The best walks and hikes around Oberdiebach

Halfway along the Schellengang, you can take a nice break here and enjoy a very beautiful view of Oberdiebach.

Bacharach became Protestant in 1545 because its Palatinate authorities converted to the Reformation. This ended 150 years of profitable pilgrimage to the invented "Saint" Werner. In 1997, exemplary enlightenment was achieved with the memorial plaque at the ruins of the Bacharach Werner Chapel. In contrast, Oberwesel was under the authority of the Trier Electorate and remained Catholic to this day. It took over the pilgrimage business with its own Werner Chapel. When the Electorate finally struck the false saint from the list in 1963, Oberwesel stubbornly resisted. Only reluctantly was the chapel rededicated to the Franciscan nun Mother Rosa. https://www.komoot.com/de-de/highlight/634524

You walk to and from the castle along the old city wall.

The Werner Chapel in Bacharach is one of the most famous Gothic buildings on the Middle Rhine – and also one of the most moving, because of its tragic history. It is now a ruin, but its delicate, intricate architecture attracts visitors from all over the world. The Werner Chapel owes its name to "Werner von Oberwesel," a boy who tragically died in 1287. His death was falsely blamed on the Jews, leading to pogrom-like persecutions along the Middle Rhine – including in Bacharach. This anti-Semitic legend was later exploited by the church: Werner was declared a "martyr," and Bacharach became a place of pilgrimage.

The market tower in Bacharach is one of the most striking structures of the medieval town fortifications – it stands directly against the town wall and continues to shape the historic townscape. The tower was one of the town's main gates and served both for defense and for controlling the flow of goods into the town.

Via the Martinspfad and at the end a stepped serpentine section you reach the 7-Castle View Tower.

A narrow, serpentine path leads downhill toward Niederheimbach. You have to be careful along the way because some of the stones are loose and you could slip.

Everywhere in and around Bacharach, you'll encounter silent witnesses to the past. With its largely preserved old town, Bacharach is considered the secret center of Rhine Romanticism. Victor Hugo, Clemens Brentano, and many other Rhine Romantic travelers were captivated by Bacharach's beauty. Victor Hugo wrote in his travel journal: "Bacharach is probably the oldest inhabited place I have ever seen in my life. One would think that a giant, who traded in antiques, wanted to set up a general store on the Rhine. This ancient fairy town, teeming with myths and legends, is inhabited by a picturesque cast of inhabitants." And how enchanted these first Rhine tourists were by the sight of Bacharach can be imagined when one reads his description of Bacharach: "When the sun pushes aside a cloud and looks out of a skylight, nothing is as attractive as Bacharach." https://www.bacharach.de/stadtinformationen/stadtrundgang