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Forest Experience Trassem and Saargau Panorama

  • start: Hotel-Restaurant St. Erasmus, 54441 Trassem
  • destination: Hotel-Restaurant St. Erasmus, 54441 Trassem
  • medium
  • 13,17 km
  • 4 hours
  • 259 m
  • 331 m
  • 184 m
  • 60 / 100
  • 40 / 100

This circular hiking trail starts and ends at Hotel St. Erasmus and leads through idyllic forests, past several streams, and through the villages of Trassem, Portz, and Kahren.

On the heights of the Saargau between Portz and Kahren you have magnificent panoramic views of the Saar-Hunsrück region. In Trassem, the path leads past the fishing pond with the fisher hut (refreshment possibility) and you can discover the diversity of the Trassem forest experience center with teaching and information hut, forest arena, forest workshop, numerous information pavilions, forest experience trails, bee information stand with bee hotel, and more.

General information

Directions

Start Hotel St. Erasmus (www.st-erasmus.de) – up Kirchstraße – at the edge of the forest turn right, continue on the forest path Schinkenheide and Lohheid – over the Knüppelbrück (Sprenkelbach) – continue right on the district road K121 – turn right at the sports field uphill to the fishing pond – go left past the fishing pond – after approx. 600 m turn left – forest path uphill to Portz – in Portz pass the fountain and at the chapel/cemetery turn right uphill on the asphalted path towards Kahren – pass the source of the Kehrbach (fountain below the hairpin turn) – pass the Altfuchshof cheese dairy – in Kahren turn right into Portzer Straße – pass the barn (with resting possibility) and the small chapel towards Saarburg – after about 150 m before the crossing turn right onto the agricultural path – at the fork at Gebrannter Berg keep right and go down to the Kahrener Bahnhof shelter (resting possibility) – from the shelter go straight ahead (right forest path) over Hofheid towards Trassem, Im Görgental – in Görgental turn right – pass the forest hut “Raupe Nimmersatt” – turn right uphill over Lumpenkaul – at the top change to the asphalted path, keep left there – at the hunting lodge turn left from the asphalted path onto the forest path to the forest experience center – at the forest experience center (resting possibility) – narrow path down to the fisher hut (refreshment possibility) – path over Mühlenwäldchen uphill again to the bee information stand (resting possibility) – path behind the beehives towards Kehrbachstraße – down over Kobenschleidchesberg to the intersection Saarburger Str./Kehrbachstr. – over Saarburger Str. and Sprenkelbach bridge back to the starting point

Equipment

Please remember to wear sturdy shoes and bring sufficient backpack provisions.

Tip

Please note that this hike is not a certified premium trail and there is no continuous signage of the route. Furthermore, parts of the trail run on asphalted farm roads and not on narrow paths.

Getting there

B 407 to Trassem.

Parking

Free parking is available at the Leuk, at the end of Saarburger Straße heading towards Freudenburg. 

Public transit

You can reach Trassem by bus lines 241, 244, 245, or 248.

Information on current public transport schedules is available at www.bahn.de or www.vrt-info.de.

Literature

Tips and information as well as free brochures and maps for the holiday region Saar-Obermosel are available from Saar-Obermosel Tourism at the tourist information offices in Konz (tel. 06501-6018040) and Saarburg (tel. 06581-995980).

Or order the desired brochures directly from our online brochure shop.

Maps

The hiking map “Holiday Region Saar-Obermosel” at a scale of 1:35,000 is available for €8.95 at the tourist information offices in Konz and Saarburg. Or order the map directly from our online brochure shop

Additional Information

Saar-Obermosel Tourism, Tourist Information Saarburg, Graf-Siegfried-Str. 32, 54439 Saarburg, Tel. 06581-995980

Saar-Obermosel Tourism, Tourist Information Konz, Saarstr. 1, 54329 Konz, Tel. 06501-6018040
E-mail: info@saar-obermosel.de

 

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Pavings

  • Asphalt Coating (4%)
  • Hiking Trail (57%)
  • Street (3%)
  • Crushed Rock (34%)
  • Path (2%)

Weather

This tour is presented by: Saar-Obermosel-Touristik e.V , Author: Saar-Obermosel-Touristik e.V.

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