Marmorstein Rock Formation – Marmorstein loop from Römischer Limes
Marmorstein Rock Formation – Marmorstein loop from Römischer Limes
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Marmorstein Rock Formation – Marmorstein loop from Römischer Limes
01:20
4.56km
120m
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: April 22, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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203 m
Former Saalburgbahn Terminus and Beekeeping Station
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A mating station is a place where young, unmated queen bees and drones of the same breed of bee are set up for the targeted breeding of honey bees.
At a mating station, small mating colonies are set up in so-called mating boxes, each with around 1000 workers and a young, unmated queen bee - but without drones. From here, the queen bee is supposed to make her nuptial flights to drone gathering places over a period of two to three weeks, where up to 20,000 drones gather at a height of around ten meters. There, each queen bee is mated by around 15 drones.
For this purpose, father colonies of the same breed of bee are set up at some distance, which, with their many pure-bred drones, are supposed to ensure the paternal genes. A high density of drones at the mating site shortens the flight distance and duration of the queens during mating flights and thus has a positive effect on the mating result.
To ensure that mating does not occur through unwanted drones of a different breed of bee, the mating sites are located in an area isolated from other honey bees. Ideally, the mating sites are protected by a bee-free protective belt with a minimum radius of 7 kilometers. In addition, the apiaries outside the protective belt can be populated with purebred colonies of the same breed of bee.
The mating boxes contain a feeding trough for feeding dough and three small plastic frames with honeycombs. After two to three weeks, the beekeeper can check on these brood combs whether the mating has worked and whether the queen has started laying eggs.
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319 m
View of the forest trail
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384 m
Jupiter Column near Saalburg
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1.74 km
View of Frankfurt
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2.13 km
Idyllic bench with a fantastic view of the Rhine-Main region
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2.13 km
Marmorstein Rock Formation
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For your reference: We are NOT on the (Greater) Feldberg!!!
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2.15 km
Marmorstein
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3.65 km
View of the Rhine-Main Area and Bergstraße
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4.56 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.81 km
515 m
135 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
3.59 km
613 m
301 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (500 m)
Lowest point (390 m)
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