Oberwesel - Damscheid

Hunsrück

Circular walk, 12 km

Route: Oberwesel - Damscheid

You walk from the village of Oberwesel past the Martinskirche. Then you walk up a path to the Kackstuhl viewpoint. You continue walking through forests and past fields. You pass the Jewish cemetery. You pass several viewpoints. After Damscheid you follow a path over the northern slope of the Oberbach valley. You walk past vineyards and get a view of Schönburg Castle and the Rhine. You walk to the Schwede-Buren viewpoint. Then you follow a path down. You walk back to the starting point via the Kreuzweg and the path along the old city wall.

shape
loop
length
12 km 151
location
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
start / arrival
Koblenzerstraße / Martinstreppe, Oberwesel
path
path:85%  track:6%  stairs:6%  main road:1%  road:1% 
elevation
rise: 480m / fall: -480m
lowest: 82m / highest: 324m
 
Photo: Aussichtspunkt Kackstuhl, Oberwesel
Aussichtspunkt Kackstuhl, Oberwesel
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Points of interest

  • Jüdischer Friedhof
  • Marienkapelle, Engehöll
  • Kalvarienbergkapelle, Oberwesel
  • Martinskirche, Oberwesel
  • Pulverturm
  • Kuhhirtenturm
  • Michelfeldturm II
  • Michelfeldturm I
  • Mühlentorturm
  • Steingassenturm
  • Kölner Torturm
  • Niederburger Torturm
  • Katzenturm
  • Felsenturm
  • Koblenzer Torturm
  • Beckbomerturm
  • Ochsenturm
  • Wanderparkplatz Hardt, K92, Damscheid
  • Rheinufer Oberwesel
  • Ochsenturm, B9, Oberwesel
  • Oberwesel station
  • Viewpoint Gailsnack
  • Viewpoint Niederbachtal
  • Viewpoint Landsknechtblick
  • Viewpoint Guckshöll
  • Viewpoint Schwede-Bure
  • Viewpoint Die Schaukel
  • Viewpoint Die Hard(t)-Blick
  • Viewpoint Kackstuhl
  • Schloßnack (155m)
  • Klüppelberg (246m)
  • Spitzer Stein (417m)
  • Spitznack (190m)
  • Loreley Felsen (193m)

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References

Source

We found this trail, ‘Schwede-Bure-Tour’, in publication ‘Premium-Rundwege im Rheintal’, published by Romantischer Rhein Tourismus GmbH in 2020.

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