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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Karlsburg Ruins loop from Rheinböllen

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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Karlsburg Ruins loop from Rheinböllen

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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Karlsburg Ruins loop from Rheinböllen

03:22

11.4km

320m

Hiking

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: August 20, 2026

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Katzenkopf

Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.90 km

Twin Beech Trees

Highlight • Natural Monument

The two beech trees on the Soonwaldsteig have connected to each other. A branch of one beech tree was grown into the wood of the neighboring beech tree.

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2.17 km

Hochsteinchen rock formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

A rock formation rises southeast of the forest path around the observation tower on the Hochsteinchen, which drops several meters to the slope.
The rocks are criss-crossed by crevices, some …

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2.37 km

Hochsteinchen lookout tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Since 1893, a steel observation tower has stood on the Hochsteinchen. From the uppermost platform your gaze wanders over the Hunsrück, the Middle Rhine Valley and even into the Taunus …

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2.89 km

View of Seibersbach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Near the lookout tower Hochsteinchen offers a wooden bench a great view towards Seibersbach and Stromberg.

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3.29 km

Small pond by the side of the path

Highlight • Lake

Actually not a particularly impressive body of water, but I still have to photograph the small, water-filled hollow every time I visit it, because the surrounding trees and sky are reflected on the water surface ;o)

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3.43 km

Memorial stone for JU 188 plane crash (March 21, 1944) at Katzenkopf

Highlight • Monument

On March 21, 1944, in a snow storm, a JU 188 of the 11th Kampfgeschwader crashed on the flight to Eindhoven due to icy navigation devices. 4 crew members were killed.

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4.75 km

Kreetshäuschen (Carls Lust)

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Here the "Kreets" stands for circle so circle house. In earlier driven hunts in the area around Seibersbach, this was the focus of the hunt. On the way to the …

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8.38 km

Karlsburg Ruins

Highlight • Castle

Carl Puricelli, a large industrialist and ironworks owner who owned the Rheinböller Hütte and the Stromberger Neuhütte in the Hunsrück around the middle of the 19th century, had this hunting …

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11.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.96 km

1.92 km

300 m

118 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.95 km

2.18 km

1.45 km

808 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 1 September

24°C

11°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

January 3, 2022,Auf den Spuren der Puricellis bei der Rheinböllerhütte

Rain is the constant companion of my hike today, which mainly leads over wide forest paths for around 13 km. The hike is enriched by the many little discoveries that can be made, especially the legacies of the Puricelli family.

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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Karlsburg Ruins loop from Rheinböllen

Twin Beech Trees

Hochsteinchen rock formation

Hochsteinchen lookout tower

View of Seibersbach

Small pond by the side of the path

Memorial stone for JU 188 plane crash (March 21, 1944) at Katzenkopf

Kreetshäuschen (Carls Lust)

Karlsburg Ruins

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