Soonwaldsteig

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Soonwaldsteig
Official signage
Official signage
Data
length around 83 kmdep1
location Hunsrück , Soonwald , Lützelsoon
Markers Logo Soonwaldsteig Logo of the Soonwaldsteig
Starting point Kirn
49 ° 47 ′ 10.1 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 35.6 ″  E
Target point Bingen am Rhein
49 ° 58 ′ 6.6 ″  N , 7 ° 53 ′ 23.2 ″  E
Type Long-distance hiking trail
Level of difficulty light
season all year round
particularities Prädikatswanderweg

The Soonwaldsteig is an 83 km long long- distance hiking trail that was opened in 2009 and runs from Kirn an der Nahe across the Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park to Bingen am Rhein .

particularities

The Soonwaldsteig was opened on May 9, 2009. The construction of the path was financed by funds from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the districts of Bad Kreuznach and Rhein-Hunsrück .

The Soonwaldsteig begins in Kirn an der Nahe and only runs northwards parallel to the Hahnenbachtal to the Schmidtburg . It is followed by the ridges of the Lützelsoon . Via the Kellenbachtal it goes into the Soonwald . At Rheinböllen the Soonwaldsteig crosses the Guldenbachtal , then it goes through the Binger Forest to the Rhine to Bingen am Rhein . The Soonwaldsteig runs in large parts on natural paths and paths . It is marked throughout . The end points of the path in Kirn and Bingen are connected by public transport . This is different in Lützelsoon and Großer Soon. There are only a few places to stop for a break here. The accommodations for multi-day hikes in this area are consistently at least 2 km away from the actual route. They can be reached via marked access routes.

In September 2011, the Soonwaldsteig was awarded the German hiking seal as a predicate hiking trail.

course

View from the ridge of the Soonwald to the south
Contrasts: Stage 5 runs almost exclusively on wide forest roads

The Soonwaldsteig comprises a total of six stages between 12 and 15 km. The first four stages run mostly far away from localities through remote valleys and over ridges, so they offer the hiker plenty of peace and quiet. Apart from the first stage between Kirn and Rudolfshaus and the descent at Rheinböllen on the A 61, there are usually no roads within earshot. The character of the hiking trail changes on the last two stages, because it now runs through areas with many excursion restaurants and attractive destinations for day tourists. On the fifth stage, wide, often graveled forest roads dominate.

From Kirn in the Nahe valley, the trail leads past the Kallenfels castles and Wartenstein Castle to Hahnenbach . Through the floodplains along the Hahnenbach it goes towards Bundenbach (15 km).

Shortly after Bundenbach, the Soonwaldsteig connects the Herrenberg visitor mine and the Altburg Celtic settlement before it crosses the Hahnenbach near the Schmidtburg . A detour to the castle ruins is possible. The path leads from the Hahnenbachtal to the ridges of the Lützelsoon. Over the north side of the Lützelsoon, it goes past the Langenstein to the Simmerbachtal . You can take access to Schliigart and Gehlweiler (13 km).

From the footbridge over the Simmerbach, the path climbs over blocks of quartzite stone to the Koppenstein castle . Through the Asbach valley , he reaches the forests of the Großer Soon with the Alteburg observation tower . The stage ends at the Ellerspring hiking car park . There are only overnight accommodations in Tiefenbach, 7 km away (14 km).

From there it goes over the 657 m high Ellerspringkopf and - past the Schwabbelbruch natural forest reserve - on to the height of Schanzerkopf . The trail runs over the northern Soonwald ridge to Hochsteinchen . A descent into the Guldenbachtal concludes this stage (15 km).

After crossing under the A 61, the Soonwaldsteig runs through the Binger Forest. Over the height of the Kandrich and the Ohligsberg you can reach the Salzkopfturm with a panoramic view. Then it goes through the forest down into the Morgenbachtal (14 km).

At the beginning of the last stage, a detour to the 200 m long Steckeschäferklamm is possible. The Soonwaldsteig leads from the Morgenbachtal to the Rhine heights. Here it runs, together with the RheinBurgenWeg , every now and then along the slope edge through the Rhine Valley. The descent to Bingen (12 km) takes place in serpentines.

VitalTours

In addition to the Soonwaldsteig, ten circular hiking trails run through the Naheland from Kirn to Stromberg. The so-called VitalTours mostly run on nature trails and are between 10 and 20 km long. They are suitable for day and half-day hikes. All tours are as predicate trails awarded the hiking seal of the German Hiking Institute. They are marked throughout so that they can be walked without a hiking map.

Attractions

Special sights are:

literature

  • Ulrike Poller & Wolfgang Todt: VitalTouren & Soonwaldsteig: Hiking - 16 active routes in the Naheland and Soonwald . Idea-Media, Neuwied 2013, ISBN 978-3942779-16-6 .

Web links

Commons : Soonwaldsteig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Dupuis: Soonwaldsteig is inaugurated. (pdf, 183 kB) In: Rhein-Zeitung . May 6, 2009, archived from the original on October 29, 2013 ; accessed on September 24, 2018 . Soonwaldsteig is an ongoing task. (pdf, 190 kB) In: Rhein-Zeitung. May 11, 2009, archived from the original on December 17, 2015 ; accessed on September 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Public transport stops along the Soonwaldsteig. (pdf, 776 kB) In: Website of the Soonwaldsteig. January 18, 2018, accessed September 24, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Vera Podskalsky: The third most beautiful hiking trail. (pdf, 95 kB) In: Allgemeine Zeitung . September 20, 2011, archived from the original on January 28, 2017 ; accessed on September 24, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Soonwaldsteig Premium Trail. Deutsches Wanderinstitut eV, accessed on October 9, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Jörg Rehmann: How the Soonwaldsteig saves the world climate. September 8, 2014, accessed May 18, 2019 .