Weinsmühle – View from Rabenlay loop from Gondershausen

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Weinsmühle – View from Rabenlay loop from Gondershausen

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Weinsmühle – View from Rabenlay loop from Gondershausen

02:50

10.1km

190m

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: August 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.45 km

View of wind turbines at Rabenlay rest area

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Relax lounger with information boards to the visible from here wind turbines. It's not that many. In the Hunsrück there are places where you can see more than a hundred wind turbines.

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3.86 km

Weinsmühle

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The former residential and mill building can only be seen in the foundation walls. An outbuilding is still used as a weekend house.
The last resident was Ernst Weins (1868-1959).

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4.51 km

Confluence of Mühlenbach and Baybach

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At the confluence of Mühlenbach and Baybach, the volunteer fire department built a sturdy wooden bridge over the Mühlenbach stream. Slightly above, the Baybach has cut its valley through towering …

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4.99 km

Weins-Anton Mill Ruins (Rest Area)

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Between the ruins of an old mill on the Baybach is a large picnic bench for a break on the idyllic stream below the Rabenlay rock.

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5.24 km

View from Rabenlay

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High above the Baybach rises the Rabenlay rock and offers several places with fantastic views. Average dizziness.

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5.64 km

View of the Mühlenbach and Baybach Valleys

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On an exposed corner of the Rabenlay plateau, a relaxation lounger offers a great view of the valleys of Mühlenbach and Baybach.

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8.39 km

Erzgrube Petrus Rest Area

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Refuge with lounger and information boards. Iron ore was mined here in opencast mines until 1920. The pit with embankments, which is a few meters deep, can be walked through, …

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10.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.73 km

2.79 km

523 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.16 km

2.64 km

1.70 km

1.08 km

559 m

Elevation

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Highest point (400 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

Weather

Sunday 18 October

13°C

7°C

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

March 15, 2025,Traumschleife Rabenlay...als Unvollendete 😉👍

To get it out of the way: I "cut off" the end of the Dream Loop 🤦. Not because I was at the end of my strength, but because I know the last stretch around the Waldsee well enough from the other side.

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April 7, 2025,Baybachtal und Rabenlay - eine Essenz 🥰😍

As so often, I tried to combine practicality with pleasure today 😉 Successful ☺️
I started in Gondershausen at Anja Hammes's nursery (highly recommended), where I had bought some spotted lungwort. I had actually wanted to pick them up yesterday from the edge of a forest, but my very proper husband strongly advised me against it. She's right, after all, …

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May 11, 2025,Traumschleife Rabenlay, Gondershausen

Unfortunately after about 2/3 GPS malfunction... in reality it was about 15 km

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November 14, 2021,Traumschleife Rabenlay 2/2 🌫️🍁🥾

It's not my day...
Modest weather🙄
Physically not fit 🥴
Turned wrongly a couple of times 😬
The watch has canceled the tour ⌚⛔
And on the way home I got a deer in my car 😑

To the tour:
I promised myself a lot more from the Rabenlay ...
Three quarters of the route goes over meadows and fields. …

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