Nieder Kostenz Viaduct – View of Idarkopf loop from Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
Nieder Kostenz Viaduct – View of Idarkopf loop from Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
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Nieder Kostenz Viaduct – View of Idarkopf loop from Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
01:13
4.48km
70m
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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 10, 2026
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Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe
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22 m
Nieder Kostenz Viaduct
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1.99 km
Forest Path in Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe
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2.24 km
View of Kirchberg from the rest area
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Kirchberg, the oldest town in the Hunsrück, looks back on a long past. Celts, Romans, Franks and later the counts and princes of the Middle Ages, the Counts of Sponheim and the Margraves of Baden have left their mark here. Kirchberg today has around 4,000 inhabitants and is the seat of the municipal administration of the same name. Litter finds from the Neolithic indicate an early settlement. Visible evidence of this time are the many barrows in the vicinity. Around 50 BC The Romans advanced from Gaul to the Rhine. When the Roman poet Decimus Magnus Ausonius traveled from Bingen via Kirchberg to Trier in AD 368 and in his poetic description “Mosella * mentioned the place Dumnissus (today's Kirchberg-Denzen), he could not have guessed that he was doing it would leave the oldest surviving evidence of a Roman settlement on the plateaus of the Hunsrück. Kirchberg, which is first mentioned in 1127 as "Chiriperg", has been in the possession of the Kreuznach line of the Counts of Sponheim since 1248. Since then, the historical development of the city has been closely linked to the Sponheimers and their heirs. In 1259 Kirchberg received city rights. The medieval city was surrounded by a tower-reinforced wall with a moat and rampart, the course of which is still visible from a bird's eye view. In 1689 French troops destroyed the city and its fortifications. In 1708 the office of Kirchberg fell to Baden. Kirchberg became the administrative seat of the new Badisches Oberamt, which existed until the French revolutionary army marched in in 1794. Source: Text information board
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View of Idarkopf
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3.30 km
Steep wall at the mulch storage in Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe
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4.02 km
View of the Nieder Kostenz Viaduct from Karrenberg
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A picnic bench and a relaxation lounger are available.
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4.11 km
Forest Long Jump Pit
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4.12 km
View of Nieder Kostenzer Viaduct
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From here you have a wonderful view of the Kyrbachtal and the railway viaduct at Nieder Kostenz. The railway bridge is part of the Hunsrückquerbahn, which leads from Langenlohnsheim via Simmern and Kirchberg to Hermeskeil. The first plans to build a railway line across the Hunsrück already existed around the middle of the 19th century. Since there were doubts about the profitability of the railway, the project initially met with little approval from the government and municipalities. It was not until many years later that the railway line from Langenlohnsheim to Simmern was built and opened in 1889. The first step towards developing the Hunsrück by rail had been taken. In order to promote the continuation of the railway in the direction of Morbach and Hermeskeil, the Kirchberg city council passed a petition in October 1889. It took another seven years until the Prussian House of Representatives secured the financing of the railway line from Simmern to Kirchberg on June 3, 1896. The start of construction was delayed, however, as requests for changes were repeatedly made to the district government. In 1899, construction work began on the Kirchberg - Morbach railway line. The construction workers were mostly Slovaks and Dalmatians. They worked day and night shifts. Finally the time had come: the connection from Simmern to Kirchberg was completed in 1901 and from Kirchberg to Morbach in 1902. Almost a year later one could travel by train from Langenlonsheim via Simmern-Kirchberg-Morbach to Hermeskeil and from there to Trier or via the turquoise mill to Saarbrücken or to transport goods. Kirchberg's importance as a market place was quickly recognized. From October 1904 until the outbreak of World War I, a special train ran between Morbach and Kirchberg on market days. Source: Text information board
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4.48 km
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Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
2.31 km
1.67 km
404 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
3.26 km
606 m
381 m
133 m
< 100 m
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