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The Druidenstein is one of the most outstanding sights in the Naturregion Sieg. After the ascent via a pilgrimage path, you celebrate right at the impressive basalt cone “mountain festival”. High above the treetops, you enjoy the landscape panorama at the end of the route from the 18 m high Ottoturm.
Hauptstraße, 57584 Alsdorf
Alsdorf (Sieg) station: RB 97
current departure times Alsdorf station
Kirchen station: RE 9, RB 90 and RB 93
current departure times Kirchen station
Industriestraße 1-10, 57518 Alsdorf or at Hauptstraße 70, 57518 Alsdorf
A short connecting path leads from Alsdorf station to the main path, which crosses the Heller and leads into the Imhäuser valley. It steadily goes uphill towards Herkersdorf, past fish ponds and moors. It soon becomes steeper, and here you gather all your reserves once more for the ascent to the Druidenstein. For a short stretch, the Natursteig Sieg accompanies the E1, which runs from Sweden to Umbria. A bit of wanderlust arises. Up the beautifully designed Way of the Cross, a pilgrimage route that depicts the Passion of Jesus Christ, you go uphill. Once at the top, it's time to admire the Druidenstein, an impressive basalt cone around which legends and myths revolve. You continue through a bright forest regeneration area towards Offhausen and into the valley of the Imhäuser stream, which you soon leave again. The Ottoturm, which towers over the 405 m-high Kahlenberg, challenges you to a final climb and delights you with a fantastic 360-degree view from 18 m high. Great! Fully satisfied and a bit further on, you leave the main path and follow the connecting path down to Kirchen station.
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• Way of the Cross to the Druidenstein• the mystical Druidenstein• Ottoturm with 360° view
Topographic map 1:25,000, Northern Westerwald, sheet 3, ISBN 978-3-89637-252-9, €6.90
Kirchen station, 57548 Kirchen (Sieg)
Alsdorf station, 57518 Alsdorf
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