Steeger Tor and Malerwinkel – View of Burg Stahleck loop from Bacharach

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Rhenish Hesse

Mainz-Bingen

Bacharach

Steeger Tor and Malerwinkel – View of Burg Stahleck loop from Bacharach

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Steeger Tor and Malerwinkel – View of Burg Stahleck loop from Bacharach

01:45

5.91km

170m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

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UNESCO Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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371 m

Bacharach Town Wall

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A section of the city wall that can be walked on. Here, white arcades.

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1.20 km

Steeger Tor and Malerwinkel

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The entire city wall of Bacharach has been preserved today. If you step through the Steeger Tor here, it is almost like a journey back in time to the Middle …

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1.86 km

View of Bacharach and the Rhine

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From here you have a wonderful view of Bacharach and the Rhine, and the walk to get there is also fun and quite easy to do.

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1.97 km

Bench with a View of Bacharach, Stahleck Castle, and the Rhine

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At several points on the serpentine path (Orion-Steig) north of Bacharach there are benches with a clear view of Bacharach and the Rhine coming from the south to Trechtingshausen.

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2.08 km

Stahleck Castle is a hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley in the area of the town of Bacharach in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Mainz-Bingen, almost 50 kilometers south of Koblenz. Its water-filled ditch is a rarity in Germany.

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2.31 km

Heinrich Heine Viewpoint

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The vantage point above Bacharach was named after Heinrich Heine, who contributed an important part to the Rhine Romantic era with his Loreley poem. From up here you have a fantastic view of the small, sleepy town.

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2.85 km

View of Bacharach, Stahleck Castle, and the Rhine

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The view of Bacharach with the castle Stahleck, the church, the ruin Wernerkapelle, the city wall with the towers and the Rhine is breathtaking.

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5.31 km

Bacharacher Wernerkapelle

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The ruins of a high Gothic central building in the vineyards above St. Peter's used to be a popular pilgrimage chapel. It was built shortly after 1287. The reason for …

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5.91 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.26 km

1.47 km

409 m

407 m

366 m

Surfaces

3.39 km

870 m

793 m

541 m

318 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

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Comments

August 1, 2024,Heinrich Heine RheinBlick | Bacharach

🅿️ Parking lot on the banks of the Rhine in Bacharach
55422 Bacharach
Heinrich Heine Blick - a tribute from Bacharach
Some people are probably wondering what Heinrich Heine and Bacharach have to do with each other? The romanticism of the Rhine in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley is one thing for poets, writers and painters.
The Rabbi of Bacherach. …

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