Fish Ponds – Obermühle Car Park loop from Biebertal

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Fish Ponds – Obermühle Car Park loop from Biebertal

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Fish Ponds – Obermühle Car Park loop from Biebertal

01:54

7.01km

100m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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178 m

Biebertalstollen Tunnel Entrance and Settling Ponds

Highlight • Structure

On April 1, 1956, the “excavation” of the 1,450 meter long tunnel began from the newly excavated 64-meter floor of the Königsberg pit and from the tunnel mouthhole in Biebertal. …

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323 m

Fish Ponds

Highlight • Lake

From the path above the fish ponds you can see beautiful reflections on the water.

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751 m

Obermühle Car Park

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Ideal starting point for hikes through the Dünsbergsgrund or on the Dünsberg

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1.15 km

Eberstein Quarry Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

The former quarry is now a nature reserve.

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1.64 km

Eberstein Limestone Quarry

Highlight • Natural

The Eberstein consists of Devonian mass limestone. Most of the lime deposits have been mined. When the quarry was in operation, around 300,000 tons of limestone were mined each year. …

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3.38 km

Schäfereiche (Pedunculate Oak) and Bensburg Farms

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The sheep oak is a pedunculate oak and has been registered as a natural monument with the lower nature conservation authority of the district of Gießen since 1953. It is …

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3.40 km

The Giant Oak in Dünsberggrund

Highlight • Natural Monument

over 2 m in diameter

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4.77 km

Here in the Dünsberggrund, this site has been in the hands of iron smelters, blacksmiths and charcoal burners since prehistory. A gorge-like, well-springed incision in the terrain, which was formerly …

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7.01 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.35 km

636 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.53 km

1.33 km

123 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 8 November

8°C

3°C

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Comments

May 1, 2024,Rundwanderung Kalksteinbruch Eberstein und am Dünsbergbach entlang

On May 1st the weather was so nice that we had to go hiking with friends again. And this time, after several unrecorded tours, the tour had to be recorded here. It was wonderful at the quarry. Even if it didn't come across in these photos this time...The quarry is really impressive! After the tour it's worth stopping off at …

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