247, 7.745122

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• Parking Pfalzblick 50.092404, 7.744304 K89 between Oberwesel and Langscheid

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• Schönburg - 50.101299, 7.732185 - SchönburgRhein.01s - 12th century castle with expensive but impressive restaurant and hotel.

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• Oberwesel townwall - Oberwesel Stadtmauer | 50.108194, 7.723345 - Oberwesel-Stadtmauer-01 - Excellent example of town wall with defensive towers

• Oberwesel

Oberwesel - Street Goar: 9 kilometers

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• Parking - Siebenjungfrauenblick 50.115941, 7.715454

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• Günderode Haus - Rheingoldstraße - GPS: 50.115563, 7.716398 am Siebenjungfrauenblick ☎ +49 6744 714011 German food with original flare. Building was located in this position with spectacular view of the Rhein for the film Heimat 3.

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• Parking - Urbar Loreleystraße 50.13519, 7.723715 -

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• Viewpoint - Loreley Blick 50.135505, 7.725301 - View of the Loreley across the Rhein

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• Loreleyblick Maria Ruh - 50.135420, 7.723344 - +49 6741 8020 - Restaurant and soft-drinks garden. Great views but odd food menu. Good place to stop for a Coffee.

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St. Goar - Bad Salzig: 18 kilometers

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Although starting off in the vineyard most of this section alternates between the woods clinging to the edge of the Rhine valley and the grazing pastures on the plateau above. The route provides many excellent views of the river valley and the towns below.

Gruendelbachtal-p01 - View of Rheinfels castle and Gründelbachtal valley Rheinburgenweg-Traumschleife-p01 - Traumschleife section on ridge above Hirzenach

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• Burg Rheinfels 50.154219, 7.704846 - Impressive castle ruins, a must visit. Take a torch or candles to really explore the ruins.

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• Romantik Hotel Schloss Rheinfels - Schloßberg 47 50.153865, 7.705803 - +49 6741 802-0 Attached to the hotel, through the small shop is a restaurant excellent view of the valley.

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• Parking - Gründelbach 50.15427, 7.702257Just after the hospital parking

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• Viewpoint Pilz 50.159426, 7.701683

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• Viewpoint - Heimbach 50.165259, 7.689252

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• Holzfelder Ziegenhof - Hof Taunusblick 50.163209, 7.652038 Opening Hours: limited opening hours Chance to buy goats Cheese or get a snack

• Holzfeld

Be care to follow the red markers and not the purple "Traumschleife" signs around Holzfeld, although there is an overlap for some time with these two routes.

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• Parking - Holzfeld Ringstraße 50.164158, 7.646318Just below the church

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• Viewpoint - Wilpertskopf - Aussichtspunkt | 50.173067, 7.646490

The alpine path north from Herzenach is closed due to safety reasons. The [https://ews_hirzenach.pdf alternate route bypassed the village.

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• Viewpoint - Europakuppel 50.176097, 7.644120 Hut with view

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• Viewpoint - Ziehlay 50.191554, 7.641966 With wooden carving of a praying nun.

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• Parking - Salzburnstraße 50.204016, 7.629170 A few places next to the walk, more further up the road out of town.

• Bad Salzig

Bad Salzig - Rhens: 15.5 kilometers

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After going through the small Kurpark in Bad Salzig the path starts to climb slowly out of the outskirts of the town and into the woods. A final short steep section takes you back onto the flat section above the Rhine valley. Along the way there are good view back across the valley to the Feindliche Brüder (“Adversarial Brothers”) and the two castles above Kamp-Bornhofen.

Once of the top the lane runs away from the edge of the valley. The official path temporarily diverts off this to follow the tree line, is easy to miss.

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• Viewpoint towards Feindliche Brüder 50.217094, 7.614020|counter=r
• Thonet Temple viewpoint 50.226197, 7.606111|counter=r
• Eisenbolz viewpoint and hut 50.224759, 7.596978

The drop back down into the valley before Boppard is a steep twisting narrow stone path.

After a stroll through the landscaped Bruder Michels Bach valley the path goes though the historic old town of Boppard and then along the promenade, one of the few stretches along the bank of the river.

• |counter=r|type=city Boppard - GPS: 50.2308 ,7.5928 a good selection of restaurants as well as accommodation.

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• Parking - Mühltal 50.235378, 7.577458 - 50 cents an hour or €4 for day ticket. WC and good Imbis on north end vehicle pack

Boppard-Rheinburgweg-steep-path-01 - The path out of Boppard A long and steep climb out Boppard of over rocky terrain under the chairlift provides excellent views of the loop in the river. As a more adventurous alternative to the rocky steps and there is an alternative climbing "Klettersteig" route up to the Hirschkopf.

On reaching the top of the hill you walk though an oak wood and towards the buildings at the top of the chairlift].

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• GedeonsEck - 50.243946, 7.572680 - Restaurant with outside seating and excellent view of the Rhine river loop at Filsen. Good menu selection with efficient and friendly service.

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• Vierseenblick 50.246310, 7.571196 - This is where the classic 4 lake view of the Rhine can been seen. Unfriendly service, you are expected to order the second you walk through the gate.

The walk continues on a relatively level section through the forest that run all the way into the Hunsrück.

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• Jakobsberg - 50.256651, 7.592578 less than 1 kilometers off the trail. - Hotel, restaurant and golf resort

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• Parking - Bramleystraße 50.280232, 7.616774 on edge of the town centre - Free parking

• Rhens

Rhens - Koblenz: 13.5 kilometers

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Lower Rhine section

Koblenz - Winningen: 15 kilometers

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• Koblenz
• Winningen

Winningen - Bassenheim: 19 kilometers

119←km→76

• Bassenheim

Bassenheim - Andernach: 13.5 kilometers

138←km→57

• Andernach

Andernach - Bad Breisig: 19.5 kilometers

151←km→43

• Bad Breisig

Bad Breisig - Remagen: 15.5 kilometers

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• Remagen

Remagen - Rolandsbogen: 14.5

186←km→0

• Rolandsbogen

Stay Safe

Rheinburgenweg-Alpinpfad-01 - Some sections of the walk are quite narrow

There are a few points with narrow path and steep drops but the route is basically a safe walk. The trail is not as well kept as the Rheinsteig and can be in places be overgrown, so expect the odd scratch from branches or irritations from stinging nettles. There is a very small chance in the region to come across wild boar, in this common event stay well away from them!

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