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Moselsteig Side Trail: Leiermannspfad

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Moselsteig Side Trail: Leiermannspfad

Moderate

4.6

(225)

776

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Moselsteig Side Trail: Leiermannspfad

03:13

11.1km

290m

Hiking

This legendary Moselsteig detour takes you past old mills, through mystical forests, up to the heights of Starkenburg, and through award-winning vineyards. If you believe the legend, you might encounter the hurdy-gurdy man from the Ahringsbach stream along this trail.

The starting point of this circular hike is Enkirch, known…

by MOSEL Faszination Urlaub

Last updated: September 17, 2025

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789 m

Ahringsbach Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

This beautiful forest path leads you almost imperceptibly from the pretty parish church up through the stream valley. Hopefully, you won't experience the same fate as the hurdy-gurdy man from …

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4.87 km

Upper Starkenburg Mill

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From the Lower Starkenburg Mill, after about 200 meters, you reach the picturesque Upper Starkenburg Mill, dating from 1798. An information board and a comfortable seating area invite you to rest and linger.

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5.73 km

Moss-Covered Rock Formation

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Small detail of nature along the way.

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6.90 km

Upper Bakehouse Starkenburg

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One of the two remaining traditional communal bakehouses in Starkenburg, built in the mid-19th century.

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7.71 km

View of Traben-Trarbach

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Next to the restaurant with the telling name “Schöne Aussicht” (Beautiful View), you can enjoy this view of Traben-Trarbach and the Moselle.

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9.67 km

Natural viewing platform

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From this point on the Moselsteig you can enjoy a beautiful view down to Enkirch.

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11.1 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.19 km

2.32 km

647 m

491 m

317 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.32 km

1.93 km

723 m

491 m

257 m

242 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (360 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Sunday 5 July

28°C

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Comments

April 16, 2024,Gewagter Seitensprung auf dem Leiermannspfad

The weather had everything to offer today: rain 💦, storm 💨 and sun ☀️. Up to Starkenburg it was a dream tour on the Moselsteig, but back from Starkenburg to Enkirch was more of an ordeal - only wide forest paths, no places to sit. Our tip for the Leiermannpfad: turn around halfway and walk back 😊
Here is a …

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May 4, 2024,Moselsteig Seitensprung "Leiermannspfad"

A very nice round trip from Enkirch... first downhill with great views of the Moselle. Over slate and past a stone exchange station. At the highest point we took a break and ate our cake while swinging... we really liked the town of Starkenburg. Finally down through the valley. A little rain but a lot more sunshine. Nice round trip …

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June 26, 2023,Moselsteig Seitensprung Leiermannspfad

A "flirt" on the Moselle ....
but this time one that leaves us with mixed feelings.

First of all, in the direction we chose, a steep ascent already in the village and beyond to the first premium view "Rottenblick" ...
then follows on the further course of the Moselsteig on the panorama path a "firework display" of fantastic views.

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April 24, 2025,❤️: Mosel / Moselsteig-Seitensprung: Leiermannspfad

That was a really beautiful tour today 😍. We hiked counterclockwise and had the challenging elevation gain right at the beginning. Since Komoot deleted the pre-saved tour halfway through, we oriented ourselves using the trail markers. This worked perfectly. In Enkirch, we had to take the last kilometer along the road because a tree had fallen on the actual hiking …

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April 3, 2022,Enkirch: Leiermannspfad (Moselsteig Seitensprünge)

NOTE: If you intend to hike this tour as well, you should definitely import the ORIGINAL gpx data! ⚠️

wanderinstitut.de/gpx/leiermannspfad.gpx

Because I got lost right at the start of the tour. Because there was no route announcement (of course, I should have just gone straight ahead), I followed the visible hiking signs (and turned right), which initially led me in …

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January 12, 2025,Moselsteig Seitensprung Leiermannspfad

Today I accidentally took this detour in the opposite direction to the recommended direction. In this weather I can only recommend it. The section from Enkirch up to the Enkirch hut can be very slippery in snow/frost.
This detour clearly benefits from the Moselsteig in the area where it runs parallel to the Moselsteig (on the edge above the vineyards). …

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September 21, 2022,Moselsteig Seitensprung Leiermannspfad

On the last day of our Moselle holiday we start hiking directly at our holiday apartment around the "Moselsteig Seitensprung Leiermannspfad".
To start, we took the small passenger ferry across the Moselle to the town of Enkirch. The first part of the path leads behind the mountain of the Moselle valley and runs unspectacularly up to the village of Starkenburg, …

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October 5, 2024,Leiermannspfad Enkirch (Seitensprung)

Today we went to the Leiermannspfad, or Seitensprung or Moselsteig, or Camino.... you can choose 😃 We started in Enkirch. The car park is down by the Moselle. Free (for cars), next to the campers. Enkirch is a little gem on the Moselle. We walked through the town, with its beautiful historic town center, towards Starkenburg, before turning left into …

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June 24, 2024

This legendary Moselsteig detour takes you past old mills, through mystical forests, up to the heights of Starkenburg, and through award-winning vineyards. If you believe the legend, you might encounter the hurdy-gurdy man from the Ahringsbach stream along this trail.
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Moselsteig Side Trail: Leiermannspfad

Ahringsbach Valley

Upper Starkenburg Mill

Moss-Covered Rock Formation

Upper Bakehouse Starkenburg

View of Traben-Trarbach

Natural viewing platform

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