マリーエンフェルスの洞窟・トップ17

The steep hiking trail winds its way up to Maus Castle via several switchbacks. And from there, it climbs a good bit further. The effort is rewarded by absolutely breathtaking viewpoints.

We were there at the end of April, and the many different shades of green were somewhat reminiscent of Galicia. Please note that there are hardly any trash cans along the way, so please take your trash with you. There is a wine shop below the castle.

It is a small town on the Lahn, but very worth seeing

The way up is easy to walk

On the wide castle driveway you can quickly get up to the Maus

Not far from the Parsberg hiking car park there is a flagpole and a bench with a beautiful view of the Rhine Valley.

The path winds up the mountain, first in wide and then in narrow serpentines. It is pleasant to walk as it is not that steep.

The wonderful half-timbered house with great wood carvings was built between 1607 and 1609 as the Adelsheimer Hof and was used as the town hall in 1912. St. John's Church was rebuilt after the fire. A church tower bell from 1480 was preserved. A bronze flute player by the artist Helmut Bourger sits in front of the church. The city palace from around 1300 was the seat of the Imperial Knights of Stein. A famous descendant was the Prussian reform minister Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein. The castle was expanded from 1621 to 1816 with a main house and an octagonal tower.