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Castle ruins + city wall - Sonnenberg 🚴‍♂️

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Castle ruins + city wall - Sonnenberg 🚴‍♂️

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Castle ruins + city wall - Sonnenberg 🚴‍♂️

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Location: Hesse, Germany

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1. Climb to Bremthal – View of Sonnenberg Castle loop from Neroberg

41.3km

02:06

600m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Climb to Bremthal – View of Sonnenberg Castle loop from Eppstein-Bremthal

30.2km

01:35

480m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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3. Hohe Wurzel Pass (570 m) – Rheinwiesen Park, Mainz-Kastel loop from Mainz-Kastel

61.7km

03:03

860m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Germane 🚴‍♂️

May 12, 2021

The Sonnenberg Castle is the ruin of a spur castle in WI-Sonnenberg on the slopes of the Vordertaunus. The barren remains of the ruin lie a little above the old town center. It was built on a rock from 1200 and was at that time the most important bastion of the Counts of Nassau. Count Adolf, who was elected German king in 1292, resided here. In 1351 the valley was fortified and the village was given a protective wall. The outer bailey is integrated into the city wall. Apart from the full height of the accessible keep, there are only a few, unassociable foundation walls of the upper castle. The Wiesbaden Gate, built in the 14th century, was built over with a wooden battlement and connected to the Stümpert by a door. The Stümpert or Clock Tower, as it is also known, has an open back wall like most other towers in Sonnenberg. Today there are three entrances to the castle, in the east through the main gate and in the valley via the former city gates.
From the donjon plateau, which was restored after the 2nd World War, you have a beautiful view over the Rambachtal and WI 🚴‍♂️

heimatverein-sonnenberg.de/html/burg-sonnenberg-allgemein.html

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Krüpper Henrik

June 3, 2021

The castle ruins have been renovated for two years and unfortunately there is no restaurant there. Otherwise a beautiful place with a great view!

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Dirkster

February 5, 2023

Great view, unfortunately currently closed due to construction

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Castle ruins + city wall - Sonnenberg 🚴‍♂️

1. Climb to Bremthal – View of Sonnenberg Castle loop from Neroberg

2. Climb to Bremthal – View of Sonnenberg Castle loop from Eppstein-Bremthal

3. Hohe Wurzel Pass (570 m) – Rheinwiesen Park, Mainz-Kastel loop from Mainz-Kastel

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