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Siegerland-Höhenring (Siegerland mountain ridge circular route) is an approximately 142-kilometre-long (88-mile-long) hiking trail in Germany that circles most parts of Siegerland in the districts of Siegen-Wittgenstein and Altenkirchen.
Course
At the borders of the towns of Freudenberg, Kreuztal and Hilchenbach to the district of Olpe - and thus between the Siegerland and the Sauerland - the hiking trail runs not far from the Ruhr-Sieg watershed at the same time along the Landhecke, and then, described clockwise, from about the historical toll station Helberhauser Schlag to be continued north of the Ferndorf river spring along the Rhine-Weser watershed in a southerly direction and to Würgendorf-Wasserscheide along the same route as the Rothaarsteig. From its northernmost point at Welschen Ennest to Dornbruch/Dollenbruch north of Dahlbruch, the Siegerland-Höhenring is congruent with the Siegerlandweg. North of Hilchenbach-Lützel, the hiking trail passes the Giller, which belongs to Grund, with the Giller Tower and the Ginsberg heather. Between Lützel and Hainchen, the path that runs here along the Eisenstraße ("Iron road") then changes to the Sieg-Lahn watershed, essentially following it to the southern district area. Benfe and Großenbach are intermediate stations in Wittgenstein, an area and former district close to Siegerland. South and south-east of the source of the Lahn, the Siegerland-Höhenring and the Rothaarsteig run about a kilometer along the E1 European long distance path. From Wilgersdorf past the Haiger industrial area Kalteiche near Haigerseelbach, where it crosses the federal highway B 54, the Siegerland-Höhenring runs a few kilometers through the Hessian Lahn-Dill district to Würgendorf-Wasserscheide.
From Würgendorf-Wasserscheide, the path between Holzhausen and the main village of Burbach leads into the Burbach municipality and turns behind Burbach-Lützeln towards the Siegerland Airport. At its southernmost point in Lippe, it reunites with the E1 European long distance path, this time in the E1's opposite direction of travel, in order to run together with it, with two short interruptions, to Freusburg in a north-westerly direction and leads from Lippe after a sharp bend to the north-west, initially further across the state border to Rhineland-Palatinate in the direction of Herdorf, from where it goes past the Druidenstein and down to Freusburg. There it crosses the Sieg at its lowest point at the Freusburger Mühle. The path continues northwards and up again to Niederfischbach, then past Oberasdorf and Plittershagen to Friesenhagen. It crosses the state border between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia twice in quick succession. Between Hünsborn and the Scheiderwald passage, the Wenden surrounding trail and the Siegerland-Höhenring mostly coincide, but sometimes run side by side in the same direction.
Landmarks
The Siegerland-Höhenring passes under the Hüttentalstraße motorway (HTS) between Altenwenden and Bockenbach and also between Altenkleusheim and Krombach's bold beech under the HTS feeder road to the Krombach motorway access. In Burgholdinghausen, the route runs along the source of the Littfe, above Oberndorf at the source of the Ferndorf and south of the Siedlung Lützel (Lützel settlement), which belongs to Hilchenbach, not far from the sources of the Eder, Sieg, Lahn and Ilse, further along the Ochsenborn. In doing so, you will pass the highest mountain in the Siegerland "Riemen" some distance away and walk along the main ridge of the Rothaar Mountains. Gillerturm is a vantage point with sight distances of more than 60 kilometers (≈ 40 miles or more) in good weather, placed right on the Siegerland-Höhenring. The major regional event “KulturPur” takes place every spring on the neighboring Giller.
The hiking trail leads past Jagdberg in the immediate vicinity of the summit of the highest mountain in the Lahn-Dill district and the second highest mountain in Netphen town. After a few meters of the same route, the B 54 is crossed at the Kalteiche industrial area. Siegerland airport is passed north-east of Lippe.
Crottorf moated castle is the final resting place for the bones of the East Prussian journalist ("Die Zeit") Marion Countess Dönhoff.