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Gss went for a hike
May 24, 2026
2. Hildegard von Bingen Pilgerwanderweg - Herrstein - Kirn
"Im Land der Hildegard"
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May 25, 2026
Already on our Rhein-Nahe-Weinwanderweg (Rhine-Nahe Wine Hiking Trail) we were on several stages virtually "simultaneously" also on the Hildegard von Bingen Pilgrimage Trail and even our Saar-Hunsrück-Steig stage Hintertiefenbach to Herrstein was completely identical....
So many good reasons to continue
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Gss went for a hike
May 23, 2026
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May 23, 2026
At the end of your wishes, you will in any case miss one thing....
Your hike to the goal
This quote by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach has accompanied us since 2013, when we – only a few years "fond of hiking" – had completed the Rheinburgenweg.
Is it really just the length of a hiking project, or is it rather
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Gss went for a hike
May 22, 2026
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May 22, 2026
Our second-to-last section and what an experience....
It was/is as if the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig, after yesterday's great stage, absolutely wanted to top it off one more time for the finale.
And again, the diversity and variety of this landscape, this hiking region, becomes apparent.
OK, we knew we would pass
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Gss went for a hike
May 21, 2026
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May 21, 2026
On September 14, 2023, we had crossed the highest point of the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig and at the same time of Rhineland-Palatinate, named Erbeskopf with 816m, ....
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and now we are definitely on the third-to-last stage of the SHS.
Based on the stage design of Saar-Hunsrück Tourism
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Gss went for a hike
May 17, 2026
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May 18, 2026
Against all weather forecasts, the sun "flashed" through the clouds...
and if a dream loop is right on our doorstep, let's go for a round and a repeat in 2026.
Not quite as lushly blooming as last year, but with new "weather impressions" under an interesting sky over the Hunsrück.
This mixture of wide landscape
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Gss went for a hike
May 16, 2026
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May 17, 2026
For the "Winter Comeback" and the holiday weekend, we retreated to the Moselhöhe Heidenburg....
and took advantage of a rain-free day for the local circular hiking trail No. 9 "Rund ums Dhrönchen".
Forest descent from the Moselhöhe into the Dhrontal after the village of Papiermühle and re-ascent to the
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Gss went for a hike
May 10, 2026
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May 11, 2026
So we proceed along the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig, which is rather less designed for day hikers and yet, with creativity and persistence, such a long-distance hiking trail can also be tackled with public transport under the soles of day hikers.
From the bus stop, we quickly entered the forest, first with the
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Gss went for a hike
May 9, 2026
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May 9, 2026
Even with the Traumschleifen (dream loops), one can observe the "becoming and passing away". Since we set out to hike them all, new ones have been added again and again, but unfortunately some have also been lost....
With this round, we have reached a kind of (preliminary) conclusion of the Traumschleifen
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Gss went for a hike
May 8, 2026
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May 8, 2026
Do you know this??? No "highlight" and one of the best, most beautiful tours???
For us, this rather small section of the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig represents everything we love about the Hunsrück.
Rustic forests or forest sections, romantic or wild stream valleys, magnificent meadows and cultural landscapes
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Gss went for a hike
May 7, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Sodele ... after our "family appointment detour" to the Rhine, we are back in the Edelsteinland ...
It's time to complete our "Hunsrück Project" called Saar-Hunsrück-Steig plus dream loops ...
The 13th stage of the SHS leads above Idar-Oberstein via Hintertiefenbach to Herrstein, the total length (without
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Gss went for a hike
May 2, 2026
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May 3, 2026
Below the Rheingau, where the banks of the river lose their cheerful appearance, mountains and rocks with their adventurous castle ruins become more defiant, and a wilder, more serious glory rises up, there lies, like a gruesome legend of ancient times, the dark, ancient city of Bacharach
So begins Heinrich
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Gss went for a hike
April 26, 2026
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April 27, 2026
So... the last part of our Sensweiler Traumschleifen trio,
after "Zwischen den Wäldern" and "Kirschweiler Festung" we started again from the campsite onto the Köhlerpfad along the Steinbach.
And already in advance.... no highlight of the trio, clearly the "weakest" tour.
The landscape is a dream and some
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April 25, 2026
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April 25, 2026
The Kirschweiler fortress, a Celtic sanctuary? A Roman border post? A Frankish court location?
Archæologically none of that, and yet a place, not a classic fortress but rather a natural quartzite rock formation around which myths and legends entwine.
A mountain, also called Hunschrack or Silberich, whose
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Gss went for a hike
April 24, 2026
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April 24, 2026
"Zwischen den Wäldern"
(Between the Forests) owes its name to a very old designation of the area.
As early as medieval documents, the so-called Idarhochfläche was given the name "Zwischen den Wäldern".
The characteristic location between two mountain ranges, the Hochwald and the Idarwald, which later unite
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We haven't been able to say goodbye to the Hunsrück completely yet and are currently in "spa mode" at the saltworks of Bad Kreuznach, so practically on the "border" of the Hunsrück with the Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park.
On our last visits to the town of bridge houses, we fell in love with the hiking possibilities
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