Westerwald - Westerwald

The Fuchskaute and Willingen in the High Westerwald

The Westerwald is a low mountain range at the border triangle of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia lies.

Regions

Overview map Westerwald (click to enlarge)

The highest part of the Westerwald is the High Westerwald, right on the border triangle of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, the highest point of which is the 657 meter high Fuchskaute. Other mountain ranges are the Oberwesterwald, Niederwesterwald and Montabauer Westerwald. In the center of the region lies the Westerwald Lake District. In tourist contexts, the region is also used in northern and southern Westerwald divided (the division runs roughly along the line Linz–Puderbach–Westerburg).

On the edges of the Westerwald lie the Siegtal (north), Middle Rhine Valley (West), Lahn valley (South; border to Taunus) and Dilltal (east; border to Gladenbacher Bergland). The northwestern foothills of the Westerwald form that Siebengebirge.

places

Rhineland-Palatinate

northern Westerwald

Uncle is located in the Middle Rhine Valley on the western edge of the Westerwald.

Montabaur Castle
southern Westerwald

Koblenz, Neuwied, Bad Hönningen and Linz on the Rhine are in the Middle Rhine Valley on the western edge of the Westerwald; Diez, Nassau and Bad Ems in the Lahn valley on its southern edge.

Hesse

northern Westerwald
southern Westerwald

Limburg on the Lahn, Runkel, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Herborn and Dillenburg are on the edge of the Westerwald.

North Rhine-Westphalia

Eitorf and Windeck are due to the victory on the northern edge of the Westerwald.

Burbach (Siegerland) and Wilnsdorf in the southern Siegerland also belong to the Westerwald.

Other goals

background

language

German is spoken in the Westerwald. The native inhabitants of the Westerwald mostly still speak as a dialect among themselves Waller Platt.

getting there

Airports

In Burbach (Siegerland) is the Siegerland Airport, it is suitable for "self-pilots", charter flights are also offered.

Otherwise the airports are suitable Cologne / Bonn (55 km northwest of Altenkirchen) and Frankfurt am Main (85 km southeast of Montabaur) to get there. ICEs run from Frankfurt Airport to Limburg-Süd in 17 minutes and directly to Montabaur in under half an hour. It takes about 1½ hours to get to Westerburg via Limburg, to Haiger with a change in Frankfurt Hbf approx. 1:45 hours. From Cologne / Bonn you can take the S-Bahn to Au (Sieg) on ​​the northern edge of the Westerwald in just under an hour Altenkirchen is just under 1½ hours with one change.

By train

There are connections to long-distance rail traffic nearby at the Montabaur and Limburg-Süd stations on the Cologne – Rhine / Main high-speed line and at Koblenz main station on the left-hand Rhine route.

The following regional train lines operate in the Westerwald:

  • RE 9, Rhein-Sieg-Express: Aachen - Düren - Cologne - Siegburg / Bonn - Au (victory) - knowledge (victory) - Betzdorf (victory) - victories
  • RE 25, Lahntal-Express: Koblenz - Niederlahnstein - Bad Ems - Diez - Limburg (Lahn) - Weilburg - Wetzlar - Gießen
  • RE 99, Main-Sieg-Express: Frankfurt am Main - Gießen - Wetzlar - Haiger - Siegen
  • RB 29, Unterwesterwaldbahn: Limburg (Lahn) - Diez Ost - Montabaur - Wirges - Siershahn
  • RB 23, Lahn-Eifel-Bahn: Limburg (Lahn) - Diez - Bad Ems - Niederlahnstein - Koblenz - Andernach - Mayen
  • RB 25, Lahn Valley Railway: Limburg (Lahn) - Weilburg - Wetzlar - Gießen - Alsfeld - Fulda
  • RB 90, Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn: Limburg (Lahn) - Diez Ost - Westerburg - Nistertal / Bad Marienberg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen - Au (Sieg) - Knowledge - Siegen
  • RB 95, Sieg-Dill Railway: Siegen - Haiger - Dillenburg
  • RB 96, Hellertalbahn: Betzdorf (Sieg) - Herdorf - Neunkirchen - Haiger - Dillenburg
  • RB 97, Daadetalbahn: Betzdorf (Sieg) - Daaden

The lines RE9, RB23 and RE25 are through the DB Regio operated, the lines RB29, RB90, RB95 and RB96 by the operating branch Dreiländerbahn of the Hessische Landesbahn, the line RB97 is through the Westerwaldbahn operated the lines RB25 and RE99 by the Hessian State Railway HLB.

