About Wolfgang Engel
6,251 km
1315:43 h
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- Wolfgang Engel3 days ago
I took advantage of the sunny afternoon with a walk around Lake Bostal. Several hundred other people probably had the same idea. Well, it's nicer to be alone in the woods and fields.
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- Wolfgang Engel5 days ago
Rheinzabern and Neupotz are municipalities in the district of Germersheim and belong to the Jockgrim collective municipality. Both villages boast beautiful half-timbered houses. The level hiking trail leads mostly through open countryside, along the Erlenbach stream near Rheinzabern and the Otterbach
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- Wolfgang Engel7 days ago
The district town of Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg, situated on the Murg River, was developed into a Baroque town in the 18th century. It was a federal fortress in the 19th century and a garrison town until the late 20th century. Sights worth seeing include the residential palace, the water tower with
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- Wolfgang EngelDecember 16, 2025
The Bliesgau Biosphere Reserve lies in the southeast of Saarland, bordering the French region of Lorraine and Rhineland-Palatinate. The landscape is characterized by forests, orchards, and the Blies river floodplain. The starting and ending point of the hike was the "Am Friedhof" bus stop in Wolfersweiler
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- Wolfgang EngelDecember 12, 2025
Clausen, situated on a hilltop, belongs to the Rodalben municipality. Quiet forests dotted with numerous rock formations, some named, some unnamed, characterize this hike. Nearby, on the 465-meter-high Hesselsberg hill, was the site of a special weapons depot belonging to the US Army. From the mid-1960s
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- Wolfgang EngelDecember 9, 2025
Between Merchweiler, Heiligenwald, Landsweiler-Reden, and Bildstock, three circular hiking trails were laid out in the 1970s or 80s: the Bear Trail, the Squirrel Trail, and the Boar Trail. They were marked with red dots for the Bear Trail, yellow dots for the Squirrel Trail, and black dots for the Boar
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- Wolfgang EngelDecember 7, 2025
The penultimate group hike of 2025 took us into the woods around Haus Furpach. With no major elevation changes, it was a beautiful circular hike, blessed with surprisingly dry weather. Partly along the Biergartenweg (Beer Garden Trail), the Maltitzweg, and partly along the Grenzsteinweg (Boundary Stone
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- Wolfgang EngelDecember 6, 2025
I took advantage of a dry spell on Saturday morning for this short hike. The Kallenberg is a gently rolling hill in the Saar Coal Forest between Merchweiler, Bildstock, and Heiligenwald. The trail partially follows the premium Pingenpfad trail and passes the Itzenplitzer Weiher pond. The route is about
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Wolfgang Engel went for a hike.
December 9, 2025
Auf alten, nicht mehr markierten Wegen.
00:57
4.24km
4.5km/h
90m
100m
Wolfgang Engel went for a hike.
December 7, 2025
Eine Wanderung in und um den grünen Stadtteil von Neunkirchen.
02:20
9.68km
4.1km/h
170m
180m
Wolfgang Engel went for a hike.
December 6, 2025
Eine Regenpause für eine Wanderung im Saar-Kohlenwald sinnvoll genutzt.
01:31
7.07km
4.7km/h
140m
140m
The weather was gray and dreary on this hike through quiet forests between Enkenbach and Frankenstein. After leaving Enkenbach, the trail climbs gently but steadily to the Kleiner Herzelkopf. From there, it's almost entirely level or slightly downhill. In the core zone of the biosphere reserve, there
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