Gräfenbach Valley – Gräfenbach Stream loop from Münchwald

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach

Münchwald

Gräfenbach Valley – Gräfenbach Stream loop from Münchwald

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Gräfenbach Valley – Gräfenbach Stream loop from Münchwald

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5.89km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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13 m

Münchwald Hiking Car Park

Highlight • Parking

Beautiful, large hiking car park with rest area, shelter and information boards

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2.58 km

Blast furnace of the Gräfenbacher Hütte

Highlight • Monument

The Gräfenbacher Hütte, located in the Spabrücke district, has the only free-standing blast furnace in West Germany from 1830. It is therefore considered a technical monument of high rank.

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2.60 km

Gräfenbacher Hütte Ironworks Ruins

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Monument zone. Plant with blast furnace district (ruin), storage, administration and residential buildings, 1839 to 1841; one to two-storey classical quarry stone and half-timbered buildings, two-winged warehouse building,
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Kulturdenkm%C3%A4ler_in_Spabr%C3%BCcken

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2.82 km

Hindenburg’s Rest

Highlight • Monument

From 1917 to 1931 Generalfeldmarschall Hindenburg was a frequent guest in the Gräfenbacher Hütte and used the forest path for walks.
On the "Hindenburgweg" a rest bench with table offers the opportunity for a break.

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3.87 km

Gräfenbach Valley

Highlight • Gorge

A very beautiful, but currently totally muddy path leads directly along the Graefenbach.
So hiking boots as high as possible or rubber thongs 😁

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4.24 km

Beilstein Rock Formation on the Gräfenbach

Highlight • Natural Monument

A few meters from the wild path next to the Gräfenbach, the Beilstein rises as a jagged rock, from which a few rocks have rolled into the stream and form …

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4.55 km

Gräfenbach Stream

Highlight • River

The Graefenbach is a brook that rises in the Soonwald and, after a 26.1 km long, with strong changes in direction, runs east-south-east through the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bad Kreuznach …

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5.89 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.61 km

1.64 km

580 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.35 km

2.18 km

718 m

580 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (350 m)

Weather

Today

Friday 16 October

14°C

6°C

82 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

May 10, 2024,Gräfenbachrunde

Since the Gräfenbach south of the Gräfenbacherhütte was still a blank spot for me, I took a look at this rather wild area today and walked a few paths that had not yet been mapped.
Very nice wild corner, if you can cope with muddy paths... 😉🥾

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