Hunsrück to Middle Rhine – cycling in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site

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Hunsrück to Middle Rhine – cycling in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site

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Hunsrück to Middle Rhine – cycling in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site

02:47

44.8km

310m

Cycling

This beautiful bike tour takes you through the picturesque Hunsrück into the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, where stately castles and the famous Loreley Rock await you. With the help of the Hunsrück Railway, the route becomes a loop.

You start in Emmelshausen, the terminus of the Hunsrückbahn. From there you…

by Tourist-Info Hunsrück-Mittelrhein

Last updated: June 3, 2024

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Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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19.3 km

View of the Hunsrück landscape and descent to the Upper Middle Rhine Valley

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Here the vast Hunsrück landscape with its meadows and fields meets the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site on a descent. In Oberwesel you finally meet the Rhine cycle …

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28.0 km

View of the Loreley Rock

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Between the Mouse Tower in Bingen and the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz, 29 castles, palaces or castle ruins tell of the important history of the Middle Rhine Valley. Kings, princes, …

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29.4 km

View of Katz Castle

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On the right bank of the Rhine, high above St. Goarshausen rises Katz Castle. It is privately owned and can not be visited. The Rheinsteig passes by.

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30.2 km

View of Rheinfels Castle

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Both the view of Rheinfels Castle and the view from the castle are worthwhile. The ferry between St. Goar and St. Goarshausen can be used to change the Rhine bank.

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41.1 km

View of Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein

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There were once two brothers, one was the lord of Sterrenberg Castle and the other of Liebenstein Castle, they were mortal enemies and were constantly at war with each other.

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44.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.5 km

6.62 km

5.89 km

3.65 km

110 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

29.1 km

9.03 km

5.91 km

386 m

329 m

108 m

Elevation

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Highest point (560 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Tuesday 13 October

16°C

8°C

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

September 20, 2025,Rhein in Flammen: Bad Salzig - Emmelshausen - Pfalzfeld - Oberwesel - S. Goar

Rhine in Flames... something we've always wanted to experience.

We drove to Bad Salzig, parked there to avoid the hustle and bustle, and from there cycled to S. Goar. From the banks of the Rhine, we went straight up to Fleckertshöhe. A massive climb, but one that was rewarded with a magnificent view of the Rhine Valley.

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September 2, 2022,Von Bad Salzig in den Hunsrück und zurück

The beginning of the tour is exhausting even with an e-bike. 10 km long only uphill. The effort is rewarded with magnificent views. Then it goes over the Schinderhannes cycle path in the Hunsrück, only to be led back to the Rhine a little later over lonely roads.

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October 2, 2023,🚴‍♂️ Tour an den Rhein

Take advantage of the good weather and take a tour to the Rhine. Via Damscheid, Niederburg, Urbar past the Günderodehaus down to Oberwesel.

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December 8, 2023

This beautiful bike tour takes you through the picturesque Hunsrück into the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, where stately castles and the famous Loreley Rock await you. With the help of the Hunsrück Railway, the route becomes a loop.
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You start in Emmelshausen, the terminus of the Hunsrückbahn. From there

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