Soonwald-Nahe Cycle Path – View of Gutenberg Castle Ruins loop from Spabrücken

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach

Spabrücken

Soonwald-Nahe Cycle Path – View of Gutenberg Castle Ruins loop from Spabrücken

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Soonwald-Nahe Cycle Path – View of Gutenberg Castle Ruins loop from Spabrücken

01:42

34.2km

500m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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After 11.2 km for 169 m

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10.3 km

Historic stone waymarker at the Daubach–Winterburg–Kirchberg junction

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these are always beautiful eyewitnesses

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11.0 km

Soonwald-Nahe Cycle Path

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Very good cycle path, highly recommended

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13.2 km

View of Gutenberg Castle Ruins

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The castle was first mentioned in 1213 as "castro Weitersheim". In 1334, the Counts of Sponheim (Front County) bought the castle, which has since been renamed Gutenburg. After this purchase, a fundamental reconstruction took place. After the extinction of the Sponheimers (Kreuzenacher line † 1414, Starkenburg line † 1437), the castle reached the front-native locals (mainly Margraviate Baden and Electoral Palatinate). The castle has lost its importance over time, was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and fell into ruin. In the view in the thesaurus philopoliticus by Daniel Meisner, it is already depicted as a ruin. The ruin is now privately owned.

The castle complex had a core castle that was completely surrounded by a ring kennel, protected by a ring wall with towers and a neck trench. The ruin still shows clear wall remnants today.

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28.8 km

Wallhausen

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Beautiful place with lots of wine growing

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29.3 km

Statue and fountain in Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

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On the way at over 30 degrees, this fountain with its cool water is a great stopover.

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31.8 km

View of Dalberg Castle Ruins

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Dalberg Castle, also called Dalburg, is the ruin of a hilltop castle in the valley of the Gräfenbachs, which flows into the Nahe via the Ellerbach near Bad Kreuznach. It rises above the local municipality of Dalberg in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate.
A godebold of Weyersbach (Weierbach) had this castle built around 1150 on an exposed position and secured itself by a Speyerisches fief. Already in the 14th century the original client family died out. Johann Kämmerer of Worms brought in this time in the possession of this castle and added henceforth his family name Kämmerer of Worms the addition "called of Dalberg" at.

With the advances in weapons technology, the exposed location offered no advantage, so they built the new Wallhausen Castle in the valley, which is still owned by the heirs today. The former castle collapsed and was used as a quarry in the 19th century.

The 60 by 45 meter rectangular castle complex had a four-storey ten by ten meter residential tower, two round towers in the east, a Dietherbau with Dietherturm, a 12 meter high keep with a diameter of eight meters and a wall thickness of two meters, and a former "Antoniuskapelle" with corner tower. The plant was protected by a ring wall and a neck trench. Today, considerable remnants of the surrounding walls can still be seen. Partly remains of the original plaster have been preserved.

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32.1 km

St. Leonard's Chapel

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The baptismal font in Spabrücken pointed the way to the Dalberger chapel. A look at the 500-year history of the small church is worthwhile. The family of the chamberlains had long worshiped Saint Leonhard.
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