View over Bernkastel-Kues – Bernkastel-Kues Market Square loop from Bernkastel-Kues

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View over Bernkastel-Kues – Bernkastel-Kues Market Square loop from Bernkastel-Kues

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View over Bernkastel-Kues – Bernkastel-Kues Market Square loop from Bernkastel-Kues

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3.11km

130m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

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622 m

Landshut Castle above Kues

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Landshut Castle is the ruins of a hilltop castle.
It was built at the end of the 13th century by Heinrich von Finstingen, Archbishop of Trier.
Today, it features an …

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651 m

View over Bernkastel-Kues

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From here you have a magnificent view over the Mosel valley. The castle is easily reached via a footpath.

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857 m

View of Landshut Castle and the Moselle

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Landshut Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle in Bernkastel-Kues in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bernkastel-Wittlich.

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1.44 km

Bernkastel Old Town Square

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Very nice old town. Even a bicycle cellar is available free of charge. Wheelchairs lockers 👍The place is overflowing. Also Kues is worth a detour. Here start many Mosel ships.

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1.47 km

Bernkastel-Kues Market Square

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Even if I was hardly sensitive to the beauty of the place after a long hike in the evening, I noticed that I found a special gem here. If you …

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1.62 km

Bernkastel-Kues Market Square and the Spitzhäuschen

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A very beautiful little town, both in summer and winter. Beautiful half-timbered houses, narrow streets, the opportunity to take a boat trip on the Moselle, and hike to the castle ruins. There's no chance of getting bored here.

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3.11 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.63 km

783 m

441 m

150 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.27 km

1.09 km

463 m

275 m

Elevation

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Highest point (250 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Tuesday 6 October

24°C

9°C

57 %

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Comments

November 26, 2022,BERNKASTEL KUES Wasserfall Bernkastel – Blick über BK Runde von Andel

After visiting the extremely beautiful Christmas market in Bernkastel-Kues, a not extremely long, but very beautiful hike to the waterfall with a chapel (somehow very emotional) and then to Landshut Castle. Great view from all directions of the valley and the Moselle.

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June 4, 2023,Bernkastel-Kues: Wasserfall und Burg Landshut Runde

We then walked this small round to the Moselsteig side jump. Of course, the detour to the waterfall had to be (I love waterfalls) and the view from Landshut Castle is worth the climb. If you choose the path over the waterfall and the back of the mountain, the climb is not that steep either.
We had a delicious meal …

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October 8, 2022,Spaziergang zur Burg - eine Minitour am ersten Tag in Bernkastel-Kues

On the arrival day of our Moselle trip in Bernkastel-Kues there wasn't much time left for an extended tour, but there should still be some exercise after the journey. ☺️ So for the first time up the steep vineyards and visited Landshut Castle, on the short way back to the city there was a detour to the waterfall and the …

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