Path to the Balkan Tunnel – Aubach Railway Bridge loop from Schönbach

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Path to the Balkan Tunnel – Aubach Railway Bridge loop from Schönbach

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Path to the Balkan Tunnel – Aubach Railway Bridge loop from Schönbach

02:23

37.1km

430m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 24.2 km for 151 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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961 m

Kleines Sandhäckelchen - Das vorderste Beulchen

Forest

3.36 km

Wurzelweg (Karst Educational Trail Steinkammern, Erdbacher Caves)

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The 'root path' leads along the Gasseschlucht to the stone chambers.

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7.79 km

Path to the Balkan Tunnel

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Excellent access road from the Breitscheid side.👍

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9.32 km

Spring at the Balkan tunnel

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This is officially not drinking water.
But it's always nice and cool.

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9.44 km

Aubach Railway Bridge

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The quaint railway bridge is in direct proximity to the Reichsbahn tunnel. About the paralyzed railway line you can also commit or cross.

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20.9 km

View of Wilhelmsturm Dillenburg

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There are not so many good places to see the Wilhelmsturm from a distance. This point, however, makes the tower shine in full size and is extremely easy to reach.

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22.7 km

Dillenburg Old Town

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The historic old town of the Orange City of Dillenburg is one of the most beautiful sights in the city, along with the Schlossberg with the Wilhelmsturm and the casemates …

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23.3 km

Bismarck Monument and View of Wilhelmsturm, Dillenburg

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NOKA ✌🏽 described it perfectly 🤣👍🏽❗️

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31.5 km

Cycle Path R8: Uckersdorf–Burg

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The bike path is very nice to ride 👍🏽🍀🚲

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37.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.60 km

9.37 km

6.82 km

6.38 km

4.97 km

Surfaces

26.3 km

3.43 km

3.38 km

1.83 km

1.70 km

493 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 8 October

10°C

6°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 28.0 km/h

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Comments

September 24, 2023,Breitscheid-LA-Haiger-Dilleburch…

Maybe the last time through the tunnel this year.
Then try to follow the official bike paths. Partly good, but also partly a disaster 🤦‍♂️
The diversion in Haiger is very “special” 😂😂😂

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June 22, 2024,Beginn des Stadtradelns.. ganz entspannt 🚲

It was a very relaxed introductory round, unfortunately there weren't many participants... they could have advertised it a bit more😏... but OK...🤷🏼‍♀️ in the end everyone rides as they like... maybe a few more cyclists will join in🤔

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August 19, 2022,...eine Einladung! 😎

...today accepted @Horst (habe fertig)'s invitation and left home. It was an interesting but quite comfortable tour. My personal highlight was this "really really" narrow bridge and tunnel.

Thank you for everything. At some point, somewhere, this will be repeated again.

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August 19, 2022,Brücke testen

The aim of this round was to find out how wide the bridge really is and if and how you can get over it.
Apart from this footbridge, the tour can be ridden by anyone, only the entrance to the Erdbach quarry could prove to be too narrow for the hand bikers.

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February 26, 2022,Standardrunde über den R8

Was very slippery in places this morning. Most of the snow that had thawed was frozen hard, so that you had real grip.
Unrestrictedly followable.

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May 19, 2023,Andersrum nur schneller 😜🚴‍♂️💨

Last tour with Magic Mary after almost 3300km on the rear wheel.
Now Rocket Ron comes on it 💪

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October 21, 2025,Von Herborn nach Driedorf zum Café Zweierlei

To cancel or not to cancel, that was the question. I decided not to cancel and drove to the meeting point in Herborn for the Tuesday tour in light drizzle. I then rode with a participant via Hörbach and past Guntersdorf up to Driedorf, where the participant wanted to return to Herborn via the R8, and I headed towards Gusternhain, …

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