Attractions and Places To See around Namborn - Top 20

The dam at Bostalsee is an impressive structure that dams the largest artificial recreational lake in southwest Germany. The dam not only serves an important function for water sports and leisure activities, but also offers a wonderful view of the lake and the surrounding landscape. With its length of around 500 meters and a height of 20 meters, the dam, which was completed in 1979, is an impressive structure. A walk across the dam is particularly recommended at sunset, when the light bathes the lake in warm colors.

Great wide view and you save meters in altitude because you don't have to go down into town. Makes the rail cycle path really great.

All crossings of a traffic route over another traffic route, over water or over lower-lying terrain are considered bridges if their clear width between the abutments is 2.00 meters or more. Definition according to DIN 1076, in relation to "engineering structures in the course of roads and paths - monitoring and testing" from the traffic bulletin document no. B 5276 version 07/97 personal note1: yes, there is a bridge here, not pretty but a bridge.... personal note2: I wrote this tip when the highlight was still called "Bridge" because the adjuster had slapped it carelessly.

Oberkirch Viaduct from the former railway line. Fritz Wunderlich bike path.

Hello Nice circular route, easy Going is also recommended for people with mild disabilities.

𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒏𝒖𝒓 𝟑𝟑 𝑱𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒛𝒆𝒊𝒕 𝟐𝟏.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓 - On the grounds of insufficient use “the passenger traffic Freisen-Schwarzerden was shut down. 𝟑𝟏.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 - Passenger traffic from Türkismühle-Freisen and freight traffic from Freisen-Schwarzerden were shut down. 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 - Dismantling and dismantling of the tracks. 𝟏𝟑.𝟎𝟖.𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 - Suggestion to open the railway bridge as a vantage point. 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟎 - A license agreement has been concluded with the Federal Railroad. 𝟏𝟔.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏 - Approval of the valley bridge as a vantage point by the former Saarland Prime Minister Dr. Roeder 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟕 - The bridge had to be closed due to renewal of the defective bridge railingBr 𝟏𝟔.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏 - The bridge has been released again. 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑 - The bridge had to be closed again for a few months due to renovation work. 𝟐𝟕.𝟎𝟖.𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑 - The official opening and handover of the now completed (24 km long) "Fritz-Wunderlich" bike and hiking trail from Freisen-Oberkirchen-Kusel 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟔 - The viaduct is included in the list of monuments of the State Conservatory Office. Source: Text information board

𝑺𝒊𝒆𝒃𝒛𝒊𝒈 𝑱𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒆 𝑬𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒃𝒂𝒉𝒏𝒃𝒂𝒖 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟖 - The Landstuhl-Kusel railway line was opened. 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟖 - the Trier-Türkismühle railway line has been completed. 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟔 - First suggestions to build the turquoise mill-Kusel intermediate piece. 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎 - A committee is dealing with the rail project 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒 - 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟖 - The First World War prevented further planning. 𝟏𝟐.𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟎 - The authorities of the 3 different countries met 𝟐𝟔.𝟎𝟗.𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔 - Foundation of an association to promote railway construction. 𝟎𝟔.𝟏𝟐.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎 - Popular protests against the authorities 𝟑𝟏.𝟎𝟑.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟏 - Takeover of railway construction in the Grenzland program 𝟎𝟕.𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟏 - “Green light” for the Türkismühle-Oberkirchen-Kusel line. 𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟐.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟐 - Start of construction in Türkismühle 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒 - Start of construction of the viaduct in Oberkirchen. 𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟓 - The first section of Türkismühle-Wolfersweiler was completed. 𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 - The second section Wolfersweiler-Freisen was put into operation. 𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 - The Kusel-Diedelkopf stretch was finished. 𝟏𝟓.𝟏𝟏.𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 - Commissioning of the remaining Freisen-Diedelkopf section. With that the whole hotly contested (and 32.6 km long) railway line Türkismühle-Oberkirchen-Kusel was completed. Source: Text information board

𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑟ü𝑐𝑘𝑒 𝑂𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑛 With its 12 arches, the Oberkirchen viaduct, built between 1934 and 1936, is by far the largest and most impressive structure on the Westrichbahn Türkismühle-Kusel. In terms of its design, it is one of the largest stone bridges in southwest Germany. The imposing structure is 30m high and spans the entire Osterbachtal with a length of 273m. With its 12 arches of different width and height, with an elegant arch, resting on 11 pillars and 2 abutments, it was probably the most expensive project on the entire railway line. The core of the bridge consists of reinforced concrete, the masonry was made with 16,000 m³ of local natural stone “Basalt - Deopryll”. The stones come from the Heinrich Decker quarries in Pfeffelbach and Thallichtenberg. It was built between 1934 and 1935 in just 16 months by the company “Polensky und Zöllner” from Cologne. When the Westrichbahn track was dismantled in the early 1970s, the rails were also removed from the valley bridge. In 1992 the bridge was renovated. Since then, the “Fritz Wunderlich hiking trail” has led over the building and allows hikers and cyclists a beautiful overview of the upper Ostertal. Source: Text information board