Former Pferdsfeld Air Base – Eckweiler Church loop from Daubach

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Rhineland-Palatinate

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Former Pferdsfeld Air Base – Eckweiler Church loop from Daubach

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Former Pferdsfeld Air Base – Eckweiler Church loop from Daubach

05:04

18.7km

250m

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: July 29, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.61 km

H. Fey Hut with a view of the Tonnenbach Valley

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A hexagonal refuge (H. Fey hut) and a picnic bench offer a beautiful view of the valley of thetonsbach and the first houses of Winterberg near the cemetery. Deer and fallow deer like to visit the adjacent meadows.

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14.0 km

View Over Ippenschied Towards Ellerspring Telecommunication Tower

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This is the view over Ippenschied not Lippschied

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14.5 km

Rest area with a view of Hunsrück

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Rest area near the airfield with a nice view

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14.8 km

Former Pferdsfeld Air Base

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The Fliegerhorst Pferdsfeld was an air base of the German Air Force. The air base was in the Soonwald part of the Hunsrück near Bad Sobernheim in Rhineland-Palatinate. The nearest …

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16.3 km

Shelter at Wüstung Eckweiler

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Very nice rest area with shelter

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16.4 km

Eckweiler Church

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Eckweiler was relocated several decades ago because of the adjacent military airfield. The only remaining building is the church. The airfield has not been in operation for many years.
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18.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.3 km

2.16 km

1.35 km

953 m

Surfaces

6.39 km

4.71 km

4.18 km

3.03 km

386 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

Comments

March 13, 2022,Winterburg - Daubach IVV-Wanderwege "Soonwald Panoramarunde"

Start in Daubach! Just do a few kilometers more than usual, we thought. Based on the pictures, we didn't have such high expectations of the route. Pferdsfeld was known to us and we expected a lot of wasteland. How wonderful it is to be so wrong again and again... :D
The route offered a lot of variety, sprawling meadows and …

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