Winterstein tower – Kapersburg Roman Fort loop from Ober-Mörlen

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Winterstein tower – Kapersburg Roman Fort loop from Ober-Mörlen

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Winterstein tower – Kapersburg Roman Fort loop from Ober-Mörlen

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14.8km

270m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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133 m

Start of the Wildcat Nature Trail

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A very beautiful and educational path to the Winterstein Tower.

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1.92 km

Winterstein tower

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Today's observation tower is already the third at this point and was built in 2005. You have a great view of Frankfurt, up to the Staudinger power plant in Groß-Auheim, …

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6.69 km

View of the Quarry Pond in Taunus

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In good weather, the view goes over Frankfurt and up to Melibokus in the Odenwald.

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9.15 km

Kapersburg Roman Fort

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What fell victim to agriculture elsewhere is well preserved in the forests of the Hessian Taunus. Rome's military fortifications, such as the Kapersburg near Rosbach vor der Höhe, give an …

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9.32 km

Roman Bath at Kapersburg

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The small Roman fort is definitely worth seeing!

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10.2 km

Limes Trail in the Taunus

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Very nice and interesting hiking trail

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11.4 km

Limes Experience Trail

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This section connects the archaeological sites of Kapersburg with the Reko lookout tower on the Gaulskopf. And always or mostly there is the clearly recognizable remains of the earthen wall, …

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12.3 km

Limes Trail – Small Fort Kaisergrube

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Pure peace and relaxation...very relaxed terrain...natural

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14.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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10.9 km

3.74 km

169 m

Surfaces

5.38 km

4.51 km

4.22 km

635 m

< 100 m

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Tuesday 6 October

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Comments

May 24, 2026,Wintersteinturm – Kastell Kapersburg

Today we looked at the Winterstein Tower again. We started from the direction of Butzbach back then and today from Friedberg, more precisely from the direction of Ober-Mörlen.
With crisp sunshine, we climbed the Winterstein Tower, enjoyed the mild air and gazed into the distance.
Unfortunately, the Frankfurt skyline was hazy and couldn't really be photographed.
Instead, we enjoyed the …

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January 18, 2023,Mittwochspower: Wildkatzenlehrpfad, Winterstein + Kapersburg/Ober-Mörlen

With 9 🚺, 1 🚹 + 5 🐕 we were on our way.
I have expanded the wildcat nature trail.
A beautiful route with great trails. The most beautiful is the path around the Wintersteinturm and then the section over the Limes. The Limesweg is partly a pond landscape, no wonder after all the rain.
We definitely want to repeat …

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September 13, 2023,Mittwochsfrauenpower: Wildkatzenlehrpfad - Kapersburg/Ober-Mörlen 2.0

I was already on this route in January. And now that everything is green, it's so beautiful again. The trail over the Limes in particular is a dream.
Due to last night's rain, everything was still hazy this morning and therefore little visibility from the Wintersteinturm.
In November the hike will officially be repeated with the “wanderlosen”.

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May 24, 2025,Wildkatzenlehrpfad: Winterstein - Kapersburg/Ober-Mörlen 3.0 (100/2025)

Even repeating it was a wonderful, fun hike. The gorse is still in bloom in abundance, and is slowly being replaced by foxgloves.
The last photo shows a song thrush egg.

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May 24, 2025,Wildkatzenlehrpfad: Winterstein - Kapersburg/Ober-Mörlen (15-20)

Check out the Wildcat Trail: Winterstein - Kapersburg on Relive! relive.com/view/vrqojLYWLy6

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May 24, 2025,045/2025: Wetterau Wildkatzenlehrpfad Winterstein bei Ober-Mörlen

The Wanderlosen group's Saturday hike today took them along the Wildcat Trail near Ober-Mörlen.

A beautiful circular tour with a tower climb and repeated, magnificent views of the Frankfurt skyline.

Despite the approximately 16 kilometers, this varied hike was over very quickly.

The tour in moving images can be found here as a Relive video:
relive.com/de/view/vQvyKw7gA46

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December 11, 2022,Rosbach-Wintersteinturm 11.12.22

Very spontaneous planning 🤣🙈....

But still successful 💪🏼
I would say the plan was ready 5 minutes before departure.
In other words, the plan was ready, get dressed and leave 😁

I haven't been to the corner of the Taunus yet... I've only touched one corner, I recognized the Kapersburg.

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