Kirschweiler Fortress – View of the Hunsrück Valley loop from Sensweiler
Kirschweiler Fortress – View of the Hunsrück Valley loop from Sensweiler
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Kirschweiler Fortress – View of the Hunsrück Valley loop from Sensweiler
04:40
15.8km
440m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 12, 2026
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Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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3.82 km
Picnic Bench at the Trail Junction
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4.98 km
Forest Trail and Rock Formation in Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park
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5.03 km
View of the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park
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5.04 km
Kirschweiler Fortress
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7.57 km
Kirschweiler Festung Trailhead
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7.64 km
Springy single trail
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10.2 km
View of the Hunsrück Valley
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10.2 km
Ringskopf Viewpoint and Rock Formations
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15.8 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
8.88 km
5.29 km
871 m
382 m
367 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
6.68 km
3.39 km
3.16 km
2.08 km
228 m
225 m
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Elevation
Highest point (640 m)
Lowest point (440 m)
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The sun didn't want to come out today and it even dripped a bit on the way, but it was still a nice lap. Since a stony ascent (descent) has to be mastered twice, you should be sure-footed on the tour. At the fortress I felt like I was in the "cemetery of the cuddly …
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The Kirschweiler Fortress, however, raised different expectations than what we found. If you can accept the fact that there are just a few stones instead of a real fortress, you can consider it a highlight! Overall, though, another beautiful hike and a great day.
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A truly beautiful trail, almost entirely forest paths through a variety of forest areas. There's also a climbing section at the fortress.
Some areas, like at Erbeskopf, are already suffering from extensive bark beetle infestation and deforestation. But new plants are already emerging from below.
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Archæologically none of that, and yet a place, not a classic fortress but rather a natural quartzite rock formation around which myths and legends entwine.
A mountain, also called Hunschrack or Silberich, whose rocks rise as flat as a fortress wall.
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Die Traumschleife Kirschweiler Festung wurde 2016 vom Deutschen Wanderinstitut als Premiumwanderweg mit 78 Erlebnispunkten zertifiziert.
Start der Traumschleife Eingangsportal am Wanderparkplatz (Nähe Golfplatz). Empfohlene Laufrichtung im Uhrzeigersinn.
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saar-hunsrueck-steig.de/traumschleifen/kirschweiler-festung
Dreiherrenstein
Der Dreiherrenstein Ist Ausgangspunkt der Hintersponheimer Steinlinie, die im Jahre 1776 errichtet wurde und damals die Grenze zwischen den Ländereien der Herzöge von Pfalz-Zweibrücken und des Markgrafen …
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