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Lonsheim Tower – Hauck's Quarries loop from Lonsheim

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Lonsheim Tower – Hauck's Quarries loop from Lonsheim

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Lonsheim Tower – Hauck's Quarries loop from Lonsheim

02:23

8.74km

130m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 18, 2026

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1.59 km

Lonsheim Tower

Highlight • Monument

Impressive tower with seating for resting. The narrow building with its 72 steps, which was built in 1904 in honor of the participants of the Franco-German War, has established itself as a landmark of Lonsheim. It is open day and night and offers a great view over the Rhenish Hessian hills

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2.93 km

Forest Trail in Rhenish Hesse

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This hike world tour is fun, easy to walk and always offers surprising moments. This forest is one of those moments.

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3.73 km

View of Donnersberg from Donnersbergblick Shelter

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the Donnersbergblick refuge you can actually look directly at the Donnersberg! Right behind the hut is the entrance to the nature trail, which is very nice to walk. There is a "snake section", and you can also pass the Sedanplatz with its Esperanto monument. On the way you can find various signs with explanations about trees or forest dwellers

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4.24 km

Hauck's Quarries

Highlight • Structure

The Hauck'sche quarry is one of 16 sandstone quarries in the Flonheim area. The emergence of the Flonheim sandstone goes back to the time of the "Rotliegend" approx. 290 million years ago. The light yellow color, partly interspersed with dark brown and black iron rinds (limonite), gives the Flonheim sandstone its unique appearance. The Flonheim sandstone was already quarried by the Romans and probably used for country houses, temples and tombstones. Excavations at the former Roman fort in Alzey bear witness to this. Over the centuries, the sandstone was used for numerous buildings in Flonheim, e.g. for the former Augustinian monastery, the defensive wall and the historic town hall. However, the Flonheimer sandstone was not only a popular building material in Flonheim, but throughout the entire region.
The stonemason trade reached its peak in the 17th and 18th centuries. You can still admire this today in the magnificent baroque inns and town houses with their unique door portals. The evangelical market church and the bear pharmacy bear witness to a second boom in the sandstone industry around the turn of the century (1900). Flonheim sandstone was also used in the construction of Cologne Cathedral in the 19th century.

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4.44 km

Esperanto monument at Sedanplatz

Highlight • Monument

The Sedanplatz is reminiscent of a battle of the Franco-German War. There is also a nature trail here, which already has a little outdated signs, but is very nice to walk. There is also an Esperanto memorial on this square, which commemorates the Polish inventor of the language for better international understanding: "D-Roll Zamenhof Autoro de Esperanto" stands on a small metal plate. The memorial, reminiscent of a menhir, was inspired by a Flonheimer who led an Esperanto tour in the 1960s.

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4.91 km