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Bad Kreuznach

Rümmelsheim

Ruins of Layen Castle – Rock Hermitage Bretzenheim loop from Rümmelsheim

Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach

Rümmelsheim

Ruins of Layen Castle – Rock Hermitage Bretzenheim loop from Rümmelsheim

Moderate

4.2

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Ruins of Layen Castle – Rock Hermitage Bretzenheim loop from Rümmelsheim

01:31

32.0km

240m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

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After 11.1 km for 279 m

After 17.5 km for 406 m

After 25.4 km for 121 m

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94 m

Ruins of Layen Castle

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Layen Castle stands on a rocky ridge in the Trollbachtal. It was built before 1200 and mentioned in documents as "Veste Laiga". The ownership structure at that time is not clearly clarified. Both the Rhinegraves and the Lords of Bolanden come into question.
Until the expropriation by the French in 1796, the counts' families changed several times through inheritance. From the Lords of Bolanden it came to the Counts of Sponheim-Tannenfels, then to the Counts and later Princes of Nassau-Saarbrücke and Nassau-Weilburg.
Layen Castle was not inhabited by the noble owners but as a fiefdom by knights and nobles who also exercised local authority over Rümmelsheim.
Baron Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg (1750-1806) became the owner of parts of Layen Castle through his marriage to Elisabetha Augusta Freiin Ullner von Dieburg. He managed to reverse the expropriation by the French and sold Layen Castle to Johann Peter Diel.
The castle is still family-owned today under the name Weingut Schlossgut Diel.
Parts of the 800-year-old castle cellar, the castle gibel as well as the bakery and farm building have been owned by the Höfer family, now Dr. Thomas Höfer, Schlossmühle winery Dr. Höfer.
Source: hunsrueck-nahereise.de/gehenswuerdigkeiten/burgen/33-hunsrueck-nahe-reise/burgen/883-burg-layen

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131 m

Schlossgut Diel

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Beautiful walls with delicious wines in the castle estate Diel

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8.14 km

Wildlife-Rich Pathway in Hunsrück

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🦃 You can often see pheasants and partridges here.

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12.2 km

Nahe Cycle Path Polder Langenlonsheim Section

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The newly created polders have been in existence since 2016. An artificial tributary of the Nahe floods the polders at high tide. Below, the flooding then flows close again. A flock of sheep takes care to keep the grass short. Even storks are already settling there. A wonderful recreational area artificially created and still growing.

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13.7 km

Side arm of the Nahe

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Here is an artificial tributary of the Nahe, which floods the newly created polders at high tide.

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13.7 km

Bretzenheim–Gensingen Cycle Path

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Beautiful cycle path from Bretzenheim to Gensingen

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14.7 km

Villa Puricelli-Plettenberg

Castle

17.8 km

Rock Hermitage Bretzenheim

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bretzenheim.de/eremitage
completely in the rock carved place of worship, only Felseneremitage north of the alps

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25.8 km

Schweppenhausen Oil Mill

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Schweppenhausen is about 15 kilometers north of Bad Kreuznach and 11 kilometers southeast of Bingen in the lower Guldenbach valley. The Guldenbach is an extremely steep water body - favorable conditions for the mill operation. In the 19th century there were still more than 40 mills in the Guldenbach valley from the source to the mouth, eight of them alone in the small district of Schweppenhäusen. One of them is a former oil mill, which was in danger of falling into disrepair in the 1970s. Heinrich Zimmermann bought it, invested a lot of time and money and repaired the mill and residential building years later. Today you can visit the mill wheel and millstone as well as the estate and rent the adjacent restored rooms.

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32.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.5 km

8.76 km

7.17 km

2.90 km

1.28 km

386 m

Surfaces

27.2 km

2.99 km

1.07 km

643 m

124 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

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Monday 31 August

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12°C

12 %

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Ruins of Layen Castle – Rock Hermitage Bretzenheim loop from Rümmelsheim

Ruins of Layen Castle

Schlossgut Diel

Wildlife-Rich Pathway in Hunsrück

Nahe Cycle Path Polder Langenlonsheim Section

Side arm of the Nahe

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Rock Hermitage Bretzenheim

Schweppenhausen Oil Mill

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