Vilbel Castle – Alte Mühle Bad Vilbel loop from Bad Vilbel Süd

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Vilbel Castle – Alte Mühle Bad Vilbel loop from Bad Vilbel Süd

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Vilbel Castle – Alte Mühle Bad Vilbel loop from Bad Vilbel Süd

03:22

12.6km

150m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.20 km

Vilbeler Brunnen Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

Bad Vilbel has a lot to show and is easy to reach thanks to the Nidda bike path from FFM. 👍🏼

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1.48 km

Vilbel Castle

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In the middle of the town of Bad Vilbel, directly on the banks of the Nidda River, the ruin of a moated castle holds its own. The stone building dates …

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1.67 km

Castle Park with Arboretum

Highlight • Structure

This wonderful green area also shows that Bad Vilbel is not the poorest community in Germany.

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1.88 km

Aqua Park in Burgpark Bad Vilbel

Highlight • Rest Area

Located directly on the Nidda cycle path with parking racks for bicycles and cargo bikes.
In warm weather it is definitely an attraction for families with children.

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2.33 km

Nidda Trail

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Beautiful, quiet path on the less frequented side of the Nidda with beautiful views of the river and the castle park with its old trees.

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2.72 km

The Bad Vilbel Cultural Center 👍
Since 1991, this has been the center of cultural life in the small spa town just outside Frankfurt.
Theater, cinema, restaurant, music school, ... and much more!
kultur-bad-vilbel.de/theater-alte-muehle

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6.03 km

Weg der Tiefe Sculpture

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The “Path of the Deep”, opened in 2009, connects Bad Vilbel with the Hohe Straße. With an impressive, 23-meter-long steel sculpture, he takes up the older concept of the “mineral …

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7.66 km

Alter Schießplatz Nature Reserve

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The 6.8 hectare area is the largest clearing in the Vilbel Forest. Since 1937, the cleared area was used as a shooting range, first by the German Wehrmacht and after …

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12.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.97 km

2.32 km

1.97 km

1.05 km

234 m

Surfaces

3.82 km

3.26 km

2.28 km

1.40 km

1.01 km

767 m

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

17°C

8°C

79 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

September 29, 2024,Vilbelsteig - Bad Vilbel entdecken - Premium-Stadtwanderweg

A few sunny impressions from my tour around Bad Vilbel today.

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April 17, 2025,Premium-Stadtwanderweg "Bad Vilbel" (Vilbelsteig)

There are currently only seven premium urban hiking trails certified by the German Hiking Institute. Three of them are in Hesse alone, and I was able to experience and enjoy two of them (Marburg Viewpoints and Frankenberg Viewpoints) during my current stay in Marburg in the week before Easter 🌞.

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June 23, 2024,Vilbelsteig

The Vilbelsteig is a city hiking trail certified by the German Hiking Institute, so it combines interesting areas of the city and nature. It offers a wealth of information about the most important historical places in the city of 35,000 inhabitants and the landscape around it.
The Vilbelsteig can be walked in both directions. If you walk clockwise, the urban …

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January 19, 2025,006/2025: Vilbelsteig – Premium Stadtwanderweg in Bad Vilbel

At the end of the third hiking weekend with Xaneda Rhein-Main-Wandert we are on the Vilbelsteig in Bad Vilbel. In the best weather we were able to enjoy a wonderful hike today in a group of 25 hikers. Here is the hike as a Relive video: relive.cc/de/view/vrqDN83dLwO

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March 29, 2025,Vilbelsteig - Bad Vilbel entdecken - Premium-Stadtwanderweg

My husband was taking a dog training course near Bad Vilbel. Instead of sitting at home alone, I thought I'd go along and go for a hike. I did a little research and found the Vilbelsteig. What can I say? The definition "narrow path over hills and mountains, not accessible to vehicles" doesn't really fit the bill. But if you're …

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September 15, 2023,Bad Vilbel: "Vilbelsteig".

A very nice path, in the market square area, detours due to snack breaks.

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November 19, 2024,Vilbelsteig – Bad Vilbel

a city hiking trail certified by the German Hiking Institute (😳😯😀🤗) that connects the city and the countryside of the city of 35,000 inhabitants

- Castle Park on the Nidda
- Old town
- Orchards for the "Ebblwoi"🙂
- City forest
- Heilsberg
- Starting point: South Station

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January 20, 2024,Bad Vilbel - "Vilbelsteig"...🕵‍♀️

MOVEMENT helps! 2024
Moving weekend and checking out my youngest's new and closer living environment.
“Climb”, I would say city hiking trail.
The tour leads through the forest, over orchards, along the Nidda and into the center of the Hassia Sprudelstadt.
Lots of explanations about the city, history and nature along the way.
Café and a decent piece of Frankfurterschnitte …

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