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Westerwald-Sieg (Landkreis Altenkirchen)

Hiking Trail

Natursteig Sieg | Stage 10 | Around Wissen

Route profile

Difficulty
Difficult
Length / Distance 25,1 km
Rise 532 hm
Descent 532 hm
Duration 7,5 h
Highest point 302 hm
Lowest point 146 hm

Notice

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Description

This is where your endurance is required: Circular route and longest stage of the Natursteig Sieg with moderate ascents and idyllic stream valleys. You hike on field, forest, and meadow paths – numerous distant views offer pleasant variety.

Approach

Bahnhofstraße, 57537 Wissen

Public transport

Wissen (Sieg) train station: RE 9 and RB 90

current departure times for Wissen station

Parking

P+R parking lot directly at Wissen station

Directions

The access path, like the final section of the previous stage, leads back to the main route uphill over Wissen. A relatively young and sparse forest accompanies the path on the left and right sides of the height, which is often deeply snow-covered in winter. Nearby is the Hagdorn farm with a playground and wildlife enclosure. Down into the valley of the Wisserbach, which on some days rushes powerfully along its course. The elevation above the Lauberbach offers a beautiful view of Birken-Honigsessen, which is soon walked through directly. The Catholic parish church St. Elisabeth, considered the first tent-roof church in Germany, is beautiful. Through a narrow valley gorge down to the quiet valley of the Wipperbach, up to Nochen and steeply down again into the valley where the Wipperbach and Brölbach unite. One last ascent to Kucksberg and then down to Wissen via a path that repeatedly opens views of the Sieg before reaching its valley floor and the yellow-marked access path to the train station.

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Safety instructions

Due to unstable beech trees on the steep slope above the B62, a parallel diversion route is signposted.

Equipment

Sturdy footwear and weather-appropriate clothing

Tips

Parish church St. Elisabeth in Birken-Honigsessen (first tent-roof church in Germany)

Literature

Topographic map 1:25,000, Northern Westerwald, sheet 3, ISBN 978-3-89637-252-9, €6.90

Destination

Wissen station, 57537 Wissen

Starting Point

Wissen station, 57537 Wissen

More information & GPX download

Notice

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