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New Windstein Castle – Schoeneck Castle loop from Schönau (Pfalz)

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New Windstein Castle – Schoeneck Castle loop from Schönau (Pfalz)

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New Windstein Castle – Schoeneck Castle loop from Schönau (Pfalz)

04:22

41.6km

1,170m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 16.6 km for 70 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.33 km

Col de Hichtenbach with mountain hut

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Nice hut with table and bench. Absolutely rainproof.

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6.03 km

Le rocher des Tziganes (Rocher des Bohémiens)

Highlight • Climb

There are only a few traces left that suggest a castle complex. The gypsy rock could have been an outpost of Wasigenstein Castle. In the 18th century, the rock probably …

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6.84 km

Klingelfels

Highlight • Natural Monument

Nice little rock, located right next to the parking lot so easy to get to. From the Klingenfels, it is still a relatively short distance to the Wasigenstein castle ruins.

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7.48 km

View of Wasigenstein Castle

Highlight • Castle

Nice view of the French Northern Vosges

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9.03 km

Wanderer's refuge

Alpine Hut

11.8 km

Wittschloessel Castle

Highlight • Castle

Very little of the Wittschlössel remains. Only a few remains of the walls and a room hewn out of the rock (without a ceiling) still bear witness to the existence …

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13.7 km

Col du Petit Grueneberg

Mountain Pass

14.7 km

Pierres à cupules

Archaeological Site

16.4 km

Old Windstein Castle

Highlight • Castle

Altwindstein consists of two independent systems that lie on a common rock ridge that is approximately 160 meters long in a north-south direction and are separated by an artificially widened, …

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17.2 km

New Windstein Castle

Highlight • Castle

A very beautiful ruin with a magnificent view.
You can climb up the castle's interior via newly installed metal stairs. However, if you're afraid of heights, don't look down... the …

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17.6 km

Viewpoint

22.7 km

Ligne Maginot Stauwehranlage Dambach Zentrum

Fort

29.9 km

A very well-explained castle complex, which is divided into several stages and, with its illustrations from the various phases of destruction, provides a good insight into late medieval life and fortifications.

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41.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.8 km

9.09 km

3.82 km

1.91 km

Surfaces

15.2 km

15.0 km

5.22 km

4.38 km

1.64 km

160 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 27 May

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New Windstein Castle – Schoeneck Castle loop from Schönau (Pfalz)

Col de Hichtenbach with mountain hut

Le rocher des Tziganes (Rocher des Bohémiens)

Klingelfels

View of Wasigenstein Castle

Wittschloessel Castle

Old Windstein Castle

New Windstein Castle

Schoeneck Castle

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