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Hesse

Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg

Otzberg

Otzberg Fortress – View of Veste Otzberg loop from Veste Otzberg

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Germany

Hesse

Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg

Otzberg

Otzberg Fortress – View of Veste Otzberg loop from Veste Otzberg

Moderate

4.7

(36)

142

hikers

Otzberg Fortress – View of Veste Otzberg loop from Veste Otzberg

02:23

8.55km

160m

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 14, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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127 m

Path to the parking lot

Highlight • Trail

Be careful, full of blackberries and nettles

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3.85 km

Hering Village Fountain with Coat of Arms

Highlight • Monument

Hering is a district of the municipality Otzberg in the southern Hessian district of Darmstadt-Dieburg and has about 950 inhabitants.

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4.16 km

Round tree trunk bench

Highlight • Rest Area

Super fun for all tree-bench-leg-danglers!

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4.35 km

Village fountain from 1595

Highlight • Monument

Unfortunately, the old village well no longer has any water. But it is planted with beautiful flowers in summer.

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4.38 km

Old Hering Town Hall

Highlight • Historical Site

On the way through the old town you pass the former town hall... beautiful to look at

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4.49 km

Church of the Nativity of Mary (Maria Geburt), Hering

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The Roman Catholic, listed church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is in Hering, a district of the municipality of Otzberg in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in Hesse. The church …

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4.62 km

Otzberg Fortress

Highlight • Castle

The fortress is all around the striking point in the front Odenwald.

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5.66 km

View of Veste Otzberg

Highlight • Viewpoint

The fortress can be seen from all directions and sometimes from a great distance. P. 7 Towers view

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7.53 km

Hubertusruhe

Lake

8.55 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.72 km

2.07 km

399 m

316 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.16 km

3.14 km

763 m

341 m

119 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Friday 14 August

37°C

17°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

November 28, 2021,Blick auf Otzberg – Blick zur Feste Otzberg Runde von Otzberg

Small Sunday afternoon round. Today I ran a tour (No. 4) from the hiking map at the Otzberg car park, and is very well signposted. Definitely worth it

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Otzberg Fortress – View of Veste Otzberg loop from Veste Otzberg

Path to the parking lot

Hering Village Fountain with Coat of Arms

Round tree trunk bench

Village fountain from 1595

Old Hering Town Hall

Church of the Nativity of Mary (Maria Geburt), Hering

Otzberg Fortress

View of Veste Otzberg

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