Krummenau Recreation Area loop from Hirschfeld (Hunsrück)

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Krummenau Recreation Area loop from Hirschfeld (Hunsrück)

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Krummenau Recreation Area loop from Hirschfeld (Hunsrück)

02:50

10.4km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 10, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück

Waypoints

Start point

Restaurant

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11 m

Schlossmühle (Bergmühle) in the Altbach Valley

Highlight • Historical Site

The castle mill, or mountain mill in the vernacular, stands in the quiet Altbachtal behind a high rock. However, the mill originally stood as the castle mill of the Kyrburg …

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1.12 km

Krummenau Recreation Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Two shelters with a covered grill, sanitary facilities, water and electricity connections.
The open hut offers the hiker constant protection and invites you to rest.
Adjacent to an approximately 8,000 …

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1.27 km

Waldweiher (Forest Pond) Saar-Hunsrück

Highlight • Lake

2.31 km

Juniper heath in Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park

Highlight • Natural

Juniper heath are cultural landscapes that were created by people of earlier generations. For centuries, the heathlands with their strong juniper stands were mainly used to catch the juniper thrush.

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10.4 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.77 km

1.56 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.48 km

1.95 km

1.50 km

1.13 km

316 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 18 October

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7°C

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Comments

August 2, 2022,Wacholderheide – Kaisereiche Runde von Hirschfeld (Hunsrück)

The tour is very nice overall. However, it did not lead us past the Kaisereiche, as one would have expected from the headline. At the beginning there was also a route over a collapsed bridge which, as we found out later, had been closed for a number of years. We couldn't go around it, so we carefully climbed over what …

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