Traumschleife Hunolsteiner Klammtour (Hunolstein gorge tour dream loop)

The start of the scenically very varied tour is the farm café “Hunolsteiner Hof”. The first highlight is the castle ruins of Hunolstein. Unfortunately, only a few remaining walls of the former castle still stand, nevertheless, it is worth climbing up the 60 steps to the castle rock. You are rewarded with a magnificent view over the Hunsrück landscape and into the deeply cut Dhron Valley.

After leaving the village, the lonely Walholz church in the meadow valley comes into view. Now the trail takes you downhill to “Reinhardsmühle”. We pass it and follow hiking trail 80/85 to the left of the Dhron, which finds its way here between large boulders in the stream bed. Halfway along, on the right of the path, is the Kopus rock. This rock - like the castle rock - is part of a quartzite vein that runs right through central Hunsrück. This part of the Dhron Valley and the waterfall of the “Hölzbachklamm”, which we follow to the right, can rightly be described as wildly romantic. After leaving the Hölzbachklamm gorge, the hiking trail leads in a south-westerly direction to the Herrenwiese meadow below Haag. From here, the Kellertsbach accompanies us down the valley. At the end of the Wiesental, we change the side of the valley and come back to the Dhron. At this point in the valley, the stream used to be dammed up a little and the sheep’s wool fur was cleaned in it before shearing, which is how the bridge got its name. From the lowest point of the hiking tour, the trail now leads steadily uphill through an oak wood. After reaching the top, the trail leads back to the starting point via a long straight with great views.