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Descent in the Westerwald – Ellar Castle loop from Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Runkel

Descent in the Westerwald – Ellar Castle loop from Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

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Descent in the Westerwald – Ellar Castle loop from Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

02:20

49.5km

630m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 14.9 km for 55 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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6.17 km

Steam Locomotive No. 20 (Kerkerbachbahn Memorial)

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Memorial station to the times when the Kerkerbachtalbahn was still driving.

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6.84 km

Protestant Church Heckholzhausen

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The present-day parish church was built on the foundations of a castle built in the 13th century and ruined in the 16th century with a chapel belonging to it, the foundation stone was laid in 1898. (Wiki)

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7.40 km

Descent in the Westerwald

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very nice departure. After an eternal up and down, here it is moderately downhill, so that you can once again really make pace or lift your legs.

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12.2 km

St. Leonard's Church in Fussingen

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Nope, just nope. This is a church, not a sports field.

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15.0 km

Ellar Castle

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Castle Ellar was built around 1100 and restored in 1977 by the traffic and beautification Ellar.
A really nice facility.

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15.2 km

Bakery & Patisserie Simon

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The church in the village

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26.1 km

Church of Niederzeuzheim

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29.5 km

View of the courtyard at Schloss Hadamar

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View through the gatehouse to the square in front of the castle

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30.1 km

Kalksteinbruch bei Hadamar

Nature Reserve

49.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.7 km

6.33 km

5.29 km

962 m

220 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

47.7 km

1.63 km

183 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Wednesday 2 September

22°C

11°C

76 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Descent in the Westerwald – Ellar Castle loop from Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Steam Locomotive No. 20 (Kerkerbachbahn Memorial)

Protestant Church Heckholzhausen

Descent in the Westerwald

St. Leonard's Church in Fussingen

Ellar Castle

Bakery & Patisserie Simon

Church of Niederzeuzheim

View of the courtyard at Schloss Hadamar

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