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Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

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Ardeck Castle Ruins – View of Ardeck Castle loop from Kettenbach

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Germany

Hesse

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Aarbergen

Ardeck Castle Ruins – View of Ardeck Castle loop from Kettenbach

Moderate

4.8

(214)

458

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Ardeck Castle Ruins – View of Ardeck Castle loop from Kettenbach

02:30

41.8km

230m

Cycling

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

Last updated: June 22, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 19.7 km for 88 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.85 km

Aar Valley

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Great to follow the Aar from its source to its mouth in Diez in the romantic Taunus.

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14.4 km

Ardeck Castle Ruins

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Ardeck Castle towers high on a rock in a bottleneck in the Aar Valley directly above the cycle path. From up there you have a great view of the Aartal …

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14.7 km

View of Ardeck Castle

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The castle in the Aartal, directly above the Aarradweg in Holzheim, is a castle ruin, but still beautiful to look at. You can enter the courtyard at any time and enjoy the view of the Aartal.

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19.5 km

Hochbunker Limburg

Viewpoint

20.6 km

Limburg an der Lahn: Old Town and Cathedral

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The Limburg skyline is romantic, especially in the evening hours when the cathedral is bathed in yellow light by the low sun. 🤗

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20.8 km

Café zur Plötze and Knight Statue, Limburg Old Town

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Limburg's old town is worth a separate trip - a stopover on a bike tour down the Lahn.

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26.1 km

Aartalbahn Cycle Path

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A very beautiful, well-developed and easy-to-ride path. Highly recommended, even for children.

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31.6 km

Castle Wall of Oberneisen

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Only the shield wall remains of the castle

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36.6 km

Roman Spring Zollhaus

Highlight • Natural Monument

The water is fizzy and tastes of iron. This is ideal for hikers and cyclists to fill up their water bottles.

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41.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.5 km

13.7 km

5.30 km

4.88 km

3.40 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

33.1 km

6.27 km

1.80 km

422 m

152 m

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Friday 26 June

38°C

23°C

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Comments

August 20, 2023,Bicycle Tour

Unfortunately, after a software update, the navigation system is spinning 🤷‍♀️

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March 13, 2022,Fahrradtour

Very easy beautiful round, also good to ride without an e-bike.

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June 12, 2022,Tour d' Aar, ein gemütlicher 🌞- day zu Zweit😘

a relaxed Tourche in the Aartal on a great Sunday 🌞. A little time for two on the bike 😘 Nice impressions, try to capture them in pictures 👀 The two sheep, the swan offspring, sweet 😉 and of course a delicious cappu and ice cream 👍👍👍 Check out the Tour d' Aar on Relive:
relive.cc/view/v4OGR1Wjd5v

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July 22, 2021,Rückershausen - Diez - Rückershausen 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴‍♂️

For over 20 years we have occasionally been driving the route from Rückershausen in the direction of Lahn. Mostly to behind Diez, now and then to Balduinstein. So I drove past the round church in Oberneisen and Ardeck Castle so often, but never up there. 🤔 Today we finally made it. 🙂
The round church was unfortunately locked so that …

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May 15, 2022,Sonntagsausflug mit Tochter

For a long time now, I have been on the road with my daughter again, so I refrained from all climbs and kept the speed extra low, but she will probably have sore muscles for the next 3 days 🤷‍♂️😁

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Ardeck Castle Ruins – View of Ardeck Castle loop from Kettenbach

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