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Elkenrother Weiher – Rosenheimer Lay Basalt Lake loop from Selbach (Sieg)

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Elkenrother Weiher – Rosenheimer Lay Basalt Lake loop from Selbach (Sieg)

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Elkenrother Weiher – Rosenheimer Lay Basalt Lake loop from Selbach (Sieg)

03:18

40.2km

470m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Rosenheimer Lay

Weidenbruch

Lindians Seifen

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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13.5 km

View of the Westerwald Countryside

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The view from here is indescribable. Unfortunately no rest bench.

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14.6 km

Weidenbruch

Nature Reserve

15.6 km

Preußisch-Nassauischer Main Stone No. 16

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Former border between Prussia and Nassau. Notice board with nesting box.

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16.7 km

Villa Hühnerglück – Stettin Free-Range Chicken Farm

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The chickens are doing well here! Villa Chicken Happiness :)

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25.7 km

Elkenrother Weiher

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The Elkenrother pond, fed by the Elbbach, offers a circular route, which is very wurzellastig, for touring bikes not so very suitable.

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27.1 km

St. Elisabeth Catholic Church, Elkenroth

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Beautiful old church, built 1869-72.

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27.7 km

Abandoned Railway Line Scheuerfeld–Emmerzhausen near Elkenroth

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This former railway line leads to Lippe, but was never completed there.

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29.6 km

Rosenheimer Lay Basalt Lake

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The Rosenheimer Lay is an abandoned quarry, which was formerly also called Kotzenrother Lay, in which basalt was mined until 1976 and is now a wet biotope.

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33.4 km

View from the Barbaraturm towards the Siebengebirge

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Here it is worth it if really clear view in all directions is. But you can also rest well if it should rain unexpectedly.

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40.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.6 km

5.70 km

3.84 km

1.82 km

242 m

Surfaces

21.0 km

14.3 km

4.12 km

478 m

242 m

105 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 19 May

18°C

11°C

90 %

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Elkenrother Weiher – Rosenheimer Lay Basalt Lake loop from Selbach (Sieg)

View of the Westerwald Countryside

Preußisch-Nassauischer Main Stone No. 16

Villa Hühnerglück – Stettin Free-Range Chicken Farm

Elkenrother Weiher

St. Elisabeth Catholic Church, Elkenroth

Abandoned Railway Line Scheuerfeld–Emmerzhausen near Elkenroth

Rosenheimer Lay Basalt Lake

View from the Barbaraturm towards the Siebengebirge

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