Traunbach Stream and Weir – View of the Rinzenberg Valley loop from Börfink

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

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Börfink

Traunbach Stream and Weir – View of the Rinzenberg Valley loop from Börfink

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Traunbach Stream and Weir – View of the Rinzenberg Valley loop from Börfink

04:02

13.9km

340m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationalpark Hunsrück-Hochwald

Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.28 km

Traunbach Stream and Weir

Highlight (Segment) • River

The Traunbach, also called Thranenbach in the upper reaches, rises in the Thranenbruch west of Hüttgeswasen and flows into the Nahe after almost 20 km at Neubrücke. Riedbruch, Langbruch and …

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3.55 km

Historic Water Diversion Structure at Hilzbohlenweg

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From here you can see how the builders of the old ironworks diverted the water to supply the ironworks

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3.59 km

Ironworks Weir on the Traunbach

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Iron smelting in adventure.
On the opposite side of the path is part of the historic adventurer ironworks. The ironworks weir in the Traun was able to regulate the flow …

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7.38 km

View of the Rinzenberg Valley

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The bark beetle did a great job here, so that a piece of forest had to be cut down, which is informed by a board. In the middle of the …

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8.01 km

Rest area at the rock with guestbook

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Very nice, newly laid out rest area with rock as a table and logs for seating. A box with a guest book also hangs here

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9.59 km

Picnic area with a view of Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park

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A very nice and quiet spot to take a break. The wellness lounger invites you to linger.

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10.2 km

Root trail near Rinzenberg

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The root path, which is not correctly listed at Kommot, leads through a very exciting forest, sometimes with dense trees, sometimes harvested and reforested. Very nice!

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12.0 km

Forest Pasture in the Traun Valley

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In earlier times there was a forest pasture in the middle of the forest. The forest was predominantly a deciduous forest, so the animals found plenty of food in the …

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13.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.65 km

4.78 km

479 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.13 km

4.23 km

2.05 km

237 m

231 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (640 m)

Lowest point (430 m)

Weather

Tuesday 13 October

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8°C

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

December 28, 2021,𝑻𝑺 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍-𝑯ö𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒘𝒆𝒈 - 𝑵𝒆𝒖𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒈𝒇ü𝒉𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒈 👌☁️🌨🌬🌤🐕🐕

𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕞𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕝𝕖𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝-ℍö𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕨𝕖𝕘 - ℕ𝕖𝕦𝕖 𝕎𝕖𝕘𝕗ü𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕘

Der Trauntal-Höhenweg mit Neu angelegter Wegstrecke. Durch die Neue Wegführung hat sich die Traumschleife gerade auf dem langen Schotterweg in Richtung Rinzenberg erheblich verbessert. Hier wurden einige Pfadabschnitte neu angelegt und dazu noch weitere schöne Rastmöglichkeiten geschaffen. Die Tour wurde dadurch etwas länger und hat ein paar Höhenmeter mehr. Aber Top gelöst um den eher …

September 23, 2023,Traumtänzer-Höhenweg

Been hiking again for a long time!
🥾I had a long break due to health reasons!

We chose a long round and something challenging!
You had to climb over trees or crawl under them.

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April 18, 2026,TS Trauntal-Höhenweg

Yeeesss!!! This is once again a dream loop, and it also felt like proper hiking again.....

Very close to the Börschieder Ochsentour, we are also dealing with extensive forest damage here, but this bigger sister to the Ochsentour is not only significantly (!!!) more beautiful, but also manages to provide easily walkable paths in the damaged sections, and the attentive …

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February 9, 2025,Trauntal HöhenwegWanderung

Should be renamed Trauerhöhe... I ran more than half the route through dead forest. It makes you depressed when you see the extent of it. Run it again in 30 years when the trees have grown back 😉

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April 19, 2022,Trauntal Höhenweg

Very nice hiking trail. Great views and good variety. Lots of seating. It looks like a lot has been revised. Very good 👍

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September 29, 2024,TS Trauntal-Höhenweg

Today Elena and I were in the Palatinate to hike the Trauntal high trail. A very beautiful trail in itself, but unfortunately you can't avoid the traces of the bark beetle here either!! We started at the Forellenhof, but I would recommend using the actual starting point as the beginning, then you have the rather steep climb at the beginning …

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March 1, 2025,TS "Trauntal Höhenweg"🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻🫥🍀

Well, the last time we did the tour was in '21, many of the trees were still standing. But we knew what to expect now. The pictures speak for themselves😩🫤. Storm damage and bark beetles.
Nevertheless, we enjoyed the tour, Hunsrück is always good👍🏻😉.
Sun was promised, and towards the end of the tour it appeared briefly🫣...

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May 27, 2023,T.S.Trauntal Höhenweg 27.5.23

This morning the choice fell on this dream loop. Shortly before departure I saw that it was closed. It doesn't matter... let's go anyway. I started at the trout farm, no indication of spearing or diversion. In Rinzenberg, the message came that you should follow the detour. I would have done that too if I had found her. But it …

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