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Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Westerwaldkreis
Unnau

Great Wolfstein – Basalt Park Bad Marienberg loop from Unnau-Korb

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Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Westerwaldkreis
Unnau

Great Wolfstein – Basalt Park Bad Marienberg loop from Unnau-Korb

Hard

4.5

(39)

134

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Great Wolfstein – Basalt Park Bad Marienberg loop from Unnau-Korb

06:51

23.9km

570m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 25, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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1

3.74 km

Philosophenweg Westerwald

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Very nice single trail which was badly affected by a gust of wind and is therefore currently (May 2020) closed.

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8.69 km

Concrete ground in the ford, so you can really get through it at speed.
But please do not steer as long as you are in the water with the front wheel, the ground is quite greasy.

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3

12.0 km

Großes Wiesen Basalt Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

Depending on the season you have to look

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4

12.1 km

Great Wolfstein

Highlight • Natural Monument

According to legend, the devil is said to have had the idea to build a staircase to heaven. But when he flew with his load from Kirburg towards Marienberg, the rope on which his building material was hanging broke and the falling basalt stones formed a mighty pile of stones. Others see the Wolfstones as an earlier Celtic place of worship.

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13.5 km

Kletterwald am Wildpark

Forest

6

13.9 km

The 18 meter high Hedwig Tower was built at the suggestion of the local Westerwald association. The tower is named after Hedwig Weber, a patron of the association. The open steel construction is reminiscent of a hexagonal basalt column. The tower is located right next to the Bad Marienberg wildlife park.

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14.7 km

Basalt Park Bad Marienberg

Highlight • Natural Monument

Experts will be on site at various times to answer questions.
The circular route with information boards is accessible all year round and entry is free!
badmarienberg.de/cms/deutsch/gehenswert/erlebnis-bad-marienberger-hoehe/basaltpark/index.html?ccStatus=1&ccIdent=936bee128bc10954e50464df9de86745ce48206e

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14.9 km

An idyllic lake in a very quiet area. Ideal for walking and relaxing. There is all sorts of information about animals and plants and of course about the earlier mining of the basalt stone.

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14.9 km

Old mining locomotives

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At the Basalt Park there are some beautiful old locomotives and wagons from the time when basalt was mined here.

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23.9 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.8 km

3.39 km

3.07 km

926 m

659 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.6 km

5.24 km

2.64 km

2.54 km

1.58 km

252 m

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (290 m)

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Tuesday 7 July

21°C

16°C

31 %

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Comments

March 30, 2025,Westerwaldsteig Bad Marienberg - Hachenburg 30.03.2025
And we continued with the sixth stage. The weather simply said: there's nothing to see today. But we couldn't let that deter us, since we were planning to hike through Champagne in two weeks.
So we set off in foggy, drizzle, toward the old basalt quarry. From there, we climbed steeply toward the wildlife park. We passed the Hedwig Tower. …

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With the Eifelverein (OG Cologne) I went hiking in the Westerwald from Hachenburg to Bad Marienberg. The route is essentially a section of the Westerwaldsteig. Lots of forest, wide views, wolf stones, mushrooms.
There are some very large, modern hotels in Bad Marienberg; It's not clear to me who the target group actually is. Sure, you can hike there, but …

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Actually, stages 8 to 9 and part of stage 10 were planned today (approx. 35 km).
But heavy rain with thunderstorms and floods did not allow any more migration. Especially not in the forest. And since some of the bus drivers were on strike, I quickly took the school bus from Hachenburg to Heimborn. 🙈

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