Schwede-Bure dream loop

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Schwede-Bure dream loop

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Schwede-Bure dream loop

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12.4km

350m

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At just over twelve kilometers, the hilly Schwede-Bure dream loop impresses with sweeping views over the Rhine, the Oberbach Valley, and Oberwesel. This is where you start – either at a parking lot in the center or at the train station. You begin by walking along Oberwesel's very well-preserved city…

by Tourist-Info Hunsrück-Mittelrhein

Last updated: March 25, 2025

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Your route passes through a protected area

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UNESCO Welterbe Kulturlandschaft Oberes Mittelrheintal

Waypoints

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491 m

Oberwesel Town Wall and Towers

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The Stadtmauerweg Oberwesel is highly recommended, because on the Rhine-side part you have a beautiful view over the railway tracks to the Rhine and the half-timbered houses. I particularly like …

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2.15 km

View of the Rhine bend at Oberwesel

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From this point you have a beautiful view of the Rheinbogen near Oberwesel.

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6.73 km

Gailsnack Viewpoint

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From here you have a great view of the Hunsrück. Make yourself comfortable on the wooden bench and let your gaze wander over the hills of the low mountain range. …

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9.10 km

Bench with Viewing Frame – View of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley

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With a view of the other side of the valley, the “picture frame” visualizes the ecological potential of one hectare of forest, which, through a variety of animals and plants …

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11.2 km

View of Schönburg Castle

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The Schönburg always looks great, especially when the leaves change color in autumn.

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12.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.5 km

1.58 km

231 m

126 m

Surfaces

6.09 km

3.07 km

2.18 km

739 m

295 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Thursday 15 October

21°C

9°C

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Comments

March 11, 2023,Schwede Bure Tour

The Schwede Bure Tour begins at Schaarplatz in Oberwesel and climbs quickly along a vineyard out of the Rhine Valley. The climb offers repeated beautiful views of the Rhine Valley and the historic town of Oberwesel. Several rest stops along the way invite you to linger.

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March 1, 2025,Nr 113 ▪︎ Traumschleife Schwede-Bure (VG Hunsrück)

Today is meteorological spring and even if the weather is not entirely clear, contrary to the weather forecast, and the sun is hidden behind a veil of thick clouds, there are a whole lot of dream loops waiting to be hiked by me.

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August 7, 2025,Wanderung Traumschleife Schwede-Bure mit Schwiegereltern, Do 07.08.2025

Today we were out hiking with my in-laws – this time on the Schwede-Bure dream loop. The start and finish was in beautiful Oberwesel, a town on the Middle Rhine. Located in Rhineland-Palatinate, in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, it is known for its historic old town and impressive location directly on the river.
The hike was very varied and we thoroughly …

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September 28, 2023,Schwede-Bure-Tour Oberwesel

After finding a free parking space, I head to the starting point of the hike into the heart of Oberwesel.
We go to the medieval well and turn left there, continuing up a narrow path.
The medieval city wall lies in front of me. The path leads along there and I see the defense towers, one even with a drawbridge. …

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November 1, 2022,🚶🏼‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶🏻Traumschleife Schwede-Bure in Oberwesel

Actually, I thought I'd do the last tour on vacation alone. But oh wonder, after 1.2km two hikers seemed very familiar to me. I knew that Katja and Daniel were traveling along the Rhine, that they would be running this tour today, but not. I was all the happier to run the tour together with the two of them.
We …

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June 17, 2023,Traumschleife Schwede-Bure (bei Oberwesel)

Hike with Gabi.
We have walked the Schwede-Bure dream loop several times, but never in such bright sunshine. Well, today it was a bit exhaustingly warm.
We were particularly lucky when we observed 2 small fawns. They romped about 10 meters down the slope from us and then hid themselves in low bushes. We went down carefully and were able …

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July 26, 2025,Traumschleife Schwede-Bure-Tour 26.07.2025

I had seen the information signs by chance on one of our last tours in the Middle Rhine Valley, a side tour of the Rhine Castle Trail. Today I see that it has since been elevated to the status of a dream loop, and it certainly deserves it.

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August 2, 2025,Schwede-Bure-Tour

It was a lovely walk near Oberwesel that we spontaneously discovered during breakfast... There were endless blackberries, and the weather stayed dry. Beautiful views of the Rhine and Oberwesel—the town itself isn't that great, but the walk along the city wall is very nice.

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December 6, 2023

At just over twelve kilometers, the hilly Schwede-Bure dream loop impresses with sweeping views over the Rhine, the Oberbach Valley, and Oberwesel. This is where you start – either at a parking lot in the center or at the train station. You begin by walking along Oberwesel's very well-preserved city

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