Eierbank Shelter – Gottesgabe Silver Mine loop from Ewersbach

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Lahntal

Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Dietzhölztal

Eierbank Shelter – Gottesgabe Silver Mine loop from Ewersbach

Moderate

4.6

(69)

160

hikers

Eierbank Shelter – Gottesgabe Silver Mine loop from Ewersbach

02:27

8.38km

220m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Lahn-Dill-Bergland

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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412 m

View of the Hammerweiher from the cliffs

Highlight • Viewpoint

Numerous leisure activities invite you around the Hammerweiher.
A new pump track has been built there, a mini golf course, table tennis and fishing can be practiced.
There are also …

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1.03 km

Boundary Oak (Historic Border Oak)

Highlight • Natural Monument

The circular route is worth it. A bit of asphalt in between, but okay.

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2.10 km

Eierbank Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Nice location to rest. Pans for cooking and sizzling are under the roof. In addition, a hiking book is available if you want to perpetuate. Safe wind and rain protection in bad weather.

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3.15 km

World War II Memorial on the Jubiläumsweg Simmersbach

Highlight • Monument

A very nice circular route of 14.8 km. Very good signage.

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3.67 km

Model airfield at the Hessen-Waldecke boundary

Highlight • Structure

Nice location and very well maintained the area

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3.75 km

Historic Border Line at Hessen Waldecke

Highlight • Historical Site

Great achievement in making the old border accessible to us hikers again. We were lucky enough to meet some of the trail sponsors.

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6.22 km

Gottesgabe Silver Mine

Highlight • Historical Site

Silver, fahler ore, chalcopyrite, cinnabar; also called aurora or soapstone; discovered by farmers in 1695; re-opened in 1852: 1750 deep tunnel, 450 m long (now used for drinking water production); …

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8.38 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.47 km

601 m

302 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.63 km

2.80 km

900 m

566 m

371 m

126 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

12°C

6°C

28 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

January 2, 2022,Silberpfad Dietzhölztal ⭐⭐⭐⭐★

Unfortunately, the path is not completely accessible.
But still very nice

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September 12, 2024,Wanderung Silberpfad

This hiking trail is not recommended at the moment. The worst stretch is from Gottesgabe to Hammerweiher. It is completely overgrown.

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August 5, 2023,Silberpfad Dietzhölztal 05.08.2023

The original route is not completely accessible at the moment! A piece after the Gottesgabe pit to the Hammerweiher can only be reached via a difficult descent and imaginary paths. You also have to pay close attention to the signage if you find it.

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October 20, 2024,Silberpfad Dietzhölztal

The Silver Path is a beautiful circular hiking trail, unfortunately only signposted in one direction and sometimes only poorly. From 7.8km to 8.4km the path is completely overgrown and basically no longer passable!

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April 4, 2023,Silberpfad Dietzhölztal

A beautiful tour, but not continuously accessible. Before the penultimate kilometer there is a sign that the path into the valley is not accessible. Due to lack of time I took it anyway, it is really difficult to walk on. You should look for an alternative route in advance. Fallen trees and overgrown gorse bar the way.

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February 19, 2022,Extratour "Dietzhölztaler Silberpfad" Lahn - Dill - Bergland

The bad weather break
🌦️🌧️🌪️ used to do one of the shorter extra tours of the Lahn Dill Bergland
👣🥾 to tackle.
The Silver Path...
With ☀️ and 🌤️ we started in the late morning.
Windbreak from the 🌪 of the last few days has always hindered progress a little, so that it sometimes went through the undergrowth
😂 😁 …

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October 2, 2025,Aussicht vom Schlossberg – Silberbergwerk Grube Gottesgabe Runde von Mandeln

Based on the komoot map, I was expecting a route through a lot of forest, which I'm not really into at the moment. So I was really lucky that a lot of this area had been cleared a few years ago, and the primary forest was just beginning to emerge. So, I enjoyed plenty of open views and plenty of …

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July 10, 2022,Silberpfad Dietzhölztal

I walked the "wrong" path and that's why I squeezed through gorse and birch trees... On the other side there is a sign that the path is not completely accessible at the moment...

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