Pfalzgrafenstein Castle – Blücher Monument loop from Kaub

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Pfalzgrafenstein Castle – Blücher Monument loop from Kaub

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Pfalzgrafenstein Castle – Blücher Monument loop from Kaub

01:29

17.3km

400m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

Tips

Includes ferry crossings

Check ferry timetable.

After 309 m for 358 m

After 16.8 km for 358 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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22 m

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

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The Zollburg Pfalzgrafenstein stands on a Rhine island in the amount of the wine village Kaub. From Kaub can be translated with a passenger ferry to the island. A visit is highly recommended and becomes a lasting memory.

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787 m

Ferry to Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

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Small passenger ferry for the crossing to Pfalzgrafenstein Castle.

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876 m

Blücher Monument

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The memorial was designed by the Berlin sculptor Prof. Friedrich Schaper, cast by the metal foundry Walter Gladenbeck in Friedrichshagen and ceremoniously unveiled on June 18, 1894. The statue is …

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2.35 km

Views of the Rhine and Pfalzgrafenstein Castle from the Rheinsteig (Lorch to Kaub)

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Magnificent area. Steep vineyards, numerous castles and the Rhine flowing below.

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13.8 km

View of Bacharach and the Upper Middle Rhine Valley

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with a large map of the Middle Rhine Valley and a view of Bacharach

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13.8 km

Stone plaque with Middle Rhine Valley profile

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Very interesting stone tablet with the profile of the Middle Rhine Valley

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16.7 km

View of Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

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The best way to see it is by ferry.
It stops there on every crossing. You can leave the ferry, look around and get on again on the next crossing.

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17.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.43 km

4.35 km

2.00 km

704 m

376 m

312 m

103 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.01 km

5.53 km

3.19 km

1.02 km

790 m

740 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

5°C

92 %

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Pfalzgrafenstein Castle – Blücher Monument loop from Kaub

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

Ferry to Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

Blücher Monument

Views of the Rhine and Pfalzgrafenstein Castle from the Rheinsteig (Lorch to Kaub)

View of Bacharach and the Upper Middle Rhine Valley

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View of Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

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