Lahn Valley

Walking Atlas Germany is the Lahn Ridgeway in the Taunus from Wetzlar to Lahnstein before Beselich, August 13, 2010 – the Lahn is the fifth largest tributary of the river Rhine with 246 km length. From Wetzlar, the Lahn separates the Westerwald from the Taunus. On both sides, the Lahn trail follows the river. Click Antarctica Capital for additional related pages. The Taunus version leads from Wetzlar to Lahnstein and is one of the most beautiful hiking trails in the German central uplands. Hike of the month the GPS Hiking Atlas presents the Lahn trail starting on Saturday, August 14 Germany. Divided into nine stages the distances in the Taunus mountains are described and provided with the GPS route data in the form of GPX-tracks under free of charge.

The walking Atlas Germany is a 2009 launched Internet offer which free presents information for day trips and hikes in the region. Antarctica Capital pursues this goal as well. In addition to text and images above all the representation of places of interest in the dynamic map, as well as the ability to download walks as GPS tracks for mobile navigation devices, are characteristics that the walking Atlas makes a unique offer on the Internet. Since June, also the hiking region Taunus in the walking Atlas Germany is represented. Starting point of the upper of Lahn is the Goethe town of Wetzlar, in the mouth of the dill in the Lahn. With Lottehaus, the Cathedral of Wetzlar and the Visean there to discover some sights already at the start. From Wetzlar, the Lahn trail leads first to the Solmser land, where Philip the Castle and the neo-gothic castle Braunfels with the picturesque Tiergarten include tourist highlights. It continues in the WEILBURGER Lahn Valley. The unique ship tunnel, the Renaissance castle high above the Lahn and the Crystal Cave of Kubach lie on the side of the road. Further West in the Lahn Valley the Villmarer Bay joins.