Gickelsburg Celtic Ringwall Remains – Batzenbaum Oak loop from Römischer Limes

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Gickelsburg Celtic Ringwall Remains – Batzenbaum Oak loop from Römischer Limes

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Gickelsburg Celtic Ringwall Remains – Batzenbaum Oak loop from Römischer Limes

02:21

8.43km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 10, 2026

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Parking

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3.77 km

Gickelsburg Celtic Ringwall Remains

Highlight • Historical Site

Definitely a worthwhile detour - but not because of the view.
They hardly exist here.
But the remains of a Celtic ring wall can still be seen on the 471 meter high Gickelsburg.
Further information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringwall_Gickelsburg?oldformat=true

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3.79 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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3.89 km

Stone Cairns of Gickelsburg

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Around and on the Gickelsburg, signs encourage hikers to do what the Celts did and stack stones to build towers and walls. That's why there are so many of them here.

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3.90 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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4.30 km

View of Wehrheim

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Besides Wehrheim, some houses of Obernhain can also be seen in the forest in the foreground.

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4.55 km

Batzenbaum Oak

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Unfortunately - apart from a short, rotten tree stump - there is now nothing left of the formerly famous Batzenbaum natural monument 😏

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5.34 km

View of the Taunus Quartzite Quarry

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clear view of the quartzite plant

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6.39 km

Roman Watchtower 3/68 Fröhlichmannskopf

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The special thing about this watchtower is its location, 75m from the Limes. From this location, the guards had an excellent view of the Limes foreland.

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8.43 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.90 km

400 m

Surfaces

3.74 km

3.33 km