Sights on Leg 8

Historische Ölmühle

www.morbach.de The oil mill, a 250-year-old cultural monument, is located in the Morbach Valley. It is once again completely functional and operates with an old wooden mill work. In addition, bread, cake, or even pizza can be baked in an old stone oven. The building ensemble has been under protection since 1982.

Baldenau Castle

www.morbach.de Archbishop Balduin of Trier had Baldenau Castle built with a triangular floor plan between 1315 and 1324. The castle served as a bulwark on the border and likely served as a hunting seat.

Information trails and more in the Ortelsbruch recreation area

www.morbach.de The "Erholungswald Ortelsbruch" is a local recreation area with many attractive facilities. "The Way through the Moor" [Der Weg durchs Bruch] is like an information trail leading into two moors. Additional facilities are the Nixenweiher with pool for water cure for the feet, a forest jogging path, a forest children's playground, and the large tobogganing slide.

German Telephone Museum

www.deutsches-telefon-museum.de The museum exhibits the most comprehensive collection of telephones and communication technology that the German Imperial Mail, the German Mail, the Federal Mail, and German Telecom used or is using in Germany from the beginnings of the telephone to the ISDN age.

Wederath


Belginum Archaeology Park

www.belginum.de The museum on a historical site displays numerous finds from the archaeological ensemble of Belginum with the Celtic-Roman cemetery, the Roman settlement with several temple districts, and the early Roman military camp.

Hunolstein


Hunolstein Castle ruin

www.morbach.de The castle was built by Count Folmar from (Blies-)Castel around 1190. The ruin served as a stone quarry for the construction of several houses in the town. It offers an stunning vista into the deeply cut Dhron Valley and across the wide Hunsrück landscape.

Walholzkirche

www.morbach.de The Walholz Church is located in the Wiesen Valley between Hunolstein and Weiperath and was first documented in 1228. The present church, built around 1760, is the third church on this site; the wall surrounding it has been restored.
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