Grimburg Castle – Bench by the Wooden Bridge loop from Gusenburg

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Trier-Saarburg

Gusenburg

Grimburg Castle – Bench by the Wooden Bridge loop from Gusenburg

Hard

4.5

(15)

hikers

Grimburg Castle – Bench by the Wooden Bridge loop from Gusenburg

07:48

27.9km

540m

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: October 1, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.97 km

Mount of Olives Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

Nice view over the high forest and its valleys

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5.81 km

Grimburg Castle

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On a mountain spur above the Wadrilltal perched the striking ruins of the Grimburg. The castle and the preserved entrance tower can be visited daily and free of charge. From …

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10.9 km

Former Beaver Pond in the Wadrill Valley

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If you're lucky, you'll see a beaver here. Otherwise, you can marvel at the animals' structures.

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13.4 km

Bridge over the Wadrill

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Bridge over the Wadrill

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14.5 km

Forest path

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Snowy adventure

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16.0 km

Sauscheider Cross and Resting Bench

Highlight • Religious Site

𝑺𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒓𝒆𝒖𝒛

The cross stands on the Reinsfeld district (Am Beitelstein Department 3a / 3b) on the old footpath between Reinsfeld and Sauscheid and has the following meaning: Here at …

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16.1 km

Bench by the Wooden Bridge

Highlight • Rest Area

A place with a mystical charisma, dark and cozy, like a forest in a fairy tale.

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25.0 km

Mühlenkapelle in the Lösterbach Valley

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very well preserved small chapel, very well maintained, there are also benches to linger

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27.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.5 km

4.41 km

4.33 km

650 m

Surfaces

13.1 km

7.56 km

3.49 km

2.17 km

1.54 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (380 m)

Weather

Sunday 18 October

14°C

7°C

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

July 11, 2022,SHS-7-8.1-Grimburger Hof-Hermeskeil

Exactly one week ago we were on the Wadrilltal Tafeltour and made a detour to Grimburg...

And this is exactly where our "project" Saar-Hunsrück-Steig ended in 2019 from Perl (for the time being) at kilometer 90...

This was inspiration and motivation to finally continue and so we decided to add a few more kilometers of SHS instead of collecting more …

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May 31, 2026,Tag 6. Saar-Hunsrück-Steig: Grimburger Hof - Hermeskeil 31.05.2026

Grimburger Hof - Wadrilltal - Schutzhütte Alter Biberbau - Lauschbachtal - Unterführung A1 - Nickelsmühle - Viadukt Alte Bahnlinie - Schützenhaus - Grabhügelgruppe Steinerwald - Mammutbäume - Hermeskeil

Today we entered the second half of our tour on the SHS.
From Grimburger Hof, it goes through the beautiful Wadrilltal. Along the way, you come to a shelter with information about …

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August 18, 2025,Von Grimburg nach Hermeskeil Saar-Hunsrück-Steig 🇩🇪

After a good rest and a delicious meal at the Grimburgerhof, we headed straight up to Grimburg Castle this morning. It was impressive to see how the castle has been restored and partially rebuilt. Unfortunately, it has a dark past; poor wise women (so-called witches) were tortured here and forced to confess their sins.

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June 6, 2022,Saar-Hunsrück-Steig Tag 4 - Reidelbach nach Hermeskeil

By transfer we went back to the destination from yesterday. We still had a short stretch of stage 6 to go from Reidelbach to Grimburgerhof. Until then it was again a very nice passage through beautiful forest. We passed the Hochwaldalm - the only real alp of its kind in Saarland. A bit of local history, because from 1955 until …

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