Burg- and Hexenmuseum [Castle and Witches Museum]
www.burg-und-hexenmuseum.de Finds from the former Trier Electoral castle, information on regional history, and building and castle history are on exhibit here. The Witches Museum provides insights into the horrifying period of the witch hysteria in the Trier countryside and in the Hochwald area. A special site is dedicated to the Jesuit priest Friedrich Spee.
Erlebnismuseum "Mensch and Landschaft" ["Man and Landscape" Adventure Museum]
www.hermeskeil.de In the interactive "Man and Landscape" Adventure Museum, the visitor can experience interesting activities concerning the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park (nature landscape, the world of the flora and fauna). The adjacent park with the touch path and an open-air classroom invite the visitor to stay a while.
Feuerwehrmuseum in Hermeskeil [Fire Department Museum]
www.hermeskeil.de Both old and more recent German and foreign firemen's uniforms are on display in the "Feuerpatsche," the Fire Department Museum in Hermeskeil. Also on view are steel pipes, fire extinguishers, breathing apparatuses and protective masks, motorized pumps, and many other small devices.
Flugausstellung in Abtei [Aircraft Exhibition]
www.hermeskeil.de Aviation technology from Lilienthal gliders to modern jets is exhibited on the exhibition grounds. Besides 106 original aircraft, on display are numerous motors, jet engines, and many technical details. The visitor can relax in the Concord mock-up - a special experience.
Hermeskeil Hochwald Museum
www.hochwaldmuseum.de The Hermeskeil Hochwald Museum allows the visitor to imagine the life, work, and living conditions of our forefathers. Former times are vividly brought to life through dioramas, fictitious conversations, information banners, and detailed information on interesting subjects in pictures and sound.
Grimburg Castle
www.hermeskeil.de Grimburg Castle was built as an Electoral castle by Trier archbishops around 1190 and was formerly the administrative seat for almost 40 Hochwald communities. Later, witch trials took place in Grimburg Castle.
Züscher Hammer Ore Mill
www.hermeskeil.de At the beginning of the 17th century, the entrepreneur Hauzeur developed here the largest iron forge in the Hunsrück. The entire facility comprised a stamp mill, a smelter, and a barn for storing charcoal. The visitor can experience a reconstructed hammer stamp mill driven by water power.
Talsperre Nonnweiler [Reservoir]
www.nonnweiler.de The Nonnweiler Reservoir with the true-to-scale Planets Hiking Trail is situated in the richly forested Hochwald landscape; its circular route, 8 mi/12.8 km long, represents a paradise for cyclists, hikers, and friends of nature.
PlanetenWanderweg [Planets Hiking Trail]
www.nonnweiler.de With an exemplary model of our solar system on a scale of 1:1 billion, this singular Planets Hiking Trail begins at the dam. All of the stations can be viewed on the 3.7 mi/5.9 km route along the lake trail.
Der Keltische Ringwall at Otzenhausen [Celtic hill fortifications]
www.keltenring-otzenhausen.de The circular wall is one of the most impressive Celtic fortifications in Europe. Built in the 1st century BC, the walls, 32 ft/10 m high, still bear witness to this colossal monument. The 10 stations on the archaeological trail elaborate on the interesting points of the monumental fortification.
Skulpturenweg "Cerda & Celtoi" [Sculpture Trail]
www.nonnweiler.de On the Sculpture Trail "Cerda & Celtoi" - Art and Celts - 18 sculptures greet the visitor. The Sculpture Trail runs through the former tribal territory of the Treveri, who constructed on the Dollberg the largest Celtic fortifications in Europe: the Wall at Otzenhausen.
Sommerrodelbahn Peterberg [summer tobogganing]
www.sommerrodelbahn-peterberg.de The Peterberg summer tobogganing slide, 3,300 ft/1,000 m long, in the leisure and winter sports center is just the thing for great sports adventure. One of the largest slides in the German southwest has been set up at the valley station of the leisure and winter sports center.
Freizeit- and Wintersportzentrum Peterberg [leisure and winter sports center]
www.sommerrodelbahn-peterberg.de The only winter sports area in Saarland will stir the blood of the ski and tobogganing fans. Besides the ski slope, 1,215 ft/ 370 m long, a sled track, 1,083 ft/330 m long, awaits visitors. In clear weather, a wonderful panoramic vista onto the forested Hochwald landscape is visible from the summit of the Peterberg mountain.
Sternwarte Peterberg [Observatory]
www.sternwarte-peterberg.de Astronomy is not only a modern hobby, it is also one of the oldest sciences. What does space really look like? The answer to this question lies at the Peterberg Observatory on the summit of the Peterberg mountain near Nonnweiler-Braunshausen.
Historische Nagelschmiede Sitzerath [Historical Nail Forge]
www.nonnweiler.de The Historical Nail Forge has a long tradition in the Hochwald. The former iron smelting produced more than sufficient raw material for nails. Everything necessary for smelting and processing iron was available in great quantity in the Hochwald.
Industrie- Kultur- Denkmal Mariahütte [Industrial and Cultural Monument]
www.nonnweiler.de Iron was processed and a pre-industrial technique in the Mariahütte Industrial and Cultural Monument around 1580. The unique feature is that the old manufacturing hall, the villa, the manor house, and the chapel with the fountain have been preserved from 1836.
Kath. Pfarrkirche "Hochwalddom" Nonnweiler [Catholic parish church "Hochwald Cathedral"]
www.nonnweiler.de St. Hubert's Church was built in neo-Gothic style in 1900-1902. The high altar, 36 ft/11 m high, depicts the story of salvation from the Old and New Testaments as well as the life of St. Hubert. The Hubert Horn and the Hubert Key (12th century) are preserved in a shrine.