Diez Old Town – Ardeck Castle Ruins loop from Gückingen

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Diez Old Town – Ardeck Castle Ruins loop from Gückingen

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Diez Old Town – Ardeck Castle Ruins loop from Gückingen

02:03

30.5km

310m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 16, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that are highly dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 7.21 km for 53 m

After 7.49 km for 53 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.70 km

Diez Castle

Highlight • Castle

Today, the youth hostel and the museum are located here.
In earlier times, the castle also served temporarily as a prison.

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2.72 km

Old Lahn Bridge, Diez

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Very nice bridge with a great view of the castle.
!! Attention when driving over !! The white lines mark an edge that is easily overlooked in backlight or dusk. As a cyclist, you can quickly stumble here (own experience).

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3.04 km

Diez Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

There is no shortage of ice cream parlors and the way up to the castle is easy to walk. Nice corner, you can also sit and relax down by the old Lahn Bridge.

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5.26 km

Waterfall on the Aar

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You drive past this small waterfall far too quickly without even seeing it....

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7.37 km

Ardeck Castle Ruins

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Ardeck Castle towers high on a rock in a bottleneck in the Aar Valley directly above the cycle path. From up there you have a great view of the Aartal …

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15.4 km

View from the Mensfelder Kopf

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Gliding area, nature reserve

Offers a fantastic view of Limburg and towards Feldberg

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23.5 km

Tal Josaphat Trail

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again and again rewarding to nudge unn nunner, nice tight corners, must be easy from time to time, good training passage

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29.8 km

View of Oranienstein Castle

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Only seen from a distance, but it looks really nice to me and will definitely be visited again as a single destination.

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30.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.1 km

3.66 km

2.81 km

2.75 km

2.01 km

149 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

21.9 km

3.90 km

1.73 km

1.56 km

1.29 km

112 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Saturday 17 October

13°C

3°C

28 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Diez Old Town – Ardeck Castle Ruins loop from Gückingen

Diez Castle

Old Lahn Bridge, Diez

Diez Old Town

Waterfall on the Aar

Ardeck Castle Ruins

View from the Mensfelder Kopf

Tal Josaphat Trail

View of Oranienstein Castle

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