Welterbesteig Upper Middle Rhine Valley Stage 5 Oberwesel - Hirzenach

Whether hiking on the right or left bank of the Rhine: one of the key stages awaits, both in terms of distance and the altitude to be mastered. Route length and distance in Rhine kilometers are close together: this indicates a lot of progression along the hillside. You leave Oberwesel via the town wall path. On the way to the Günderrode House, formerly a film set for the movie HEIMAT 3 by Edgar Reitz and beyond, you encounter exhibits of a sculpture park. Again and again, new views open up into the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley with the legendary Loreley rock or onto the Rhine loop and castles, surely one of the most spectacular from the Urbar viewpoint Maria Ruh. But also at other numerous picnic spots or seating areas, you can enjoy the magnificent Rhine panorama.

With views of the right bank castles Katz and Maus, Rheinfels Castle is reached above the small town of St. Goar. Again, a note about the ferry service to the opposite Rhine bank for individual planning.

Spectacular views of Rheinfels Castle later from the elevated district Werlau, before the trail continues its way through the "Werlauer Switzerland".

At the Prinzenstein viewpoint above the former namesake mine, mining is once again present: until the 1950s, there was a connecting route under the Rhine to the mine in the right bank Ehrental.

Shady but challenging is the following ascent into the district Holzfeld, which already belongs to Boppard, rewarded in the end with views far into the opposite Taunus mountains.

To Hirzenach, you can then deservedly just let yourself roll and enjoy the view.