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Rhineland-Palatinate
Altenkirchen
Mittelhof

Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing loop from Hövels

Easy

4.7

(540)

1,548

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Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing loop from Hövels

00:53

3.04km

80m

Hiking

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: June 17, 2026

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585 m

Legolas Wooden Statue on the Auenlandweg

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One of the more beautiful figures on the Auenlandweg

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696 m

The eagle as a carved wooden figure - entrance guard to the Auenlandweg

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1.35 km

Short hike with highlights.

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1.36 km

Firzelsbachtal Stream Crossing

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Gandalf watches over the stream crossing here and the spider is already waiting on the other side. 😊

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1.36 km

Very nicely carved with attention to detail! :)

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1.40 km

No matter how big the ant in Siegen may be, the spider is scarier...
At least for me.
The Shire Trail is simply unique and comparisons are somehow unnecessary.
We …

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2.14 km

"Aaah, nasty hobbit" - Gollum is sitting here in a typical pose on a tree stump. If you turn around, you can literally hear him whispering behind you.

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2.46 km

Worth seeing work of art that the artist carved out of a tree trunk

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3.04 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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1.39 km

1.11 km

437 m

106 m

Surfaces

1.80 km

752 m

492 m

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Tuesday 7 July

22°C

17°C

32 %

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Comments

July 23, 2023,Auenlandweg im Westerwald plus 2 Extras
The Auenlandweg in the Westerwald - naturregion-sieg.de/auenlandweg - a small but nice hiking trail with numerous impressive wood carvings related to Lord of the Rings and Hobbit.

As the pictures show, we visited two more places in the Westerwald on the way back. Unfortunately, komoot is not willing to position the images on the map, not even manually, since these …

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April 7, 2024,Auenlandweg
nice little hiking trail, with beautiful wood carvings

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Small but nice: 👑 2nd place in "Germany's most beautiful hiking trail 2023", the *Shire Trail*!

📖 Anyone who knows Tolkien's stories will love this little trail!♥️ It is part of the larger route that I will hike on my next visit to the Westerwald :)

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Very nice hike with great impressions. There are benches to rest on

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Beautiful way also possible with children. Lots of forest and the beautiful Au

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Brilliant.
A beautiful circular route that you should definitely walk anti-clockwise from both hiking car parks. It goes downhill to the steep slope on the Sieg, then along the steep slope and before the town through a gorge - flora-fauna habitat - back up to the hiking car park.
The steep slope and gorge are really idyllic and the figures …

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After we did the lap in Werkhausen, we spontaneously decided to take the Auenlandweg in Blickhausen with us as well. A really pretty little circular route 🫶

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