Lahn cycle path 1st stage upstream Biedenkopf - Feudingen/Lahn source

From Biedenkopf, follow the signs for the Lahn cycle path and cycle along the Lahn. Just before Wallau, you change sides of the Lahn. Then you ride through Wallau and cross the tracks and the federal road at Amalienhütte. The cozy half-timbered town of Bad Laasphe has been a Kneipp spa since 1960 and offers a number of overnight and dining options. Wittgenstein Castle overlooks the town. From Wahlbachsmühle, you now cycle to Feudingen. Here you briefly change sides of the Lahn again and pass through Feudingen. Behind Feudingen, the Lahn is crossed once more and via Volkholz you go up to the Jagdhof Glashütte. On a first asphalted and later unpaved path, you reach the idyllic Lahn source. Here the Lahn springs from a pond at the Lahnhof inn.

A tip: If after the route you want to cycle from the Lahn source to Bad Laasphe (Upper Lahntal Railway), Netphen or Hainchen without cycling the last kilometers of the Lahn cycle path twice, you can join the QuellenAcht bike tour at the Lahn source.

Trekking or touring bike (e-bike or conventional), spare tube and tools, drinking bottle, and weather-appropriate clothing.

The Lahn cycle path runs mostly on cycle paths, quiet side streets, and field paths. Please still adhere to the traffic regulations and be considerate of other cyclists, agricultural vehicles, and pedestrians.

Via the B 62 to Biedenkopf.

A45 (AS-Siegen or AS-Olpe), from there to the Lahn source, to Feudingen or to Bad Laasphe.

The public transport connection of the Lahn cycle path is excellent. Only from the endpoint Lahn source do you need a shuttle to Feudingen station, which should be booked at least one day in advance: Shuttle Feudingen - Lahn source. Alternatively, Erndtebrück (15 km) or Feudingen (11 km) can also be reached by bike from the Lahn source.

By train reachable are: Feudingen (closest source station), Erndtebrück, Bad Laasphe, and Biedenkopf.

The area from the Lahn source (Feudingen to Bad Laasphe-Niederlaasphe) lies in NRW (Zweckverband Personennahverkehr Westfalen-Süd) and from there in Hesse (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund).

In Feudingen, the stop closest to the source, the platform is located directly at the station forecourt.

All information for travel by public transport can be found on the Deutsche Bahn website.

Cycling yourself

If you want to cycle from the Lahn source to the Bad Laasphe station or back to your car without cycling the Lahn cycle path twice, you can continue cycling there via the Lahn Source Tour, which leads you back from the Lahn source to Bad Laasphe in 17 km.

Alternatively, you can also cycle from the Lahn source to Lützel. It is only a few kilometers via the Alte Eisenstraße to the Sieg source and then further to the Eder source (12 km). From there, a cycle path leads to Lützel (Siegen – Erndtebrück railway line).

Before that, the Forest House Lahn Source or the Lahnhof invite you to take a break.

At the starting point in Biedenkopf there is a free parking lot.

Free parking at the Lahnhof hiking car park near the Lahn source.

Hosts in the Lahntal

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The free information flyer "Keep rolling – cycling experiences in the Lahntal" and more info are available under brochures for download and at

Lahntal Tourism Association e. V.

Brückenstraße 2, 35576 Wetzlar

Tel. 06441-30998-0

The Lahntal

info@daslahntal.de

The Kneipp wading pool in the city park of Bad Laasphe refreshes tired cyclist legs!