Radtour Sieg | Nister Flitzer

28.22 km long

Round trip

Difficulty: medium

Condition: easy

Great panorama

Cycling

2:50 h
28.22 km
529 m
529 m
144 m
430 m
286 m
Start: Regional train station Wissen (Sieg), Bahnhofstraße 2, 57537 Wissen
Destination: Regional train station Wissen (Sieg), Bahnhofstraße 2, 57537 Wissen

To the end of the world: The “Nister-Flitzer” bike tour through the idyllic Nistertal to the “End of the World Path” is a real insider tip.

On a quiet, asphalted country road it leads along the Nister to the “End of the World Path”. There the river meanders picturesquely through steep, rocky slopes. On the way, the mountain falls in Kroppacher Switzerland are reminiscent of a pre-Alpine landscape and the suspension bridge near Helmeroth promises a little adventure. Afterwards, good fitness is required, as the way back to the Sieg runs through narrow and typical notched valleys, partly on gravel and natural paths over some mountain ridges.

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

Directions

The Nisterflitzer tour starts at the parking lot directly on Siegtalstrasse with a view of Schönstein Castle, located directly on the Sieg. We leave the parking lot towards the river and cross under the so-called hay bridge. After a right and left bend, the path runs parallel to Siegtalstraße in the direction of Wissen Zentrum and train station. After crossing the Sieg we head towards a roundabout, which we leave half left, slightly uphill towards the center of knowledge. When we reach the train station, we turn left onto Rathausstrasse, which is lined with shops - this turns into Kreuztalstrasse, which shortly afterwards makes a long right-hand bend. Shortly afterwards a narrow path branches off to the left. Now we cycle up and straight ahead until we reach a T-junction. Turn right here and then immediately left again onto the large street. On a downhill stretch we pass a large company on the left, behind which we turn directly left into the Nistertal.

We pass the hamlets of Weidacker and Nisterstein, drive through the village of Langenbach and past the Nistertal campsite until we cross the Nister for the second time shortly after the village of Helmeroth. Shortly afterwards we leave the asphalted path through a rock cut directly into the wild-looking meadow landscape of the Große Nister. We go up the Nister along a narrow meadow path to the suspension bridge at the Helmerother mill, where we have to get off and push the bike up a few steps and back down again. Nevertheless, the effort is worth it thanks to the spectacular stream crossing. We now go slightly uphill to the authentic village of Flögert, where we cross the Nister again over a narrow bridge. We continue cycling towards Altburg and then turn left onto a long climb towards Mörsbach. Shortly before the Birkenhof, at a high antenna, you have a unique panoramic view of the Westerwald. But be careful,

the highest point of the tour has not yet been reached. After a bit of left and right along small farm roads, past sports fields and barbecue huts, we head back into the forest, down into the Selbachtal and then steeply up again towards Tannenhof. Shortly before Tannenhof, at the top of the wind turbine, we reached the highest point of the tour at 430m above sea level. Passing terraced ponds we take the K124, on which we drive left down towards the hamlet of Neuhöfchen. From this hamlet, a narrow asphalt path leads steeply down into the Elbe valley. This section could just as easily be in the Allgäu. So please drive carefully. We cross the town of Bodenseifen and when we reach the bottom of the Elbbachtal, we turn right onto the L-278, only to immediately turn left again onto a narrow trail. Now it’s time to “all out” again and bite your teeth. It's a good 1.5 km up through the forest towards the town of Oberkrombach. With the exit from the forest, the last climb of this tour has now been completed. We turn left onto the K126, which leads slightly downhill through the village of Schönstein and past Schönstein Castle into the Elbbach valley. Down in the valley we turn right and then immediately right again over the hay bridge and are back at the starting point of the tour!

Tour information

Loop Road
Stop at an Inn

Equipment

GPS navigation required
Mountain bike recommended

Directions & Parking facilities

A 45 Dortmund-Frankfurt - exit Siegen - via the B62 towards Wissen

Parking: P+R parking lot directly at Wissen train station, Bahnhofstraße 2, 57537 Wissen

Regional train station Wissen (Sieg): RE 9 and RB 90

Current departure times Wissen station

Additional information

View the tour directly in outdooractive

Further information can be found here: Visitor Center Naturregion Sieg, telephone +49 2292 / 956 20 23, info@naturregion-sieg.de

Tourist information Wissen in the RegioBahnhof, Bahnhofstraße 2, 57537 Wissen, info@wisserlandtouristik.de

Opening hours:

Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m

Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m

Literature

Our brochure “Sieg cycle path and tour recommendations in the Sieg nature region”

can be obtained here:

Visitor Center Naturregion Sieg, Schönecker Weg 3, 51570 Windeck-Schladern, Tel. +49 2292 / 956 20 23, info@naturregion-sieg.de

or at: naturregion-sieg.de/service

Author

Naturregion Sieg

Organization

Rhein-Sieg Tourismus

Website

License (master data)

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Highlights of the tour: Nistertal, Kroppacher Schweiz, suspension bridge, Schönstein Castle, Heisterkapelle Wissen The suspension bridge near Flögert is the longest suspension bridge in the Westerwald.

Safety guidelines

Attention: crossing the suspension bridge (with stairs) is required.

The bike tour is not signposted.

Tours

Radtour Sieg | Nister Flitzer | Wissen