Rothaarsteig - Rothaarsteig

The Rothaarsteig is a mountain trail on the crest of the Rothaargebirge, mostly along the Rhine-Weser watershed, the 154.8 km route leads from Brilon in North Rhine-Westphalia mainly to the south over the Kahler Asten to Dillenburg in Hesse.

Rothaarsteig with Hochheide at the "Neuer Hagen" nature reserve

background

Labelling

The waymark of the Rothaarsteig is a white R lying on its back on a red background. The connecting paths leading from the valleys to the Rothaarsteig show the same sign, but in black on a yellow background.

preparation

getting there

The Rothaarsteig can be reached by public transport. The following municipalities have a train station or are connected to a bus network.

• Brilon on the railway line Hagen - Warburg - kassel
• Willingen at the Uplandbahn the from Korbach leads to Brilon-Wald
• Winterberg on the Olsberg - Winterberg railway line, hourly connections to Dortmund
• Schmallenberg with the bus routes S40 from Winterberg and 367 from Lennestadt / Altenhundem
• Altenhundem, Haiger and Dillenburg on the route of Cologne to to water
• Bad Berleburg, Erndtebrück and Hilchenbach with the Rothaarbahn Kreuztal - Erndtebrück
• Feudingen with the Upper Lahn Valley Railway Bad Laasphe to Marburg

Stages

The Rothaarsteig can be hiked in eight stages, whereby individual stages can also be hiked very well thanks to the diverse access routes.

• Brilon - Bruchhausen 17 km
• Bruchhausen - Winterberg 25 km
• Winterberg - Kühhude 18 km
• Kühhude - Rhine-Weser Tower 20 km
• Rhine-Weser Tower - Lützel 19 km
• Lützel - Lahnof 15 km
• Lahnhof - Kalteiche 18 km
• Kalteiche - Dillenburg 20 km

Sights on the route

Bruchhauser stones

Rothaarsteig suspension bridge

• Bruchhauser stones
• Heath landscape NSG Neuer Hagen
• Ruhr spring
• Rothaarsteig suspension bridge near Kühhude
• Wisent-Welt-Wittgenstein

trips

• ins Siegerland
• to the Edersee and into the Ederbergland
• to kassel

literature

• Illustrated book: Rothaarsteig - the path of the senses, Klaus-Peter Kappest, 112 pages with 120 ills., Format 21.5 x 28 cm bound, ISBN 978-3-934427-11-2 , published for 20 € by Tecklenborg Verlag

Web links

• Rothaarsteig Association
• Rothaarsteig in the Outdoorwiki
• Rothaarsteig marathon

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