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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Neunkirchen

View of Neunkirchen – Hohenseelbachskopf loop from Herdorf

Easy

4.1

(20)

79

hikers

View of Neunkirchen – Hohenseelbachskopf loop from Herdorf

02:00

6.95km

170m

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 8, 2025

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2.12 km

Silbersee Mahlscheid

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You already know that bathing is prohibited there ?! It is a nature reserve! The paths must not be left.

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2.13 km

View of Silbersee (Mahlscheid)

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Path behind the fence. The path described by Komoot is a dead end. But the view is amazing..😎

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2.36 km

Silbersee

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Unfortunately, swimming in the silver lake is prohibited

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2.79 km

The area around the Mahlscheid was created around 7 million years ago by volcanic activity. Until the 1950s, basalt was mined here for road construction. Even today, basalt columns can be admired in the area around the Silbersee.

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3.03 km

View of Neunkirchen

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Here, the Mahlscheid nature reserve offers a great view.

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5.11 km

Plenty of basalt was mined here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for building houses, walls and roads. The former castle ruins, which adorned the "Köppel" of the …

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5.19 km

Hohenseelbachskopf

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5.21 km

Waldgaststätte Hohenseelbachskopf

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Approach via Malscheider Weg 35, Neunkirchen 🤓☝️ (until I found out 🙄) and then follow the paved path through the forest. At some point it changes into a normal, humpy …

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6.95 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.50 km

2.22 km

1.23 km

Surfaces

3.14 km

2.26 km

1.08 km

403 m

< 100 m

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