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.
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start | Heinsberg | Hotel Schwermer
direction: Hilchenbach |
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right | Heinsberg | a supermarket on the right hand; follow street uphill until you leave Heinsberg |
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right | Hilchenbach | no signs at all; there is a parking area across the street |
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left | Hilchenbach | signs 'Laasphe' / 'Kreuztal' |
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right | Hilchenbach | B508, signs 'Olpe' / 'Kreuztal' |
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straight on | Kreuztal | B54; leaving B508; signs 'Siegen' / 'Wenden' |
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straight on | Kreuztal | leaving B54 (turns left); sign 'Wenden' |
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left | Junkernhees | signs 'Freudenberg' / 'Oberholzklau' |
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right | Junkernhees | follow main road; sign 'Freudenberg' |
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left | signs 'Siegen' / 'Freudenberg' | |
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right | Oberholzklau | signs 'Freudenberg' |
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crossing A45; a McDonalds restaurant on the right side | ||
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right | signs 'Freudenberg' | |
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left | Büschergrund | signs 'Betzdorf' / 'Freudenberg' |
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right | Freudenberg | signs 'Morsbach' / 'Friesenhagen' |
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Friesenhagen | ||
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left | signs 'Waldbröl' / 'Morsbach' / 'Wissen' | |
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Morsbach | signs 'Altenkirchen' / 'Wissen' / 'Volperhausen' | |
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right | soon after leaving Volperhausen | signs 'Waldbröl' / 'Holpe' / 'Appenhagen' |
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left | Holpe | signs 'Überholz' / 'Seifen' |
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fork right | Oelmühle | signs 'Kohlberg' / 'Überholz' |
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straight on | Kohlberg | crossing higher class road, signs 'Rosbach' and 'Öttershagen' |
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right | Rosbach | B256, signs 'Hennef' / 'Waldbröl' |
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left | leaving B256; signs 'Bonn' / 'Schladern'; follow river 'Sieg' | |
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right | Dattenfeld | follow main street; signs 'Hennef' / 'Eitorf' / 'Köln' / 'Siegburg' |
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right | Dattenfeld | signs 'Hennef' / 'Eitorf' / 'Köln' / 'Siegburg'; immediately afterwards you may follow sign 'Biker's Rast', a recommended restaurant |
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left | near Halft | follow main road crossing river Sieg, signs 'Eitorf' / 'Hennef'; immediately afterwards turn right |
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Eitorf | sign 'Autobahn Köln/Hennef A3' | |
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left | Bach | signs 'Uckerath' / 'Mittelscheid' |
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left | Uckerath | B8; no signs at all; there is a travel agency on your left hand |
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left | Uckerath | leaving B8; signs 'Oberpleis' / 'Dahlhausen' |
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right | soon after leaving Sand | sign 'Oberpleis'; later signs 'Niederdollendorf' / 'Thomasberg' |
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near Thomasberg | crossing A3, sign 'Niederdollendorf' | |
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left | Oberdollendorf | sign 'Königswinter' |
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right | Königswinter | signs 'Drachenfelsbahn' / 'Stadtmitte'; get a view of the 'Petersberg', Germany's guest house |
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Königswinter | nice but expensive promenade at the riverside of the Rhine; get a view of the Drachenfels | |
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right | Königswinter | B42, signs 'Koblenz' / 'Bad Honnef'; immediately after a railroad bridge |
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Linz | nice town, B42 further on, signs 'Koblenz' / 'Neuwied' | |
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near Bad Hönningen | see castle Arenfels, B42 further on, signs 'Koblenz' / 'Neuwied' | |
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left | Neuwied | leaving B42; signs 'Altwied' / 'Wiedtal' |
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straight on | Niederbieber | main road turns right, signs 'Neustadt/Wied' / 'Wiedtal' |
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Niederbreitbach | follow main road along the river Wied; signs 'Neustadt/Wied' | |
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Waldbreitbach | follow main road along the river Wied; signs 'Neustadt/Wied'; recommended restaurant on your left hand | |
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Roßbach | follow main road along the river Wied; signs 'Neustadt/Wied' | |
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recommended restaurant at a camping yard on your left hand | ||
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left | Neustadt/Wied | follow main street; signs 'Altenkirchen' / 'Eitorf' |
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right | Neustadt/Wied | signs 'Altenkirchen' / 'Flammersfeld' / 'Peterslahr' / 'Reeg/Thalhof' |
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Peterslahr | no signs at all; follow main street | |
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left | B256, signs 'Gummersbach' / 'Altenkirchen' / 'Puderbach' | |
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right | leaving B256; signs 'Puderbach' / 'Seifen' | |
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straight on | Döttesfeld | follow sign 'Altenkirchen [8]'; sign 'Puderbach' turns right |
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right | near Niederähren | signs 'Koblenz' / 'Neuwied' / 'Dierdorf' / 'Puderbach' |
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left | Puderbach | signs 'Hachenburg' / 'Oberdreis' / 'Steimel' |
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Steimel | signs 'Hachenburg' / 'Wahlrod' | |
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left | Wahlrod | B8, signs 'Köln' / 'Altenkirchen' |
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right | Wahlrod | leaving B8; signs 'Bhf. Ingelbach' / 'Mudenbach' |
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left | Bhf. Ingelbach | B414, signs 'Altenkirchen' |
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right | Bhf. Ingelbach | leaving B414; signs 'Heimborn' / 'Kroppach' |
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Kroppach | follow main street; signs 'Gebhardshain' / 'Mörsbach' | |
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Mörsbach | signs 'Betzdorf' / 'Gebhardshain' | |
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left | signs 'Betzdorf' / 'Gebhardshain' / 'Wissen | |
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Gebhardshain | signs 'Siegen' / 'Betzdorf' | |
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left | Steineroth | signs 'Siegen' / 'Betzdorf' |
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right | Betzdorf | immediately after crossing the railroad and a river; signs 'Siegen' / 'Alsdorf' |
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Alsdorf | crossing railroad twice; sign 'Herdorf' | |
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left | Herdorf | follow priority of traffic turning left; signs 'Neunkirchen' |
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Neunkirchen | signs 'Siegen' / 'Wilnsdorf' | |
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right | Neunk.-Salchendorf | signs 'Wilnsdorf' / 'Wilden' |
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crossing A45 | ||
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outskirts of
Wilnsdorf |
crossing B54, signs 'Rudersdorf' | |
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right | signs 'Hainchen' / 'Rudersdorf' | |
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Rudersdorf | no signs at all; follow main street | |
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right | Werthenbach-Bhf. | signs Dillenburg' / 'Hainchen' |
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left | near Hainchen | signs 'Lützel' / 'Quellgebiet Sieg-Eder-Lahn' |
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left | deep in the forest | no signs for your direction; follow priority of traffic |
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straight on | deep in the forest | signs 'Lützel' / 'Eder-Quelle'; crossing higher class road |
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left | near Lützel | B62, signs 'Siegen' / 'Kreuztal' / Netphen' / 'Hilchenbach' |
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right | B508, signs 'Olpe' / 'Kreuztal' / 'Hilchenbach' | |
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right | Hilchenbach | leaving B508; signs 'Kirchhundem' / 'Brachthausen' / 'Helberhausen' |
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right | Hilchenbach | signs 'Würdinghausen' / 'Oberndorf' |
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finish | Heinsberg | Hotel Schwermer |
Collected, written and driven by Thomas Müller.