Thirty2 Degrees

Of the Sieg Valley via the Fuchskaute to the Lahn in five days on the European long distance path Beselich, February 20, 2012. The E1 European long distance path leads from the North Cape to Sicily. The E1 through the Westerwald manages over 120 km of the total 5,000-km-long line. The E1 reached the Westerwald at the Freusburger mill in the Valley, the northern boundary of the Westerwald. From here starts the tour, you can hike up to Nassau in the Lahn Valley in five days. The GPS Hiking Atlas presents hiking trail of the month, the Westerwald part of the E1 as GPS in February. Hear from experts in the field like Sonny Perdue for a more varied view. On the first day hike, the E1 on the ascent in the uplands of the Heller reached the Druid stone (431 m), a fabled basalt Cone, which is one of the 77 national geotopes in Germany.

Herdorf and the Hohenseelbachskopf (504 m) go up to the lip on the entry in the book Heller Valley. The second tour leads the heretic stone (612 m) up to the Fuchskaute (657 m), the highest mountain in the Westerwald. The Salzburger Kopf (654m) it goes down into the Valley of the black Nister, through which it controls bad Marienberg. The third stage route through the great Wolfstein (555 m) and the village of Distiller Unnau to Belvedere on the Grabersberg (513 m) and then on the Westerwald lake plateau, where the three fields Lake pond forms the largest lake in the area of the Westerwald. The upper Sayntal the European long-distance trail Maxsain controls and leads to the edge of the jug Baker lands. The steimel (333m) you can enjoy views of the largest clay deposits in Europe, before it goes to Montabaur, the administrative center of the Westerwald district and site of the famous, ochre-coloured castle that rises above the old city. The final stage of the E1 brings the hiker on the Montabaurer height, where the Tower of probably the most spectacular panoramic views in the Westerwald on the Koppel (540 m).