The Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt is a place of pilgrimage directly on the Nister near Hachenburg with its own brewery. Several long-distance hiking trails such as the Westerwald-Steig and the Druidensteig lead past the monastery.
The famous trade route, the Cologne-Leipzig Road, once ran over this historic monastery bridge. Coming from Altenkirchen, the route led from Kroppach through a ford across the Nister River near Heuzert to Marienstatt Monastery and then on to Kirburg.