Hirnberg Observation Tower – Rammelfangen Castle loop from Gisingen
Hirnberg Observation Tower – Rammelfangen Castle loop from Gisingen
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Hirnberg Observation Tower – Rammelfangen Castle loop from Gisingen
02:20
8.38km
160m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: April 15, 2026
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1.17 km
View of Gisingen from the Gallenberg
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From here you can see modern radio towers (48m high transmission mast of the Telefonica Group in the immediate vicinity) and historical transmission masts (behind Ittersdorf, the over 270m high long-wave transmission masts Europe 1). To this day, the 59m high television antenna tower near the transmission building, which was planned for a TV station Telesaar, catches the eye. In this area, however, the first telegraph line ran on German soil more than 200 years ago. At the time of the French Revolution, Claude Chappe succeeded in creating a technically feasible optical telegraph device based on the transmission of characters with the help of pivoting signal arms. Two swiveling crossbars were attached to a high mast, with two further swiveling bars at each end, with which, depending on the position, different letters could be signaled by means of a “code”. The signal towers were within sight of each other. In 1813 the line between Metz and Mainz (225 km) was expanded. On the opposite, Scheidberg, such a telegraph was set up: It connected the stations on the Tromborner Höhe and on the Gauberg near Siersburg on the Metz - Mainz line. The time it took to transfer a single letter was an impressive two minutes at the time. Napoleon Bonaparte made use of the system, and it enabled him to communicate better between the various units than any other army of the time. However, the French telegraph line Metz - Mainz was destroyed by the Prussians in 1814. Further information and notes can be found at: gisingen.de/Tourismus/Wandern. Source: Text information board
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3.62 km
Wooden footbridge in Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park
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4.13 km
View of Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park
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4.34 km
Forest Path in Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park
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4.69 km
Hirnberg Observation Tower
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5.77 km
Waterfall and Picnic Area in Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park
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5.77 km
Weinbachtal Rest Area with Historic Spring
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6.37 km
Rammelfangen Castle
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After a fire in 1847 in the castle built by de Koeler in today's Weingartstraße, Ernst Dusartz de Vigneulles built the castle in today's Landstraße in the 1850s. It consists of a residential building and two farm buildings, grouped around the courtyard in a horseshoe shape. The finished lock was measured in September 1857. Ernst Dusartz de Vigneulles was the mayor of Rammelfangen from 1857 until his death on May 9th, 1871. His nephew Nikolaus inherited the entire property, sold the smaller estate in Mellich in the Eifel and moved with his wife and 3 children to Rammelfangen in 1873. In 1888 he was a member of the district council as a representative of the large landowners. He was able to destroy the castle and the farmyard due to several adverse circumstances such as the long, severe winter of 1891, food shortages due to drought in 1893 and a devastating storm on July 28, 1895 during the hail and rain on the Rammelfanger ban ¾ the harvest. In 1905 Adam Rupp from Oberlimberg bought the castle with part of the land and moved into this castle with the 7 orphans of his brother. After the Second World War, Rammelfangen was largely destroyed by the "reconstruction". People had to move closer together. In addition to the Rupp family, the castle provided a home for other families until their own houses were rebuilt from the rubble. After an extensive renovation in 2018 by the new owner, the castle appears again in new splendor. Source: Text information board
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8.38 km
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Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
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5.50 km
1.88 km
723 m
208 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
3.93 km
2.22 km
941 m
770 m
402 m
< 100 m
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Highest point (370 m)
Lowest point (270 m)
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