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Diefenbacher Pond – Welschhof Pond loop from Hoste

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Forbach-Bolchen

Diefenbacher Pond – Welschhof Pond loop from Hoste

Hard

18

riders

Diefenbacher Pond – Welschhof Pond loop from Hoste

03:34

45.6km

420m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 126 m for 17 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

135 m

Hoste-Haut Pond

Highlight • Lake

A beautiful pond with quiet surroundings

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2.95 km

Forêt de Puttelange

Forest

3

5.22 km

Diefenbach Pond

Highlight • Lake

The Diefenbach Pond covers 75 hectares and is one of the must-see sites along the aquatic Maginot Line. It is home to a wide variety of wildlife. It's not uncommon …

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4

5.43 km

Diefenbacher Pond

Highlight • Lake

8.23 km

Étang de Diefenbach

Lake

6

9.34 km

Rest Area by the Pond

Highlight • Lake

nice place to take a break in nature
Here you can watch geese, ducks and birds.

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21.9 km

Lagunage

Lake

8

36.7 km

Welschhoff Pond

Highlight • Other

A break is essential to take full advantage of this particularly relaxing environment.

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9

37.4 km

Welschhof Pond

Highlight • Lake

The Welschof Pond is a little corner of paradise for fishermen and ducks. It was built in the 1930s to serve as a reservoir for the Maginot Line's defensive flood control system.

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10

37.8 km

Welschhof Pond (dam)

Highlight • Other

Dam with beautiful views over the lake and the surrounding countryside. The lake is lined with small fishing huts built on stilts along the shore.

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11

38.4 km

Dam through the pond

Highlight • Other

The cool thing about the Étang du Welschhof is that the path leads over a dam right through the pond. Further up there is a small floating bridge.

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45.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.3 km

9.60 km

9.29 km

8.00 km

5.92 km

530 m

Surfaces

19.3 km

13.1 km

8.39 km

3.42 km

1.38 km

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Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

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Sunday 30 August

23°C

16°C

69 %

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