Kreuzbach Suspension Bridge – View of Reichenstein Castle loop from Bingen(Rhein) Stadt

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Kreuzbach Suspension Bridge – View of Reichenstein Castle loop from Bingen(Rhein) Stadt

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Kreuzbach Suspension Bridge – View of Reichenstein Castle loop from Bingen(Rhein) Stadt

08:19

28.1km

770m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 23.5 km for 560 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.86 km

View of the Rhine and Bingen from the Prinzenkopf

Highlight • Viewpoint

Nice rest area with benches, tables, a shelter and a great view.

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4.89 km

Kreuzbach Suspension Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The bridge is part of the RheinBurgenWeg from Trechtingshausen to Bingen. It is well maintained and spans a valley of approx. 20 meters deep. The length of the bridge is about 50 meters. A small highlight on the hiking trail.

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5.81 km

Villa Rustica

Archaeological Site

7.49 km

Steckeschlääferklamm — Tree Spirits (Baumgeister) Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

You are never alone along the Hasselbach. Out of numerous trees, a curious forest ghost observes. There are over 60, including witches, goblins, elves and trolls, the creek leads past almost all of them. Who can find them all?

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14.8 km

Hagelkreuz

Peak

17.6 km

View of Reichenstein Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

First documented mention in 1213.
Besieged and destroyed in 1282. Due to a ban on reconstruction, a new castle with a double ring wall and residential tower was not built …

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19.0 km

Rheinstein Castle

Highlight • Castle

The picturesque location of the castle Rheinstein enchanted in 1823 the Prince Frederick of Prussia, who also bought the castle promptly. At that time, the castle was little more than …

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19.2 km

View of Rheinstein Castle and the Rhine from the Kleine Bastei

Highlight • Viewpoint

About 100 meters in front of the castle Rheinstein is the viewpoint Kleiner Turm. Great view of the castle, the Rhine and Bingen.

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21.0 km

Viewpoint

21.9 km

View of Bingen, the Rhine, and Mäuseturm

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice viewpoint with relaxation bench

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24.8 km

Binger Kribben

Highlight • Natural Monument

Very original Rheinauen, obviously a paradise for numerous birds and water animals. A lot of dead wood in the water and some huge poplars and willows create an Amazon atmosphere here on the Rhine.

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28.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.9 km

9.43 km

4.58 km

1.32 km

1.00 km

620 m

223 m

Surfaces

9.95 km

5.98 km

5.72 km

3.45 km

2.90 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (400 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

16°C

7°C

22 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

August 19, 2023,Bingen –Hängebrücke/Morgenbachtal/Kreuzbachklamm

A beautiful day in the Bingen Forest...😊
End the evening beautifully on the Rhine...

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May 28, 2023,Bingen-Steckeschlääfer Klamm_Burgen_Kreuzbachklamm_Bingen

Finally back on the road and then soooo a great tour. Spontaneously decided yesterday, haven't been in the Rheingau for a long time.
The hiking signs of Hildegard von Bingen, Rhein Burgen Weg, Soonburgsteig, Welterbesteig accompanied me. The suspension bridge is unfortunately closed....😩
It was downhill for me on the climbing rock, apparently I missed the path and so it …

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May 27, 2023,Aussicht auf Burg Reichenstein – Kreuzbachklamm Runde von Forsthaus Heilig Kreuz

It's a beautiful route on the "wrong side of the Rhine" 😉 I actually liked the rocks and the castles much better than the vineyards around Rüdesheim. You need good sturdy shoes. We didn't find a bridge by one of the streams either, so it was great that our shoes were waterproof. There are many lovingly designed works of art …

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August 28, 2024,Wanderung Baumgeister Tour Bingen

Even the last few kilometers of the journey on a narrow path in the forest are a joy. The parking spaces at the Heiligkreuz forester's house are mainly shady.
I walk past the forester's house on the left and, as on almost the entire tour, I am protected under the canopy of the trees.

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May 11, 2024,Steckeschlääferklamm - Morgenbachtal- Burg Rheinstein

Today we did an old hike from 2020 again, but this time we changed direction.
We started at the Heiligkreuz forester's house and then went straight to the Binger Wald adventure trail, a quick detour to the suspension bridge and then past the Villa Rustica into the Steckeschlääferklamm, which was surprisingly empty today.
Then we continued through the Binger Wald …

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March 29, 2024,Die Baumgeistertour durch den Binger Wald mit Burgbesichtigung

Here are some corrections to the tour. I put this tour together because there was an error in the recording process. Unfortunately, the tour dates are no longer correct. Here is the correction.
Movement time: 3:58 h
Total time: 6:54 h
Altitude: 570m high
Elevation gain: 560m down Distance: 18.73 km

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April 12, 2022,Rheinburgenweg-Rundtour - Baumgeister-Tour alte u neue Strecke

When the weather was nice, we hiked the Rheinburgenweg/ghost tour today.
We started from the Forsthaus Heiligkreuz, going clockwise so that we had a view of the Rhine at the end of the tour.
Here we walked the old route up to the closure in the gorge and then crossed back to get on the new tour, so the kilometers …

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March 26, 2022,Baumgeister-Runde Trechtingshausen

After our Palatinate session, a change of scenery was announced again...
and since a few Upper Rhine tours remained open last fall...
off to Bacharach and on from here!

One of these rounds -already "forever" planned- is a Rheinburgenweg round tour called Baumgeistertour from Bingen, only that a landslide in the Aderbachtal has changed and shortened the route in the …

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