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Hesse

Lahntal

Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Limburg a.d. Lahn

View of Runkel Castle – Lahn Bridge, Runkel loop from Eschhofen

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Germany

Hesse

Lahntal

Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Limburg a.d. Lahn

View of Runkel Castle – Lahn Bridge, Runkel loop from Eschhofen

Hard

4.6

(117)

350

hikers

View of Runkel Castle – Lahn Bridge, Runkel loop from Eschhofen

06:01

22.7km

230m

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: August 27, 2026

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Runkeler Laach

Wehrley von Runkel

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Train Station

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5.01 km

View of Runkel Castle

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Runkel Castle already existed in 1159 and is a medieval hilltop castle.
According to legend, knights from the entourage of Emperor Charlemagne decided to build the castle in 778.

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5.08 km

Lahn Bridge, Runkel

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Over 500 years old bridge over the Lahn.

More info:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahnbr%C3%BCcke_Runkel

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5.71 km

Viewpoint

6.20 km

Forest Trails at Wehrley von Runkel

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Very trail rich tour

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7.40 km

Wehrley von Runkel

Nature Reserve

9.18 km

Runkel Old Town

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A beautiful old town, dominated by Runkel Castle, worth seeing and experiencing. If you're looking for photo opportunities, you'll find them here.

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18.1 km

Half-timbered houses in Limburg's Old Town

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The old half-timbered houses lean towards each other in a picturesque way and thus offer impressive perspectives.

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18.3 km

Historic Old Town of Limburg

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You have the feeling of being in a museum.

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18.3 km

Kornmarkt (Limburg old town square)

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The Kornmarkt is a beautiful part of the old town.

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18.5 km

Half-timbered houses at Bischofsplatz, Limburg

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Very beautiful square with the town church St. Sebastian.
Around the square, there is a beautiful ensemble of half-timbered houses.
In many of the half-timbered houses, there are restaurants with …

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22.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.1 km

7.68 km

1.98 km

1.64 km

1.02 km

255 m

Surfaces

6.38 km

5.70 km

4.58 km

3.23 km

2.53 km

255 m

Elevation

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Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Tuesday 1 September

23°C

11°C

11 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

April 9, 2025,Lahnwanderweg 15. Etappe Villmar – Limburg

Sun, warm weather. Good paths and excellent signage. Perfect.

Our last leg 😊

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June 6, 2023,Offener Wanderkreis "Lahn 🥾🥾 Villmar ➡️ Limburg"

16 hikers of the upper age group 😉 were first "fast" 🚂🚃 and then "smart" 👨 🦯👩 🦯 on the Lahn today. With wonderful weather 🌞, on freshly mown paths and in a good mood 😎😎 we had a successful day.

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April 9, 2025,[722] Lahnwanderweg: Etappe 15 | Von Villmar nach Limburg 🌞 🥾🥾 🎒

With today's stage, we complete our Lahn hiking trail. Since our first stage in July 2022, we have covered a total of over 330 km with more than 7,000 meters of elevation gain. Today is the final tour from Vilmar to Limburg. Today, the path initially takes us along the Lahn again before climbing up and meeting the Lahn hiking …

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April 25, 2023,Lahnwanderweg 🥾 🥾 "Villmar ➡️ Limburg"

This will be our day hike from the "Open Hiking Circle" in June.
Start in Limburg/Lahn, by train to Villmar and on the Lahn hiking trail back to Limburg.
Iris, Norbert, Michael and 📸 had ideal hiking weather and had fun with today's test run. 🤩
You can confidently walk some paths a second time. 😎

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March 21, 2023,Lahnwanderweg 15. Etappe flussaufwärts Limburg - Runkel - Villmar (K)

Definitely look at Limburg 👀👍... the entire hike this time in the rain... when we arrived in Villmar (at the end of the hike), it had stopped 😫... varied stage with really great promising trails.... very muddy and slippery (hiking experience required in this weather)... the section from Runkel to Villmar is really, really good... just great 👍👍👍👍👍👍... this stage …

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May 20, 2023,Auf dem Lahnwanderweg 🎒von Villmar nach Limburg

Driven by car from Wetzlar to Villmar to start our hike to Limburg.
Nice hike and Limburg is worth seeing anyway. There were well-stocked cafés with cheerful people everywhere. The stage ends directly at the train station. From there we took the Lahntalbahn back to Villmar

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September 7, 2022,Lahnwanderweg Etappe 15 von Villmar nach Limburg

Today we ran the 15th stage of the Lahnwanderweg from Villmar to Limburg. Yesterday the navigation system gave up again from Aumenau to Villmar, but there are a few pictures of the route. Today's tour was very nice with great paths above the Lahn. You come through the town of Runkel with its castle and then along the Lahn directly …

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June 6, 2023,Lahnwanderweg 15. Etappe Villmar – Limburg

Very nice tour with the hiking group. Since I've walked this for the 4th time, I've refrained from taking pictures

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View of Runkel Castle – Lahn Bridge, Runkel loop from Eschhofen

View of Runkel Castle

Lahn Bridge, Runkel

Forest Trails at Wehrley von Runkel

Runkel Old Town

Half-timbered houses in Limburg's Old Town

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