Beilstein – Beilstein Monastery Steps loop from Beilstein
Beilstein – Beilstein Monastery Steps loop from Beilstein
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Beilstein – Beilstein Monastery Steps loop from Beilstein
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12.8km
470m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 24, 2026
This route includes a ferry crossing
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After 138 m for 142 m
After 12.6 km for 142 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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118 m
View of Beilstein and Metternich Castle
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Franconian grave finds show Beilstein's settlement around 800 AD. The place had been a feudal possession of the Lords of Braunshorn since 1268. Under Johann von Braunshorn (1299–1346), Beilstein received city privileges from King Henry VII in 1309 and was fortified. A Jewish community has been documented since 1309, and its Jewish cemetery above the castle still exists today. The former parish church was founded in 1310. After the von Braunshorn family died out, the fief passed to the von Winneburg family in 1360. After Kurtrier took possession of Beilstein in 1488, the Imperial Counts of Metternich enfeoffed the rule of Winneburg and Beilstein in 1652. In 1689, Metternich Castle (“The Proud Walls”) was destroyed by French troops. A Carmelite monastery was founded in 1636 (abolished in 1803), and the foundation stone of the Carmelite monastery church was laid in 1691, which was completed in 1783. The townscape was created in the 17th and 18th centuries and has largely been preserved to this day. The rule of the Imperial Counts of Metternich ended in 1794 with the occupation by French revolutionary troops. From 1798 to 1814 the place belonged to the canton of Zell in the Rhine-Moselle department and was the main town of a Mairie. In 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna and belonged to the Senheim mayor's office in the Zell district. It has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946.
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Beilstein
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392 m
Beilstein Monastery Steps
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Of the 108 most beautiful steps – The construction of the Beilstein monastery staircase at the end of the 17th century
When the Carmelite monks in Beilstein ceremoniously laid the foundation stone for the new building of their monastery on May 23, 1686, significant earthworks must have preceded this.
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4.65 km
Maria Engelport Monastery
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9.37 km
View of Metternich Castle
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9.50 km
Forest Path With View of the Moselle Valley
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11.1 km
Moselkrampen Adventure Trail
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On the way very nice views of the Moselle and the village of Beilstein.
You should be surefooted and have a certain amount of head for heights.
As mentioned, it goes along a slope. It is worth it!
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12.2 km
View of Beilstein with the Carmelite Church and Metternich Castle
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is absolutely worth seeing.
Above the town lies the ruins of Metternich Castle, with a beautiful view of the Moselle valley.
The town has a jetty where various excursion boats dock.
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12.8 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
5.15 km
5.14 km
1.38 km
844 m
263 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
8.46 km
1.96 km
922 m
543 m
416 m
293 m
133 m
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Elevation
Highest point (350 m)
Lowest point (90 m)
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