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Rhineland-Palatinate
Altenkirchen
Mittelhof

Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing loop from Schönsteiner Tunnel

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Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Altenkirchen
Mittelhof

Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing loop from Schönsteiner Tunnel

Easy

4.7

(546)

1,603

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Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing loop from Schönsteiner Tunnel

01:15

4.44km

90m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 17, 2026

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After 2.53 km for 71 m

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1.29 km

Legolas Wooden Statue on the Auenlandweg

Highlight • Monument

One of the more beautiful figures on the Auenlandweg

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1.40 km

The eagle as a carved wooden figure - entrance guard to the Auenlandweg

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2.05 km

Short hike with highlights.

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2.06 km

Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing

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Gandalf watches over the stream crossing here and the spider is already waiting on the other side. 😊

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2.06 km

Very nicely carved with attention to detail! :)

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2.10 km

No matter how big the ant in Siegen may be, the spider is scarier...
At least for me.
The Shire Trail is simply unique and comparisons are somehow unnecessary.
We …

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2.84 km

"Aaah, nasty hobbit" - Gollum is sitting here in a typical pose on a tree stump. If you turn around, you can literally hear him whispering behind you.

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3.16 km

Worth seeing work of art that the artist carved out of a tree trunk

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4.44 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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1.39 km

1.26 km

1.11 km

583 m

Surfaces

1.80 km

910 m

877 m

752 m

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Comments

October 9, 2024,🌄 Auenlandweg im Westerwald 🌧️
Small but nice: 👑 2nd place in "Germany's most beautiful hiking trail 2023", the *Shire Trail*!

📖 Anyone who knows Tolkien's stories will love this little trail!♥️ It is part of the larger route that I will hike on my next visit to the Westerwald :)

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April 7, 2024,Auenlandweg
nice little hiking trail, with beautiful wood carvings

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With the extended family we went on this short walk. My siblings, nieces and nephews didn't want to walk anymore, but they bravely went along this path 😂. And who would have thought that there were all sorts of fantasy characters, including Gandalf and Gollum, in the middle of the Westerwald. In addition, real horses, donkeys and goats, plus a …

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July 24, 2021,Auenland Runde
Don't be surprised at the sometimes strange routing ... there were still some attached geocaches collected. ;-)

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The Auenlandweg in the Westerwald - naturregion-sieg.de/auenlandweg - a small but nice hiking trail with numerous impressive wood carvings related to Lord of the Rings and Hobbit.

As the pictures show, we visited two more places in the Westerwald on the way back. Unfortunately, komoot is not willing to position the images on the map, not even manually, since these …

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Very nice hike with great impressions. There are benches to rest on

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After we did the lap in Werkhausen, we spontaneously decided to take the Auenlandweg in Blickhausen with us as well. A really pretty little circular route 🫶

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