Westerwald - low mountain range in Germany

Westerwald is a low mountainous region in Germany which encompasses parts of Hesse (Hessen), Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen).

Cities

Rhineland-Palatinate

• Montabaur
• Rengsdorf

North Rhine-Westphalia

• Siegen

Hesse

• Limburg an der Lahn

Other destinations

Understand

Bordered to the south by the Lahn Valley and the Taunus and to the west by the Rhine facing the Hunsrück and Eifel.

Get in

By train

Long-distance trains

Long distance trains stop at the stations Koblenz Hbf, Montabaur, Limburg Süd, Siegburg/Bonn and Bonn Hbf.

Local trains

• Limburg(Lahn) - Diez - Bad Ems - Koblenz Hbf - Andernach - Mayen Ost
• Gießen - Weilburg - Limburg(Lahn) - Diez - Bad Ems - Koblenz Hbf
• Fulda - Alsfeld - Gießen - Weilburg - Limburg(Lahn)
• Limburg(Lahn) - Diez Ost - Westerburg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen - Betzdorf(Sieg) - Siegen
• Siegen - Haiger - Dillenburg
• Betzdorf(Sieg) - Herdorf - Haiger - Dillenburg
• Betzdorf(Sieg) - Daaden
• Siegen - Dillenburg - Wetzlar - Gießen - Frankfurt Hbf

By plane

Nearest airports are Frankfurt (IATA: FRA), Cologne/Bonn (IATA: CGN), and Hahn (IATA: HHN)

By bus

Stations of intercity buses are in Frankfurt (near central station, exit south/Stuttgarter Straße), Cologne/Bonn (at the airport, at the central station, exit Breslauer Platz and train station Leverkusen-Mitte) Koblenz (near central station).

Get around

See

Do

• Westerwald-Steig (dead link: January 2023) 235 km marked walk.

Buy

Eat

Sleep

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