With regional and long-distance buses

  • At the bus stations Montabaur / FOM train station and Konrad-Adenauer-Platz Montabaur there are regional bus connections in the direction of Hachenburg, Rennerod, Bad Marienberg, Koblenz, Limburg (Lahn) and Westerburg.

Since January 1st, 2017, the collective tariff of the has been valid for bus and train tickets in the Westerwaldkreis Rhein-Mosel Transport Association (VRM).

  • At the bus station Montabaur / FOM train station also run Long-distance buses of the companies Univers and Flixbus in the direction of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Aachen, Frankfurt am Main, Mainz and Wiesbaden.
  • Busliniensuche.de

mobility

Regular train and bus connections can be found here:

Traffic Company

Classic car bus rides for groups with Schwyzer Poschti - vintage bus rides in the Rhineland

Transport associations

  • Rhein-Mosel transport associationwww.vrminfo.de · Connection information and tariff system for the Westerwaldkreis, the Altenkirchen district, the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Neuwied district and the city of Koblenz.
  • Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg VRS www.vrsinfo.de · Connection information and tariff system (transitional tariff) for the district of Altenkirchen and the district of Neuwied, coming from the VRS area.
  • Rhein-Main transport associationwww.rmv.de · Connection information and tariff system for the Hessian Part of the Westerwald (Limburg-Weilburg district, Lahn-Dill district.

Rhineland-Palatinate clock

  • Special purpose association for local rail passenger transport Rhineland-Palatinate-North www.spnv-nord.de Organization of local rail transport in northern Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • Rhineland-Palatinate clock www.der-takt.de Link to the Rhineland-Palatinate Clock.

Tourist Attractions

Mountain peaks and viewpoints

  • Dent head - The Raiffeisen Tower Located at an altitude of 388 m, it is 35 m high.
  • Bismarck Tower - at Altenkirchenlocated, 14 m high.
  • Fox chews - At 657 m, it is the highest point in the Westerwald (no observation tower). In the area of ​​the mountain there is "Summit gastronomy".
  • Burial hill - 513 m with Observation tower at Alpenrod
  • Otto Tower - 450 m high, with Observation tower.
  • Bridge head - 654 m high, no observation tower (military training area)

Lakes and bodies of water

At the Saynbach in the nature reserve Westerwald Seenplatte (near Maxsain)

Castles, palaces and monasteries

Marienstatt Abbey
Greifenstein Castle

Museums

Important museums in the Westerwald:

Caves and show mines

  • Show cave autumn maze - The show cave opened in May 2009 at Breitscheid is Germany's most modern show cave. Economical LED lighting illuminates a magnificent cave room with stalactites. Due to the high demand, tickets must be reserved 1 - 2 weeks in advance (www.schauhöhle-breitscheid.de i.a. Information with opening times and booking information). Interesting: Information about the cave .

miscellaneous

activities

hike

water sports

Raft trip

Aviation

Golf

Inline skating

Air sports

Winter sports

(if the weather cooperates and ice forms on the lake) Stahlhofen am Wiesensee

miscellaneous

kitchen

Down-to-earth: game, fish, grazing cattle, vegetables, potatoes in all their variations "Westerwald kitchen"

Drink:

nightlife

security

  • The emergency numbers
    • Poison control center Mainz: (0 61 31) 23 24 66
  • Hospitals

The emergency supply of the Westerwald is ensured. The Westerwald is practically safe. At public events or use of public transport, you must be careful of your own private things against pickpockets.

climate

literature

(Publisher: Kommunikation und Wirtschaft, ISBN 978-3-88363-287-2 )
  • A journey of discovery through the cultural and hiking region of the Westerwald
(Publisher: Ziethen-Panorama Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3929932547 )
  • Westerwaldsteig - nicer hiking pocket. Tour maps, elevation profiles, GPS data and separate folding map. 17 daily stages from Herborn to Bad Hönningen. Tips for refreshments and overnight stays
(Publisher: ideemedia, ISBN 978-3934342255 )

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