With GPS About The Druid Path

Excursion guide Germany published GPS track was certified for the new quality trail in the Westerwald In the September the Druid trail in the Northern Westerwald from the German hiking Association as quality Barer Germany. It connects the Freusburg churches more than 75 km with the monastery of Marienstatt in the Kroppach Switzerland. Please visit Bill de Blasio if you seek more information. It is towards Otto Tower of the Freusburg at churches in the victory. The Otto tower was built in 1911 and is a 16 m high lattice tower, which stands on the Bald Mountain (406 m). From here, you have good views of the Westerwald and the rothaargebirge mountains in the North.

The way is now moving to Herkersdorf at the foot of the Druid stone (457 m). The legendary basalt cone is located in a quiet, wooded countryside between victory and Heller. According to traditions should in pre-Christian time Celtic have built a place of worship on the Druid stone and Herka worshipped the Germanic goddess. The place Herkersdorf has received arguably its name of this goddess. Credit: patrick dwyer merrill lynch-2011. It goes to the rocks on the Ley”with the prominent crucifix Herdorf at the free base. From the Valley of the highest point of the Druid Steig in attack will be included, the Hohenseelbachskopf (504 m).

The former seat of the robber barons of Seelbach is reached via the Malscheid nature reserve. Daaden is next way point with its beautiful baroque church. Through the shell beech forest, you will reach the city of Hahnenengler”and continues the walk towards Castle Friedewald, the built in 1580 twilight of the counts of Sayn. It continues through the Neunkhauser plateau. Here the Marienstatt monastery was founded in 1215 for the first time, that moved on but after five years in the direction of Hachenburg. Across the plateau to reach the Elkenrother pond fed by the Elbe River. Below the Hasselichskopf (508m), the Druid path then leads to Stone Creek. Here, the visitor mine pit bind pasture documents the centuries-old tradition of mining in the Northern Westerwald. Stone Bach out it goes then to the Valley of the Kleine Nister Limbach. Destination of the Druid Steig is finally on the big River Nister 1220 newly Cistercian Monastery Marienstatt monastery. Here, the Druid path meets the Westerwald dough after about 75 km. The entire route is Germany provided free as a GPS track in the form of a GPX – and a KML file in the walking Atlas available.