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Bad Vilbel

Vilbel Castle with moat – Alte Mühle Bad Vilbel loop from Bad Vilbel Süd

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Bad Vilbel

Vilbel Castle with moat – Alte Mühle Bad Vilbel loop from Bad Vilbel Süd

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Vilbel Castle with moat – Alte Mühle Bad Vilbel loop from Bad Vilbel Süd

03:22

12.6km

150m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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1.20 km

Vilbeler Brunnen Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

Bad Vilbel has a lot to show and is easy to reach thanks to the Nidda bike path from FFM. 👍🏼

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1.41 km

In the middle of the town of Bad Vilbel, directly on the banks of the Nidda River, the ruin of a moated castle holds its own. The stone building dates back to the 11th or 12th century and then replaced a homestead, which dates back to the time of the Carolingians. The castle was the seat of the robber baron Bechtram of Vilbel, who drove it so far with its illegitimate and also overpriced customs claims that formed in 1399 an alliance of the disgruntled rulers of Falkenstein and Hanau and the city of Frankfurt and destroyed the festivals. In the 15th century, the archbishop of Trier Werner von Falkenstein rebuilt the castle on the existing stone ring walls.

Since 1987 the Castle Festival Bad Vilbel has been held at the historic Wasserburg from the beginning of June until the beginning of September.

In addition to four of their own theatrical productions, the open-air stage includes numerous guest performances, theater plays for children and matinees (cabaret and solo programs by well-known artists).

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgfestspiele_Bad_Vilbel

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1.63 km

Castle Park with Arboretum

Highlight • Structure

This wonderful green area also shows that Bad Vilbel is not the poorest community in Germany.

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2.27 km

Nidda Trail

Highlight • Trail

Beautiful, quiet path on the less frequented side of the Nidda with beautiful views of the river and the castle park with its old trees.

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2.66 km

Alte Mühle Bad Vilbel

Highlight • Restaurant

The Bad Vilbel Cultural Center 👍
Since 1991, this has been the center of cultural life in the small spa town just outside Frankfurt.
Theater, cinema, restaurant, music school, ... and much more!
kultur-bad-vilbel.de/theater-alte-muehle

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3.94 km

Protected orchards

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

In spring you can enjoy a wonderful sea of flowers and in autumn the fruits😂😊😂

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5.98 km

Weg der Tiefe Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

The “Path of the Deep”, opened in 2009, connects Bad Vilbel with the Hohe Straße. With an impressive, 23-meter-long steel sculpture, he takes up the older concept of the “mineral water path”. The focus is on the special geology of the place with its many springs. This has to do with the geological formation of the rock layers - that's why a meter of steel always stands for 20 million earth years.

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7.62 km

Alter Schießplatz Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

The 6.8 hectare area is the largest clearing in the Vilbel Forest. Since 1937, the cleared area was used as a shooting range, first by the German Wehrmacht and after the war by the US military. In 1994 the area was returned to the city of Bad Vilbel and extensively renovated from 2001 to 2004. The aim was to secure the resulting poor grassland and swamp zones as well as to preserve and expand amphibious waters. After 80 years without fertilization and cultivation, a rich flora and fauna has developed on the wet biotopes and dry areas that exist today. Here you can find, for example, the common centaury, the small centaury, the Carthusian carnation, the sea jug and the waterskin. The insect world is represented, among other things, by the blue-winged grasshopper, bluebird, painted lady and swallowtail. 5 woodpecker species of the 7 species found in Hesse were observed at the shooting range.
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This highlight is part of the Natura Trail Bad Vilbel's scenic diversity of NaturFreunde Hessen: komoot.de/tour/1374953477
Sources: City of Bad Vilbel: Visitor information flyer, information boards in the city forest; Wetteraukreis: Annual Nature Conservation Report 2004/2005 "Redesign of the shooting range in the Bad Vilbel city forest"

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12.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.04 km

2.29 km

1.97 km

1.01 km

234 m

Surfaces

3.83 km

3.29 km

2.31 km

1.35 km

1.01 km

744 m

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

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Friday 3 July

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Vilbel Castle with moat – Alte Mühle Bad Vilbel loop from Bad Vilbel Süd

Vilbeler Brunnen Sculpture