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Start of the Schmuggler-Pfad (Smuggler's Trail) Namborn

Start of the Schmuggler-Pfad (Smuggler's Trail) Namborn

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Start of the Schmuggler-Pfad (Smuggler's Trail) Namborn

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Saar-Hunsrück

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Location: Namborn, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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1. Wendelinus Cave – Hofeld Town Hall loop from Hofeld

11.4km

03:04

140m

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

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2. View from Schmuggler-Pfad – Boundary Stone of 1731 loop from Hofeld

8.22km

02:18

160m

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

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3. Todbach Bridge – Kneipp Facility Farthelborn loop from Furschweiler

2.98km

00:46

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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October 18, 2021

Brief description of the smugglers' path

In its approximately 13 km long course, the »smugglers' path« crosses historical borders several times, which existed from the Middle Ages until after the Second World War. Smugglers carried “hot goods” across the borders. From the 16th to the 18th century, this border between the powerful Archdiocese of Trier and the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken divided the country and people into Catholics and Protestants. After the Napoleonic era, the border line between the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg and the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg ran at the same point. Smuggling last flourished on the border between the "German Reich" and the "Saar area" from 1920-1935. On the way there are still some boundary stones from those times. On the way there are always wonderful views of pretty villages and rolling hills: in the north the Hunsrück with its highest elevation, the Erbeskopf, in the west the Schaumberg and in the south the Göttelborner Höhe, as the edge of the Saar coal basin. The water treading facility in Farthelborn invites you from May to October to provide warm feet with pleasant cooling. Source: Text information board

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Alexandra Ernst

October 27, 2021

A really nice hiking trail over fields and meadows, with lots of seating.

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Jürgen Weiß🌳👫

October 31, 2021

A very nice and varied tour that positively surprised me

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Location: Namborn, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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Start of the Schmuggler-Pfad (Smuggler's Trail) Namborn

1. Wendelinus Cave – Hofeld Town Hall loop from Hofeld

2. View from Schmuggler-Pfad – Boundary Stone of 1731 loop from Hofeld

3. Todbach Bridge – Kneipp Facility Farthelborn loop from Furschweiler

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