Horbruch: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Horbruch is considered a small, heavily wooded Hunsrück settlement on the edge of the watershed between the Moselle and Nahe rivers. The connection to the village is particularly tangible on the Via Molarum: Horbruch is the starting point of the 15.5-kilometre premium hiking trail that runs through Horbruch, Hirschfeld, Wahlenau and Krummenau.

Those planning their own stay may want to rent a holiday apartment in Horbruch.

Nature

The Via Molarum connects fields with wooded sections, expansive views and meadow valleys. Along the route, there are also former mills or traces of former mills.

The Via Molarum can be accessed from the car park at the community centre on Hochscheider Straße. Horbruch is considered a place without a direct connection to local public transport.

Culture

Information boards explain the route’s mill-related history. Two dining stops in Horbruch along the Via Molarum are Scherers Landgasthof and Hotel-Restaurant Historische Schlossmühle.

On the outskirts of Horbruch, Antoniusstraße, dating from Roman times, passes by as a long-distance hiking trail from the Rhine to the Moselle. Pilgrims can obtain a stamp for their pilgrim passport at the Historische Schlossmühle in Horbruch.

History

The surrounding area of Horbruch is home to Baldenau Castle, Hellkirch Castle Ruins, Altburg Castle Ruins and Schmitburg Castle Ruins.

Steingerüttelkopf, Mörschieder Burr, Sensweiler Höhe and Sandkopf are also located in the surrounding area.

Approximately three kilometres from Horbruch, a Celtic-era temple was expanded by the Romans into a place of worship in the 2nd century AD. The finds include altars and approximately life-size statues of Sirona and Apollo; further finds are exhibited at the Landesmuseum Trier.

Other places: Oberkirn, Sulzbach / Hunsrück, Hellertshausen, Sensweiler, Schauren, Sonnenberg-Winnenberg, Oberhambach, Brücken

For the higher-level travel overview: Birkenfeld.