Rund um Dalem

Hiking trails & Routes

Rund um Dalem

Moderate

4.8

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481

hikers

Rund um Dalem

03:33

12.5km

270m

Hiking

On this circular tour, you'll hike through the charming and beautiful Bliesgau landscape of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Discover the wooded gorges of the Bliesgau sandstone in the lower elevations and enjoy the views of fertile farmland from the limestone heights of the Bliesgau.

Most of the hike will be…

by Saarland

Last updated: July 30, 2025

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Oberwürzbach-Hirschental

Biosphärenreservat Bliesgau

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.46 km

Dalheimer Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

A short gorge that is quite beautiful. It's especially pleasant in summer, after hiking through the sunny meadows.

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10.7 km

Bench with a view of Bliesgau

Highlight • Viewpoint

From here you have a wonderful view over the Bliesgau.

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12.0 km

Schätzel's Quarry

Highlight • Structure

This small quarry is located a bit off the path, but it's signposted.

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12.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.77 km

5.38 km

895 m

359 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.11 km

3.95 km

2.72 km

427 m

108 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (380 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

6°C

72 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

May 27, 2023,Rund um Dalem , Heckendalheim

We really enjoyed this tour. Excellently marked and again provided with many rest areas. Very varied. If you wanted, you could still play music along the way.

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November 6, 2025,Rund um Dalem 🌤️☀️6.11.25

Hike together with
B, C, C, G, S, H, H, and [name missing] in glorious late autumn weather.

"Around Dalem" is a high-altitude and gorge trail around Heckendalheim and leads through the beautiful Bliesgau landscape of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The trail runs partly across the limestone heights with fertile farmland and partly through the wooded gorges of the Bunter …

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May 11, 2025,"Rund um Dalem"🚶‍♀️🚶🪻🌸💮🏵️🪷🍀🪴

We're already familiar with the tour, but not with the official route, which is 2 km longer. We really enjoyed it today👌🏼💚, a perfect mix of paths and trails, including short paved sections. Beautiful wildflower meadows, the buzzing of bees, PERFECT 👍🫶.
The trail is now around 12.6 km long, down from 10 km originally, and we've added a bit …

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June 12, 2026,Biosphärenreservat Bliesgau - Rund um Dalem

Despite the rainy weather forecast, we happily started the Bliesgau closing hike today. The "Rund um Dalem" or Heckendalheimer Höhen- und Klammenweg hiking trail is very well signposted and a varied tour (meadows and forest; ups and downs; bird songs and other sound experiences). At Saarbrücken Airport, we were able to observe 2 take-offs and were then amazed at how …

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October 29, 2022,Rund um Dalem 29.10.22

I just really like the area there. Apparently there was an extension of the path.

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August 15, 2022,Rund um Dalem vom 🅿️ an der Römerstraße

The complete "Around Dalem" tour, my planned tour exported.

The Heckendalheimer Höhen- und Klammenweg "Rund um Dalem" leads you into the charming and beautiful Bliesgau landscape of the UNESCO biosphere reserve. Here you can experience the limestone heights of the Bliesgau with fertile farmland as well as the wooded gorges of the Buntsandstein in the lower altitudes during your hike

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May 3, 2022,20220503 0911 Rund um Dalem

At 7° to 19°C and sunshine, I followed the "Around Dalem" tour, which has been certified since 2016.
I was all familiar with the individual sections from my MTB tours, but exploring this round in one go and also on foot gives a completely different perspective.
The round has already been described X times, so only briefly:

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November 24, 2021,Heckendalheimer Höhen- und Klammenweg...🌞🌞🌞

Very nice and varied path ... thanks for the suggestion to Florina ... 👌

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July 21, 2025

On this circular tour, you'll hike through the charming and beautiful Bliesgau landscape of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Discover the wooded gorges of the Bliesgau sandstone in the lower elevations and enjoy the views of fertile farmland from the limestone heights of the Bliesgau.
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Most of the hike will

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