Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Hochsteinchen rock formation loop from Seibersbach

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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Hochsteinchen rock formation loop from Seibersbach

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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Hochsteinchen rock formation loop from Seibersbach

03:55

13.3km

400m

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 protected areas

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Katzenkopf

Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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151 m

Stromberger Neuhütte Ironworks and Villa

Highlight • Historical Site

The Stromberger Neuhütte is a former ironworks with a listed manufacturer's villa. The complex includes classicist production, storage and administration units made of quarry stone from the early 19th century …

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4.04 km

Kreetshäuschen (Carls Lust)

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Here the "Kreets" stands for circle so circle house. In earlier driven hunts in the area around Seibersbach, this was the focus of the hunt. On the way to the …

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5.37 km

Memorial stone for JU 188 plane crash (March 21, 1944) at Katzenkopf

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On March 21, 1944, in a snow storm, a JU 188 of the 11th Kampfgeschwader crashed on the flight to Eindhoven due to icy navigation devices. 4 crew members were killed.

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5.51 km

Small pond by the side of the path

Highlight • Lake

Actually not a particularly impressive body of water, but I still have to photograph the small, water-filled hollow every time I visit it, because the surrounding trees and sky are reflected on the water surface ;o)

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5.90 km

View of Seibersbach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Near the lookout tower Hochsteinchen offers a wooden bench a great view towards Seibersbach and Stromberg.

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6.42 km

Hochsteinchen lookout tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Since 1893, a steel observation tower has stood on the Hochsteinchen. From the uppermost platform your gaze wanders over the Hunsrück, the Middle Rhine Valley and even into the Taunus …

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6.62 km

Hochsteinchen rock formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

A rock formation rises southeast of the forest path around the observation tower on the Hochsteinchen, which drops several meters to the slope.
The rocks are criss-crossed by crevices, some …

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6.90 km

Twin Beech Trees

Highlight • Natural Monument

The two beech trees on the Soonwaldsteig have connected to each other. A branch of one beech tree was grown into the wood of the neighboring beech tree.

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13.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.8 km

924 m

318 m

182 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.12 km

2.22 km

1.37 km

318 m

235 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

6°C

86 %

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Comments

January 3, 2022,Auf den Spuren der Puricellis bei der Rheinböllerhütte

Rain is the constant companion of my hike today, which mainly leads over wide forest paths for around 13 km. The hike is enriched by the many little discoveries that can be made, especially the legacies of the Puricelli family.

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June 14, 2022,Von Puricellische Gruftkapelle nach hinauf zum Hochsteinchen

Today's tour went partly cross-country on unmarked paths, first to the Karlsburg, which is actually closed because of the danger of collapsing. We went on to the Hochfeldschen. There's actually a bench with a table there. The next rest area with a shelter also invites you to linger decided to take a break at the Hochsteinchenturm It was worth it. …

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