The best walks and hikes in Main-Taunus-Kreis

Beautiful path! Gladly again!

From Schneidhain you have a great view of the castle ruins. A sight that is worth it.

Source & Course: The Silberbach stream rises in the High Taunus mountains near Schloßborn (municipality of Glashütten). From there, it flows southeast through the wooded Silberbach Valley. Mouth: It flows into the Schwarzbach stream, which in its upper reaches, up to its confluence with the Daisbach stream in Eppstein, is often still referred to as the Dattenbach. The mouth of the Schwarzbach lies between Glashütten-Schloßborn and Eppstein-Vockenhausen. Special Features: The Silberbach Valley is considered ecologically valuable and is managed by the BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany) Königstein-Glashütten branch. The name may historically suggest a stony streambed or former mining attempts. Recreation: A popular hiking trail is the Silberbach Loop, which leads from Dattenbach Valley, passing, among other things, the Atzelberg Tower.

The tower at the ringfort stands at the top of a meadow slope northwest of Lorsbach. From there, one has a panoramic view over Lorsbach and the Lorsbach Valley. The tower takes its name from the Alteburg rampart located further up the hilltop. The wooden tower is 8.60 meters high. The viewing platform is at a height of 4.50 meters. The tower and the surrounding area are owned by the Lorsbach Local History Society. It was built according to plans by the late society member Emanuel Winkelmann. The tower was inaugurated on December 18, 2005. The tower at the ringfort is a popular destination for hikers and walkers. It is also easily accessible from Langenhain and Eppstein via hiking trails. The shortest route there leads from Lorsbach along the Alteburgweg trail.

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The listed chapel, a landmark of Hofheim, is visible from afar (e.g., from the A66 motorway). Its impressive history was commemorated in 2016 with an exhibition and a book at the Hofheim City Museum, marking the 350th anniversary of the vow made there. The quotations in this text are taken from that book. Following the horrors of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), another catastrophe claimed victims among the population: the plague. In 1665, it was brought up the Rhine from Cologne to Mainz and spread – primarily via market ships – to Frankfurt and, from 1666 onward, to Flörsheim. Soon, other towns in the Main Valley were also affected. Hofheim was an exception. After the threat became tangible, particularly due to plague deaths in Zeilsheim and Flörsheim, Pastor Johannes Gleidner led the people of Hofheim in a procession to the "Rabberg" hill on June 3, 1666 (Ascension Day). As one of his later successors, Antonius Hilf, described in 1864, the procession, accompanied by penitential hymns, proceeded "up the vine-covered slope." Young men carried banners, the cross, and the canopy, beneath which four virgins carried an image of Mary. At the top, Gleidner asked if they would like to name the mountain "Carmelberg" (Carmel Mountain), build a chapel there, and vow to "make several pilgrimages there each year." Afterward, the people "fell to their knees, deeply moved," and made the vow—at which point, at that very moment, the bells of the parish church below began to ring. When further plague victims appeared in Wicker, Weilbach, Eppstein, Fischbach, Hochheim, Flörsheim, Eddersheim, Castel, Mainz, Frankfurt, and Zeilsheim, Gleidner led the communities of Hofheim and Marxheim up the mountain again on July 2, 1666 (the Feast of the Visitation). Pilgrims from surrounding villages joined the pilgrimage, and Gleidner renewed "the vow, made known to him by everyone, that if God would avert the afflictions of the plague, he would build a chapel on this site to His glory and to the praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary." Hofheim was spared from the plague, and in May 1667, work began on preparing the timber for the half-timbered structure. The chapel was consecrated on September 29th. One hundred years later, the church had become too small, and a new, larger one had to be built. By this time, a "pilgrimage tourism" had developed around the chapel, which was also a "thorn in the side" of the local priest. The new stone building was more than twice the size of the old chapel: 27.90 meters long, 12.60 meters wide, and 13.20 meters high. A gallery provided additional seating capacity. From 1774 onwards, silent prayer services were permitted, as the chapel was not consecrated until ten years later (1784). ```

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