Visiting the river Rhine
A long but very nice trip through some of the most beautiful regions of Germany to one of the most famous places in Germany: the Rhine.

After a ride through the Sauerland and the Bergische Land we arrive at the Rhine in Königswinter, which has a nice promenade on the riverside and the famous Drachenfels (hill and ruin) in the neighbourhood.

Along the Rhine we pass several other castles and nice towns before we reach Neuwied and the wonderful Wiedtal (valley of the river Wied). This valley we will follow up.

From there we will cross the Bergische Land, the Westerwald and the Siegerland again to reach the Hotel Schwermer in the evening.

With the exception of the B42 along the Rhine there are almost only lower class roads, which have all one thing in common:
curves, turns, bends, corners ....

Time is scheduled for about 7 hours without breaks. For being back to the Famous ATIC-BBQ we have to start early and make only breaks for snacks, a short sightseeing, or smoking. Restaurants with my recommendation are mentioned (for snacks only).

Please note: We drove the tour with a car and all distances are taken from its counter. Your counter may show different distances. So look also for the given signs and for our descriptions of crossings.
If you reach a crossing for which the roadbook gives no advice (especially when priority of traffic turns) please follow the main road further on.

Dist.
Total Dist.
 Dir. Location Description
0,0
0,0
 start Heinsberg Hotel Schwermer
direction: Hilchenbach
0,4
0,4
 right Heinsberg a supermarket on the right hand; follow street uphill until you leave Heinsberg
6,1
6,5
 right Hilchenbach no signs at all; there is a parking area across the street
0,1
6,6
 left Hilchenbach signs 'Laasphe' / 'Kreuztal'
0,1
6,7
 right Hilchenbach B508, signs 'Olpe' / 'Kreuztal'
9,7
16,4
 straight on Kreuztal B54; leaving B508; signs 'Siegen' / 'Wenden'
0,2
16,6
 straight on Kreuztal leaving B54 (turns left); sign 'Wenden'
2,0
18,6
 left  Junkernhees signs 'Freudenberg' / 'Oberholzklau'
0,2
18,8
 right Junkernhees follow main road; sign 'Freudenberg'
3,3
22,1
 left   signs 'Siegen' / 'Freudenberg'
1,1
23,2
 right Oberholzklau signs 'Freudenberg'
2,7
25,9
     crossing A45; a McDonalds restaurant on the right side
0,3
26,2
 right   signs 'Freudenberg'
1,2
27,4
 left Büschergrund signs 'Betzdorf' / 'Freudenberg'
2,1
29,5
 right Freudenberg signs 'Morsbach' / 'Friesenhagen'
8,8
38,3
   Friesenhagen  
1,6
39,9
 left   signs 'Waldbröl' / 'Morsbach' / 'Wissen'
8,0
47,9
   Morsbach signs 'Altenkirchen' / 'Wissen' / 'Volperhausen'
3,2
51,1
 right soon after leaving Volperhausen signs 'Waldbröl' / 'Holpe' / 'Appenhagen'
3,7
54,8
 left Holpe signs 'Überholz' / 'Seifen'
1,0
55,8
 fork right Oelmühle signs 'Kohlberg' / 'Überholz'
2,5
58,3
 straight on Kohlberg crossing higher class road, signs 'Rosbach' and 'Öttershagen'
4,8
63,1
 right Rosbach B256, signs 'Hennef' / 'Waldbröl'
0,9
64,0
 left   leaving B256; signs 'Bonn' / 'Schladern'; follow river 'Sieg'
4,9
68,9
 right Dattenfeld follow main street; signs 'Hennef' / 'Eitorf' / 'Köln' / 'Siegburg'
0,2
69,1
 right Dattenfeld signs 'Hennef' / 'Eitorf' / 'Köln' / 'Siegburg'; immediately afterwards you may follow sign 'Biker's Rast', a recommended restaurant
14,5
83,6
 left near Halft follow main road crossing river Sieg, signs 'Eitorf' / 'Hennef'; immediately afterwards turn right
2,8
86,4
   Eitorf sign 'Autobahn Köln/Hennef A3'
4,7
91,1
 left Bach signs 'Uckerath' / 'Mittelscheid'
6,3
97,4
 left Uckerath B8; no signs at all; there is a travel agency on your left hand
0,1
97,5
 left Uckerath leaving B8; signs 'Oberpleis' / 'Dahlhausen'
5,4
102,9
 right soon after leaving Sand sign 'Oberpleis'; later signs 'Niederdollendorf' / 'Thomasberg'
