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Friedrichsdorf

Gickelsburg Celtic ring fort – Saalburg Roman fort loop from Friedrichsdorf

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Hochtaunuskreis

Friedrichsdorf

Gickelsburg Celtic ring fort – Saalburg Roman fort loop from Friedrichsdorf

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Gickelsburg Celtic ring fort – Saalburg Roman fort loop from Friedrichsdorf

03:52

13.5km

320m

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: May 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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861 m

Seulbach Stream

Highlight • River

4.83 km

View of the Quarzitwerk Saalburg Quarry

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From this edge there is a beautiful view of the Graueberg and the quartzite quarry on its south side

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4.95 km

Gickelsburg Celtic ring fort

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The ring wall Gickelsburg is a Celtic ring wall system, which is assigned to the late Hallstatt period. Ringwall Gickelsburg is 510 meters east of Ziegelrot.

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6.80 km

Saalburg Roman fort

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The Saalburg, a fort with a camp village on the border of the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribal areas in Roman times, was rebuilt around 1900 on the initiative …

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6.93 km

Gordon Bennett 1904 Race Memorial Plaque

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The memorial stone placed here commemorates the first international automobile race, which took place on June 17, 1904 on German soil as part of the Cup donated by the US …

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7.01 km

Roman building foundations at Saalburg

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Outside the fort there was probably once an outbuilding or residential building.

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9.90 km

Wall-Krause-Sommer shelter at Pelagiusplatz

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Nice vantage point with shelter.

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9.99 km

View of Frankfurt from Pelagiusplatz

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The "viewpoint" also has a name: Pelagiusplatz 👌😎
According to the Taunus Club, it is one of the particularly beautiful viewpoints in the Taunus!
taunusklub.de/den-taunus-erwandern/ein-startseiten-abschnitt/10-besonders-schoene-aussichtpunktee

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13.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.9 km

817 m

463 m

283 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.38 km

4.10 km

2.08 km

753 m

238 m

Elevation

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Highest point (470 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

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Friday 3 July

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Gickelsburg Celtic ring fort – Saalburg Roman fort loop from Friedrichsdorf

Seulbach Stream

View of the Quarzitwerk Saalburg Quarry

Gickelsburg Celtic ring fort

Saalburg Roman fort

Gordon Bennett 1904 Race Memorial Plaque

Roman building foundations at Saalburg

Wall-Krause-Sommer shelter at Pelagiusplatz

View of Frankfurt from Pelagiusplatz

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