Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing loop from Hövels

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Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing loop from Hövels

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Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing loop from Hövels

00:53

3.03km

80m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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585 m

Legolas Wooden Statue on the Auenlandweg

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One of the more beautiful figures on the Auenlandweg

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696 m

Wooden Eagle Sculpture at Auenlandweg

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The eagle as a carved wooden figure - entrance guard to the Auenlandweg

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1.35 km

Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing

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Gandalf watches over the stream crossing here and the spider is already waiting on the other side. 😊

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1.35 km

Gandalf Wooden Sculpture on the Auenlandweg

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Very nicely carved with attention to detail! :)

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1.39 km

Spider Sculpture on the Auenlandweg

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No matter how big the ant in Siegen may be, the spider is scarier...
At least for me.
The Shire Trail is simply unique and comparisons are somehow unnecessary.
We …

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1.52 km

Steep Slope Along the Sieg River

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Beautiful path, there are beautiful sculpture carvings on the Auenlandweg.

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2.13 km

Gollum Wooden Sculpture on the Auenlandweg

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"Aaah, nasty hobbit" - Gollum is sitting here in a typical pose on a tree stump. If you turn around, you can literally hear him whispering behind you.

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2.45 km

Wooden Knight Statue on the Auenlandweg

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Worth seeing work of art that the artist carved out of a tree trunk

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3.03 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.40 km

1.09 km

437 m

106 m

Surfaces

1.78 km

758 m

492 m

Elevation

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Lowest point (160 m)

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Thursday 8 October

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Comments

July 23, 2023,Auenlandweg im Westerwald plus 2 Extras

The Auenlandweg in the Westerwald - naturregion-sieg.de/auenlandweg - a small but nice hiking trail with numerous impressive wood carvings related to Lord of the Rings and Hobbit.

As the pictures show, we visited two more places in the Westerwald on the way back. Unfortunately, komoot is not willing to position the images on the map, not even manually, since these …

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April 7, 2024,Auenlandweg

nice little hiking trail, with beautiful wood carvings

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October 9, 2024,🌄 Auenlandweg im Westerwald 🌧️

Small but nice: 👑 2nd place in "Germany's most beautiful hiking trail 2023", the *Shire Trail*!

📖 Anyone who knows Tolkien's stories will love this little trail!♥️ It is part of the larger route that I will hike on my next visit to the Westerwald :)

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December 16, 2023,Auenlandweg

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May 29, 2023,Gandalf – Spinne Runde von Blickhauser Wald

Very nice hike with great impressions. There are benches to rest on

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June 1, 2023,Wanderung Auenland Sieg

Beautiful way also possible with children. Lots of forest and the beautiful Au

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May 11, 2024,240511 Rundgang durchs Auenland

Brilliant.
A beautiful circular route that you should definitely walk anti-clockwise from both hiking car parks. It goes downhill to the steep slope on the Sieg, then along the steep slope and before the town through a gorge - flora-fauna habitat - back up to the hiking car park.
The steep slope and gorge are really idyllic and the figures …

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April 15, 2023,Auenlandweg Erlebniswege Sieg

After we did the lap in Werkhausen, we spontaneously decided to take the Auenlandweg in Blickhausen with us as well. A really pretty little circular route 🫶

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