Dream Loop Wilderness Trail Weiskirchen
In complete seclusion, the hiking trail leads over narrow, natural paths across the heights of the Black Forest High Forest around Weiskirchen. The nature reserve "Wahnbachtal" as well as the "Behlengraben" are crossed. In addition, the Herberloch is located by the wayside, an old quarry that has developed into a natural biotope over the years.
Passing the natural monuments "Iltisfels" and "Hoher Fels," the path steadily climbs. Sometimes steep, sometimes less so, you hike on narrow forest paths towards Schimmelkopf. Below Schimmelkopf, with 694 meters one of the highest elevations in Saarland, the trail winds through the forest. Solitude and silence prevail in this seemingly endless forest area.
Via a path you enter the Wahnbachtal nature reserve. The narrow gorge of the low mountain stream is also called the "soul protection area Wahnbachtal." You leave the valley via a steep path upwards along the so-called Behlengraben.
Past old quarries, the trail reaches the Schlittentaler stream. For a considerable time, it means hiking uphill again. The dreamlike scenery at Herberloch awaits. In the hollow of a former quarry, recognizable by its ocher-colored rock, lies a small, almost mirror-smooth lake with a fairy-tale atmosphere.
Along another forest stream and over several bridges, we initially descend from Herberloch before the dream loop leads back to Weiskirchen via further forest paths.
The path was rated with 60 experience points by the German Hiking Institute.
Author’s recommendation
Gastronomy is available in the town center of Weiskirchen, 2 km from the starting point.
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Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
Ristorante RiminiDie Zwo
Dilan Kebap
Beer garden at the Parkhotel Weiskirchen
Campingklause Weiskirchen
Safety information
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Attention:
Entering the forest and hiking the trails is fundamentally at your own risk!
Due to seasonal or weather conditions, increased surefootedness is required on certain trail sections. Please wear clothing and hiking shoes with appropriate tread adapted to the season and weather. Caution is required due to breaking branches and damaged trees. With stronger wind and in winter due to snow and ice, the dangers of falling trees and falling branches increase.
Tips and suggestions
Website of the municipality of Weiskirchen - www.weiskirchen.de
Tourism Center Saarland
Tel.: 0681 - 9 27 20 - 0
Roadbook
The first 2.5 kilometers lead through the wild romantic Holzbachtal. The path always runs close to the brook and changes sides twice. Along the way, you encounter 2 impressive rock formations. After the last brook crossing, there is a short path section on a forest road. Turn right uphill on a steep, partly rocky and root-covered path along the state border to Rhineland-Palatinate.
After about 3.5 km, turn right again. The incline becomes somewhat gentler, and the path mostly runs on trails, through ever-changing forest formations along the slope of the "Schimmelkopf."
After about 6.5 km, the path turns sharply right downhill into a small hollow way. This leads further along a trail through a bright beech forest section. After a bend, the path widens and leads to a large trail junction. The wider forest road leads directly downhill along a nature reserve into the Wahnbachtal.
Turn left, and the path runs over root-strewn natural paths and along the fern and montane mixed forest-covered brook bank downhill towards Weiskirchen. At the lower valley section, the brook is crossed on a bridge.
The path continues straight uphill, parallel to a small ravine (gorge). At the end of the ravine, the profile flattens again somewhat, but the path continues slightly uphill to the next larger junction.
Continue straight at the same altitude through a coniferous forest section and then sharply left downhill past an old quarry to a small brook. Here, following the brook to the right, it goes slightly uphill.
After a short section on a forest road, turn left again into a beautiful trail section through the forest uphill (a small steeper section follows), which leads directly to the "Herberloch." A small idyllic pond in an old quarry.
Again, follow the trail along the Schlittentaler brook. After that, the path leads over wider trails and paths downhill back to Weiskirchen and the starting point of the route.
Freibad Weiskirchen
JUNIPRO Hotel Schinderhannes
Ristorante Rimini
Die Zwo
Dilan Kebap
Parkplatz Burgstraße
Café Louis Weiskirchen
Perennial Garden Weiskirchen
Spa gardens with spa lake
Mechanical music parlour
Weiskirch ceremonial tombs
Jugendherberge Weiskirchen
Kneipp facility
Bärenfels
Parkplatz am Wild- und Wanderpark
Wildlife and Nature Park Weiskirchen
Eulenfelsen
Wirtshaus "Wildpark-Alm"
Naturschutzgebiet Holzbachtal
Hoher Fels
Iltisfelsen
Baumelstation 3- Am Iltisfelsen
Schimmelkopf
Burg Grimburg
Pascalhütte
NSG Wahnbachtal
Böhm Game Specialities
Parkhotel Weiskirchen****S
Beer garden at the Parkhotel Weiskirchen
Weiskirchen Saturday hikes
Vitalis Spa Centre and Forest Outdoor Pool | Weiskirchen
Behlengraben
Herberloch
Baumelstation 4-Grenzweg
Campingklause Weiskirchen
Campingplatz Schwarzwälder Hochwald
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
By bus R1, 470, 204, 211, 216, 470 to Weiskirchen church, about 20 minutes on foot.
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Directions
You can reach Weiskirchen from the A8 motorway from Merzig via Losheim. Via the A1 motorway exit Primstal towards Wadern. In the town center of Weiskirchen, follow the signs towards the spa center. On the way there, you will reach the outdoor swimming pool, the starting point of this route.
Parking
Parking lot at the Weiskirchen outdoor swimming pool
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Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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