Leg 7: Erbeskopf bei Thalfang - Morbach
This easy leg leads to Morbach without great elevation distances. It provides numerous vistas, idyllic agricultural areas, and 2 historical viaducts of a former railroad route. From the Hunsrück House, the trail descends into the Simbach Valley and then past Morscheid and Hoxel to the impressive nature preserve at the Ortelsbruch Moor.
Tourist Informations underway:
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Tourist Info in the Hunsrückhaus am Erbeskopf
54411 Deuselbach/Hunsrückhaus
Telephone: 06504/778
Internet: www.hunsrueckhaus.de
Location: directly at the Climb
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. -
Tourist Info Thalfang
Saarstraße 3
54424 Thalfang
Telephone: 06504/914050
Internet: www.erbeskopf.de
Location: 3.1 mi/5 km from the Climb
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. -12:00 noon and 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.,
Main season: Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon -
Tourist Info Morbach
Unterer Markt 1
54497 Morbach
Telephone: 06533/71117
Internet: www.morbach.de
Location: 1.9 mi/3 km from the Climb
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m.- 12.30 p.m. and from 2:00 - 4:00p.m.
May to October Saturday from 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon
Parking:
in Hoxel, at Ortelsbruch, and in Morbach
Overnight accommodations on the Leg 7:
in Morbach
Overview of accommodations hosts
Sights:
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Thalfang:
Dhronecken Castle, Dhronecken water mill, Protestant Church in Thalfang, Berglicht Marian pilgrimage church, "Kleiner Hunnenring"< -
Morbach:
Historical oil mill, Hunolstein Castle ruin, Baldenau Castle, information trails, and in the Ortelsbruch Recreation Forest, Walholz Church, German Telephone Museum
