Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Unkel Prison Tower

Unkel Prison Tower

Highlight • Historical Site

Unkel Prison Tower

Recommended by 209 hikers out of 223

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Rhein-Westerwald

Save

Location: Unkel, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Unkel Prison Tower

4.8

(224)

882

hikers

1. View from Erpeler Ley – Erpel Village Square loop from Unkel

12.2km

03:31

270m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

4.7

(153)

582

hikers

2. View from the Erpeler Ley – View of the Rhine and Linz loop from Unkel

18.3km

05:18

420m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Hard

4.8

(83)

416

hikers

3. Erpel Village Square – Erpel Old Town loop from Unkel

9.21km

02:36

160m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

Tips

PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

April 2, 2021

"... The prison tower was built as a round tower during the construction of the Unkel fortifications around 1553 and received the baroque hood around 1700. The prison was located in the cellar vault. This is where the young Ludwig van Beethoven is said to have woken up after a night of drinking. ..."
romantischer-rhein.de/a-gefaengnisturm

Translated by Google •

JakobusPilger

July 17, 2023

The Unkel criminals were once imprisoned in the stately walls of this historic building, which you pass on the Rhine promenade. On the outer wall, a number of flood markers indicate that the "Father Rhine", much sung about in the Rhineland, leaves its bed from time to time and sometimes causes very severe flooding; such as in the Bläck Fööss "Einmol em Johr kütt d'r Rhing us em Bett", which you can listen to on YouTube if you are interested at =>

Translated by Google •

Irmgard macht Meter

March 9, 2022

A very old prison tower with stone markings from the respective high water level with the year directly on the paved Rhine promenade, which is planted with a tree-lined avenue

Translated by Google •

Details

Informations

Elevation 50 m

Weather

Tuesday 9 December

13°C

9°C

73 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Unkel, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Remagen Rhine Promenade

Ludendorff Bridge Towers (Erpel Side)

Rolandsbogen

View of the Siebengebirge

Tree-Lined Avenue on Rheinsteig Stage 3

Peace Museum at the Remagen Bridge

View of Drachenfels and the Rhine

View of Schloss Marienfels

View of Siebengebirge from the Vulkankrater

Rheinsteig Trail in Naturpark Rhein-Westerwald

Herrlicher Weitblick mit Bank

Unkel Prison Tower

1. View from Erpeler Ley – Erpel Village Square loop from Unkel

2. View from the Erpeler Ley – View of the Rhine and Linz loop from Unkel

3. Erpel Village Square – Erpel Old Town loop from Unkel

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️