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Schweizertal Trail – Entrance to the Ruppertsklamm loop from Friedrichssegen

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Schweizertal Trail – Entrance to the Ruppertsklamm loop from Friedrichssegen

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Schweizertal Trail – Entrance to the Ruppertsklamm loop from Friedrichssegen

07:09

25.6km

440m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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3.27 km

Schweizertal Trail

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Narrow, attractive path through the narrow valley.

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9.33 km

Bad Ems Spa Town

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Located on the Lahn in the valley, an old spa town in which even the Russian tsar has matured. Everyone knows for sure "Ems Salt" - comes from here. A …

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10.0 km

Kurhaus and Casino Bad Ems

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One of the oldest casinos in Germany, a building worth seeing.

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10.4 km

View of the Kurhaus Bad Ems

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The listed Kurhaus of Bad Ems was built as a Nassau bathhouse in 1715, and restored and expanded in the 19th and 20th centuries.
In 1715 the House of Nassau …

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10.6 km

Bad Ems Spa Bridge

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Definitely not a "bridge over troubled water," to quote Simon and Garfunkel, but a flower-decorated crossing of the Lahn with a view of the fountain in the middle of the …

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11.1 km

Jacques Offenbach Promenade

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Named in memory of the great composer Jacques Offenbach from Cologne.
Who doesn't know the barcarolle or the cancan?
He stayed in Bad Ems several times for a health cure.

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20.9 km

Entrance to the Ruppertsklamm

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⛰️And the outdoor fun can begin—but good, sturdy footwear is recommended 🥾🥾
1.2 km long gorge with an elevation gain of 235 meters ☝🏼

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21.4 km

Footbridge over the Lahn

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The bike path brings you over this bridge. When two bikers come together, it gets tight. But doable with a quiet ride.

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24.0 km

Lahnblick

Viewpoint

25.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.4 km

5.40 km

3.42 km

1.16 km

1.04 km

1.03 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.7 km

5.71 km

2.99 km

2.39 km

1.19 km

496 m

Elevation

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Sunday 12 July

33°C

17°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

May 23, 2025,Von Lahnstein mit Fahrrad nach Bad Ems dann Wanderung Baedeckers Felsenweg

We did the bike tour on a folding bike. It's a wonderful ride. The short hike offers beautiful viewpoints of Bad Ems and the Lahn River. The entrance is through the parking garage's stairwell.

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September 26, 2025,250906 RLP - Bad Ems

Bad Ems - good decision? I don't know. Yesterday it was a dead town, as confirmed to me by a local and a tourist who had already been vacationing there for two weeks.

Far too cold to walk up the interesting heights of Bad Ems - accordingly, not really. Nice pubs closed, I wasn't served in the bar at the …

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November 24, 2022,Lahntour Etappe 13: Von Bad Ems nach Niederlahnstein

Sooo, that was the end of my Lahn tour.
I had a lot of fun, with many beautiful and interesting impressions.
For the tour, I had planned to follow the course of the Lahn as closely as possible and therefore decided against the Lahn hiking trail, which is often far away from the Lahn.
If I were to categorize the …

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Schweizertal Trail – Entrance to the Ruppertsklamm loop from Friedrichssegen

Schweizertal Trail

Bad Ems Spa Town

Kurhaus and Casino Bad Ems

View of the Kurhaus Bad Ems

Bad Ems Spa Bridge

Jacques Offenbach Promenade

Entrance to the Ruppertsklamm

Footbridge over the Lahn

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