5,0
107,9
   near Thomasberg  crossing A3, sign 'Niederdollendorf'
7,2
115,1
 left Oberdollendorf sign 'Königswinter'
2,0
117,1
 right Königswinter signs 'Drachenfelsbahn' / 'Stadtmitte'; get a view of the 'Petersberg', Germany's guest house
0,4
117,5
 Königswinter nice but expensive promenade at the riverside of the Rhine; get a view of the Drachenfels
0,9
118,4
 right Königswinter B42, signs 'Koblenz' / 'Bad Honnef'; immediately after a railroad bridge
13,9
132,3
   Linz nice town, B42 further on, signs 'Koblenz' / 'Neuwied'
5,0
137,3
   near Bad Hönningen see castle Arenfels, B42 further on, signs 'Koblenz' / 'Neuwied'
17,2
154,5
 left Neuwied leaving B42; signs 'Altwied' / 'Wiedtal'
2,3
156,8
 straight on Niederbieber main road turns right, signs 'Neustadt/Wied' / 'Wiedtal'
11,8
168,6
   Niederbreitbach follow main road along the river Wied; signs 'Neustadt/Wied'
2,2
170,8
   Waldbreitbach follow main road along the river Wied; signs 'Neustadt/Wied'; recommended restaurant on your left hand
3,5
174,3
   Roßbach follow main road along the river Wied; signs 'Neustadt/Wied'
7,4
181,7
 recommended restaurant at a camping yard on your left hand
8,4
190,1
 left Neustadt/Wied follow main street; signs 'Altenkirchen' / 'Eitorf'
0,2
190,3
 right Neustadt/Wied signs 'Altenkirchen' / 'Flammersfeld' / 'Peterslahr' / 'Reeg/Thalhof'
6,0
196,3
   Peterslahr no signs at all; follow main street
4,8
201,1
 left   B256, signs 'Gummersbach' / 'Altenkirchen' / 'Puderbach'
0,2
201,3
 right   leaving B256; signs 'Puderbach' / 'Seifen'
2,1
203,4
 straight on Döttesfeld follow sign 'Altenkirchen [8]'; sign 'Puderbach' turns right
3,5
206,9
 right near Niederähren signs 'Koblenz' / 'Neuwied' / 'Dierdorf' / 'Puderbach'
5,1
212,0
 left Puderbach signs 'Hachenburg' / 'Oberdreis' / 'Steimel'
2,3
214,3
   Steimel signs 'Hachenburg' / 'Wahlrod'
8,4
222,7
 left Wahlrod B8, signs 'Köln' / 'Altenkirchen'
0,5
223,2
 right Wahlrod leaving B8; signs 'Bhf. Ingelbach' / 'Mudenbach'
5,2
228,4
 left Bhf. Ingelbach B414, signs 'Altenkirchen'
0,1
228,5
 right Bhf. Ingelbach leaving B414; signs 'Heimborn' / 'Kroppach'
1,3
229,8
   Kroppach follow main street; signs 'Gebhardshain' / 'Mörsbach'
4,6
234,4
   Mörsbach signs 'Betzdorf' / 'Gebhardshain'
3,4
237,8
 left   signs 'Betzdorf' / 'Gebhardshain' / 'Wissen
3,3
241,1
   Gebhardshain signs 'Siegen' / 'Betzdorf'
3,5
244,6
 left Steineroth signs 'Siegen' / 'Betzdorf'
3,7
248,3
 right Betzdorf immediately after crossing the railroad and a river; signs 'Siegen' / 'Alsdorf'
2,7
251,0
   Alsdorf crossing railroad twice; sign 'Herdorf'
5,7
256,7
 left Herdorf follow priority of traffic turning left; signs 'Neunkirchen'
4,6
261,3
   Neunkirchen signs 'Siegen' / 'Wilnsdorf'
1,0
262,3
 right Neunk.-Salchendorf signs 'Wilnsdorf' / 'Wilden'
7,0
269,3
     crossing A45
1,3
270,6
   outskirts of
Wilnsdorf		 crossing B54, signs 'Rudersdorf'
3,9
274,5
 right   signs 'Hainchen' / 'Rudersdorf'
1,1
275,6
   Rudersdorf no signs at all; follow main street
5,7
281,3
 right Werthenbach-Bhf. signs Dillenburg' / 'Hainchen'
1,2
282,5
 left near Hainchen signs 'Lützel' / 'Quellgebiet Sieg-Eder-Lahn'
5,8
288,3
 left deep in the forest no signs for your direction; follow priority of traffic
4,0
292,3
 straight on deep in the forest signs 'Lützel' / 'Eder-Quelle'; crossing higher class road
8,8
301,1
 left near Lützel B62, signs 'Siegen' / 'Kreuztal' / Netphen' / 'Hilchenbach'
1,9
303,0
 right   B508, signs 'Olpe' / 'Kreuztal' / 'Hilchenbach'
7,7
310,7
 right Hilchenbach leaving B508; signs 'Kirchhundem' / 'Brachthausen' / 'Helberhausen'
0,1
310,8
 right Hilchenbach signs 'Würdinghausen' / 'Oberndorf'
9,0
319,8
 finish Heinsberg Hotel Schwermer

 

Collected, written and driven by Thomas Müller.