View of Laurenburg Castle – Laurenburg Castle loop from Holzappel
View of Laurenburg Castle – Laurenburg Castle loop from Holzappel
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View of Laurenburg Castle – Laurenburg Castle loop from Holzappel
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11.2km
300m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 15, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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2.80 km
View of Laurenburg Castle
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Be careful, risk of falling!!! There are no bars or ropes attached!!!
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3.99 km
Laurenburg Castle
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Today the castle is privately owned, but the outside area is freely accessible. The keep can be visited and climbed. From its platform there is a very good view of Laurenburg and the Lahn valley.
The knight's hall now houses a small military museum and can be used as a wedding room for weddings.
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4.76 km
Grube Holzappel Mining Memorial
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5.23 km
Bench With a View of Nassau Valley
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8.16 km
Stephansschacht Mine (Holzappel)
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The Holzappel mine was an underground mine with tunnels.
In 1844, Archduke Stephan, the mine owner at the time, had the first machine shaft, the Stephansschacht, built.
Narrow-gauge rails were laid for trolleys in the Adelheidstollen and Wilhelmstollen.
In 1853 the Stefanschacht received a steam engine.
In 1853, the mining and smelting facilities in the area around Holzappel became the Silber- und Bleibergwerksgesellschaft AG. This built a second machine shaft as a central shaft. In 1859, Laurenburg Castle became a mine administration facility.
In 1866, an efficient ore processing plant was built in Laurenburg, from which the Lahntal railway, which had been running for four years, transported the ores to Bad Ems for smelting.
In 1873 the ore was lifted from the Stefan and Mittelschacht to the Adelheid brine and brought to light using mine horses.
In 1904 the ore was transported via a lorry cable car to the ore processing and extraction plant.
In 1909, a boiler house was built for a compound machine with 440 KW of power on the 16th underground level (approx. 715 meters deep), which, powered by steam, pumped the groundwater via pipes from the shafts into the ponds and Lake Herta.
The Holzappel mine, merged under Stolberger Zink AG, was closed in 1930 and 550 miners were laid off
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8.18 km
Mining Heritage Trail Grube in Nassau
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8.18 km
Stephansschacht Ruins and Historic Mine Entrance
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8.50 km
Holzappel Mining Educational Trail
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11.2 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
7.54 km
1.59 km
1.33 km
584 m
108 m
Surfaces
7.01 km
1.72 km
941 m
696 m
568 m
144 m
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