Tourism
Baumholder`s favorable location offers a variety of leisure activities:
- Cycling on the bike trail along the Nahe river: 120 km from its source to its confluence with the Rhine river at Bingen and on numerous secondary routes
- The Draisinen-tour (railroad pedal cars) in the neighboring County of Kusel and a canoe trip on the Glan or the Nahe-rivers
- Sittich Farm (parakeet farm)
- Mountain biking
- Swimming in the Baumholder lake or, in bad weather, at the water park in Hambachtal or at the pools in Oberkirchen
- Dig for agates and cut precious stones in the nearby city of Idar-Oberstein
- Experience nature at the educational institutions of the nature park Saar-Hunsrück
- Hike on the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig, on the Bärenbachpfad or on the Lorettaweg
- Explore the castle Lichtenberg, Germany’s largest castle ruin
| Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder | Ansprechpartner Tourismus: |
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| Am Weiherdamm 1 55774 Baumholder Tel.: 06783-810 Fax.: 06783-8160 verwaltung@vgv-baumholder.de www.vgv-baumholder.de | Frau Ines Klingshirn Tel: 06783-8122 Email: i-klingshirn@vgv-baumholder.de oder Frau Jessica Zimmer Tel.: 06783-8116 Email: j-zimmer@vgv-baumholder.de |