Quiet forest trails – Alteburg Tower loop from Landwiesen

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Quiet forest trails – Alteburg Tower loop from Landwiesen

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Quiet forest trails – Alteburg Tower loop from Landwiesen

06:55

25.0km

440m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

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Schwappelbruch

Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

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4.81 km

Quiet forest trails

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The path meanders through the woods next to the Rennweg. Be sure to choose this "detour".

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6.09 km

Alteburg Tower

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At an altitude of around 620 meters, the Alteburg is one of the highest mountains in the Soonwald. On top of the wooded summit stands since 1893, the 20-meter high …

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9.24 km

Forest path to/from Ellerspring

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If you would like to walk on resilient forest paths instead of gravel forest roads, you can follow this path from the Ellerspring hiking car park. Some passages are overgrown, so wear long trousers.

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12.7 km

Soonwaldsteig at Ellerspring

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One of the IMHO most beautiful sections of the Soonwaldsteig leads through a beautiful single trail through a sparse mixed forest. Due to the root system and some Wacken for cyclists not so suitable.

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14.3 km

Green Corridor on the Soonwaldsteig

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The Soonwaldsteig leads you along dense, tall spruce trees. If you follow the path and walk across the wild meadow, you literally wander through a green corridor.

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15.8 km

Albert Oak

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The free-standing oak was dedicated to Erich Albert (1922-1988), who was the head of the forestry office from 1961 to 1987 and was then able to enjoy his retirement for just 8 months.

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16.2 km

The Glashütte meadows are a wide wetland landscape. Since the meadows provide habitat for rare animals and plants, today the Glashütte meadows are protected. In the open meadows grow some magnificent, huge beech and oak trees.

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17.8 km

Schwappelbruch Nature Forest Reserve

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A "new primeval forest" is emerging here, the forest still remains a forest

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25.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.8 km

9.50 km

713 m

Surfaces

8.43 km

8.07 km

5.60 km

1.56 km

811 m

562 m

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Tuesday 6 October

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Comments

May 3, 2023,Soonwaldsteig Tag 3 🏕️🐾👣👍🏼

Today a shorter stage, for which we are really grateful 😅💪🏻.
Tour itself was wonderful, completely off the main paths, only forest and meadow paths.... great 👍🏻.
Unfortunately, as expected, nothing happened at Komoot this morning😒.
Now let's enjoy the sun for now 🌞 😎👣🐾.

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September 24, 2021,Der Soonwaldsteig | Tag 3 / 5 | Vom Trekkingcamp Alteburg zum Trekkingcamp Ochenbaumer Höhe | Trekking im Hunsrück

Accompany me on the third stage of my hike on the #Soonwaldsteig.

The film about my hike is available here:

After the tough stage of the previous day, I'm looking forward to today's slightly easier route.

I start at the #Alteburg trekking camp and first climb up to the Alteburg observation tower.

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August 28, 2021,Soonwaldsteig - Tag 3 - Von Trekkingcamp Alteburg nach Wanderparkplatz Schanzerkopf

The Altenburg trekking camp is really great! It's hard to imagine how nice it would be here if you were allowed to stay there in summer 😉
The night in the tent, on the other hand, was "more like that, okay" and, above all, not very relaxing. At night it poured again a lot, but even if it didn't rain, …

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