RheinBurgenWeg: Trechtingshausen-Bacharach

June 30, 2026

by avatar @piet

Trechtingshausen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Moderate

Completed

Distance 21.65 km
Est. duration 06h 00m
Elevation Gain 931 m
Elevation Loss 931 m
Category Hiking

Description

A serously long day - you can split it in half by jumping on a train in Nierheimbach if you like.

Route

Start

Reichenstein Castle
50.00502, 7.85356

You passed this yesterday/will pass this tomorrow, so let's not take a detour today for this castle turned fancy hotel

Siebenburgenblick
50.01896, 7.82263

This place is called Siebenburgenblick because you can see sieben Burgen, 7 castles. Most of them are ruins now, but still very cool.

Burg Sooneck
50.01946, 7.82495

Burg Hohneck
50.03391, 7.80667

Another day, another castle.

Niederheimbach train station
50.03639, 7.80508

Oberdiebach
50.03388, 7.77885

Ruine Fürstenberg
50.04173, 7.78729

At this point you probably start wondering: why did they need castles every 500 meters along the Rhine?

Mendenscheid
50.04483, 7.77258

Burg Stahleck
50.05830, 7.76581

Some of the castles have hotels in them, most of them you cannot afford. This one is an exception: it is a youth hostel.

Wernerkapelle
50.05955, 7.76708

This beautiful building has an awful history, and anything I write here will not do it justice.

21.65 km

Finish