View from Trautzberg – Viewpoint Hellerberg loop from Eckersweiler

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View from Trautzberg – Viewpoint Hellerberg loop from Eckersweiler

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View from Trautzberg – Viewpoint Hellerberg loop from Eckersweiler

01:25

5.14km

90m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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14 m

Trautzberger Hof Parking Area (L 133)

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999 m

View from Trautzberg

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You can find a lot of cool trails here.

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1.09 km

Viewpoint Hellerberg (Achatweg Freisen)

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2.06 km

Viewpoint Hellerberg

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𝑩𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒑𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒈

View on the southern edge of the "border camp". This term describes the earliest igneous rock deposits from the Permian Period (Oberrotliegend), as can be found at the …

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2.82 km

Viewpoint at Hellenberg Shelter

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Nice resting place within the MTB 9. Great view and starting point of an enduro trail built by Nicotherider (S2 S3).

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2.83 km

View of Freisener Kreuz on Hellerberg

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“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect“ their ”cross at this point. (...) These crossroads have been erected as visible signs and …

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3.34 km

Rippling water on the agate path

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3.88 km

𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝒊𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒍 - 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕

The habitat, Steinbruch-Schassewitt is an abandoned quarry. Until the 1990s, andesite was mined here mainly for road construction. When humans returned the mining area …

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5.14 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.58 km

2.15 km

415 m

Surfaces

2.67 km

2.01 km

354 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (600 m)

Lowest point (520 m)

Weather

Today

Saturday 17 October

9°C

4°C

71 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

March 24, 2026,Runde um den Hellerberg, Freisen, Saarland

The agate mining in Freisen and Oberkirchen has been documented since the 14th century. Initially, the agates were supplied to grinding mills in Freiburg and Venice, and later own grinding mills were established in Idar and Oberstein (from 1520). Freisen and Oberkirchen.

The local agate mining provided work, but ended around 1870 when supplies from overseas became more reliable.

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