Taufstein and Bismarck Tower
Taufstein and Bismarck Tower
3.0km
Total Distance
228m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
A 3 km climb from Breungeshain to the Taufstein (773 m), the highest summit of the Vogelsberg, crowned by a Bismarck tower completed in 1910. The Rhine-Weser watershed runs over the top; just to the north lies the raised bog of the Breungeshainer Heide, where the Nidda rises, and the busy Hoherodskopf, the Vogelsberg's second-highest summit, is 1 km to the south-west.
Route Map
Along the trail
- 1Viewpoint · 1.7km
- 2Shelter · 1.9km
- 3Bonifatiusbornat the end · Spring · springs can run dry
- Bus stop
- Ortsmitte · 32m from the start
- Parking
- 81m from the start
- Surface
- paved 42%, natural ground 32%, gravel 26%
- Marked route
- Gipfeltour Schotten, Lahn - Kinzig - Weg, Hessenweg 5 (Teilstück Gießen - Taufstein)
