Möttauer Pond – Solmsbach Valley loop from Schöffengrund

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Möttauer Pond – Solmsbach Valley loop from Schöffengrund

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Möttauer Pond – Solmsbach Valley loop from Schöffengrund

03:30

54.4km

560m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 24.6 km for 52 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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9.38 km

Möttauer Pond

Highlight • Lake

Nice access to the Möttauer pond

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23.3 km

Where the Weil meets the Lahn

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Really a nice stretch along the river.

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24.0 km

View of Weilburg on the River Lahn

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Weilburg is generally always worth a visit. The Lahn surrounds the old town and the castle is another highlight.

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24.2 km

Weilburg Ship Tunnel and Lock

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The only still passable ship tunnel in Germany with a length of almost 200 meters passes under the old town of Weilburg. Opened in 1847, it soon lost its economic …

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28.6 km

Löhnberg Lock

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Information about the lock: industriekultur-mittelhessen.de/orte-und-objekte/weilburg/ahausen-lahnschleuse

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28.9 km

Iron Footbridge, Löhnberg

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You cross this bridge if you want to hike or cycle along the Lahntalweg. Some people have attached a few locks to the bridge's grating here. If this idea is …

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47.4 km

Solmsbach Valley

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It's always nice to drive along a stream.

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47.4 km

Solmsbach Cycle Path

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This path is suited for mountain bikes or hybrids. The scenery is beautiful and the trees smell at times like pine. There is plenty of shade along the route. Bike trailers can also fit on this path.

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54.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.7 km

12.5 km

8.34 km

6.71 km

1.30 km

Surfaces

39.4 km

5.54 km

4.93 km

2.89 km

1.47 km

306 m

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Today

Friday 16 October

14°C

5°C

82 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

July 6, 2025,🌧Tour zum Anglerfest nach Braunfels-Altenkirchen🎣

This morning, in rainy weather, we drove to the fishing festival in Altenkirchen. A classic car gathering was taking place there at the same time.
Unfortunately, due to the weather, only a few vehicles were seen.
After a delicious lunch with the anglers, we continued to the Möttauer Weiher lake, then to the Weiltal cycle path.
We cycled this to …

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July 14, 2024,🌞Tour nach Weilburg🌞

After our tours in Holland, we had to slowly get used to the inclines in our homeland. From Oberbiel, the first tour after our summer vacation took us via Bonbaden, Altenkirchen to Möttauer Weiher. The Weiltal cycle path and then along the Lahn to the old town of Weilburg.
After enjoying our delicious ice cream there, we continued to the …

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March 17, 2023,MTB-Tour durch das schöne Weiltal

My first MTB-E-Tour this year took me from Niederbiel via Burgsolms to the airfield in Braunfels. From there to the market place worth seeing with its many lovingly restored half-timbered houses. After a short break, we went on to the Möttauer See via "Puck ins Loch". Here you could enjoy the silence in the sunshine. Then I cycled past the …

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June 3, 2025,Über Schwalbach nach Wetzlar und an der Lahn entlang zurück nach Möttau

Except for one tree along the route, this tour is a wonderful ride. The signage for the cycle path from Nauborn to Wetzlar is a bit confusing. And the Solms Albshausen railway crossing was quite funny. I stood in front of the closed barrier for a quarter of an hour until I saw a sign saying you had to ring …

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April 27, 2024,🌞Radtour bis nach Fürfurt🌞

Starting in Niederbiel, I went to Bonbaden. From there I continued on the old railway line to the viaduct in Neukirchen. Then it was a little uphill to Altenkirchen and then to Möttauer Weiher.
After a short break, the tour took me along paths where you could admire the yellow rapeseed fields for ages. In Lützendorf I then took the …

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August 26, 2022,🌞Zum Möttauer Weiher🌧⚡

Today I decided at short notice to take a tour to the Möttauer Weiher.
No sooner said than done, I drove from my home town of Niederbiel, past the Solmser Kneipp facility and the airfield to the market square in Braunfels.
After a short stop, the journey continued in the direction of Philippstein. There I had a sensational view of …

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September 3, 2023,🌞Tour ins ins schöne Weiltal🌞

Today we took advantage of the great weather and went via Braunfels to the Möttauer Weiher.
After a short break then through the beautiful Weiltal to the market square in Weilburg.
After a delicious ice cream then again shortly after “Klein Nizza” below Weilburg Castle.
The last stage took us back home via Löhnberg and Selters.

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