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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Hochsteinchen rock formation loop from Seibersbach

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach

Daxweiler

Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Hochsteinchen rock formation loop from Seibersbach

Moderate

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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: April 15, 2026

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Katzenkopf

Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

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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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5.36 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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5.50 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

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

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6.40 km

Hochsteinchen Observation Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Rise is rewarded by a beautiful view from the tower

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6.40 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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6.60 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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6.87 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

11.9 km

883 m

318 m

182 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.14 km

2.22 km

1.33 km

318 m

235 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Hochsteinchen rock formation loop from Seibersbach

Stromberger Neuhütte Ironworks and Villa

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

Small pond by the side of the path

View of Seibersbach

Hochsteinchen Observation Tower

Hochsteinchen lookout tower

Hochsteinchen rock formation

Twin Beech Trees

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