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Hesse

Lahntal

Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Elz

Lahn Bridge, Villmar – View of Runkel Castle loop from Elz Süd

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Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

Hesse

Lahntal

Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Elz

Lahn Bridge, Villmar – View of Runkel Castle loop from Elz Süd

Moderate

4.8

(368)

1,535

riders

Lahn Bridge, Villmar – View of Runkel Castle loop from Elz Süd

02:12

37.7km

160m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 1, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 1.95 km for 93 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.09 km

View of Limburg Cathedral

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice view from the Lahn to the Limburg Cathedral. Be sure to visit the city center with its many half-timbered houses. The squares in the historic city center with the many cafés invite you to linger. Absolutely worth seeing!

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6.84 km

Bilderrahmen 'St.Lubentius Dietkirchen'

Viewpoint

9.13 km

Lahn Bridge Dehrn

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No Lahn marble was used in the current Lahn Bridge in Dehrn.

The bridge, built between 1948 and 1950, is a concrete structure that replaced the steel bridge blown up during World War II. Lahn marble—as typical and significant as it is for the region—was not used in this bridge. Unlike, for example, the famous Marble Bridge in Villmar, which was specifically built as a showcase for Lahn marble, the building goals in Dehrn were more functional and pragmatic.

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14.6 km

View of Schadeck Castle

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Schadeck Castle is a stronghold. It owes its name to a family dispute. Heinrich von Westerburg, a cousin of the then owner Runkel, had a castle built on the other side of the Lahn from the castle of the same name - "a corner to damage Castle Runkel". That's how they say the name came about.
He didn't really succeed, and so the castle fell victim to conquest and destruction several times - especially during the Thirty Years' War, Schadeck Castle had to endure suffering and destruction.
In 1998, the castle was completely renovated and restored, as it had previously shown strong signs of collapsing.
Today, Schadeck Castle is privately owned and partly inhabited, so that a visit is not possible.

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14.9 km

View of Runkel Castle

Highlight • Castle

The medieval Runkel Castle, first mentioned in 1159, still defines the townscape of Runkel today.
The mighty, well-fortified towers of Runkel Castle rise suddenly and unexpectedly on rigid, vertically sloping rocks in the middle of the lovely Lahn valley. Still today an example of an early medieval defense structure, it appears impregnable to the viewer from the Lahn side.
Ancestral hall, old paintings, old furniture, weapons and equipment, vaults with a large press (the Runkeler Rote was pressed here centuries ago), torture chamber, old masonry speaking tubes, etc.
Source:
runkel-lahn.de/bildung-kultur/sehenswuerdheiten/#jfmulticontent_c40-1

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19.1 km

Lahn Bridge, Villmar

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The marble bridge in Villmar, Hesse is actually a limestone bridge over the Lahn. The bridge is primarily of local importance, but less of a national one. Nevertheless, it is one of the city's landmarks. It was originally built to give residents access to the quarries and the train station without having to take a ferry. To date, little has changed in this fact. In 1985 it was registered as a technical monument and ten years later it was extensively renovated.

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22.8 km

View of Runkel Castle

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Runkel has one of the most impressive and largest castle ruins in Hesse. For generations, the Lords of Runkel, in addition to collecting bridge tolls, were primarily concerned with family disputes and the occasional expansion of their castle. Runkel was the center of the Upper County of Wied and therefore a small princely residence.

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25.8 km

Lahn Cycle Path

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Beautiful bike path along the Lahn

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34.3 km

Limburg Cathedral

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A beautiful town on the Lahn River with a fantastic old town! From here, you get your first glimpse of the cathedral – quite impressive!

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37.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.7 km

9.98 km

9.24 km

2.76 km

2.74 km

1.28 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

34.9 km

925 m

808 m

523 m

320 m

244 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 4 July

23°C

16°C

73 %

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