Geierlay

#1405 among destinations in Germany

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The Geierlay is a suspension bridge in the low mountain range of the Hunsrück in western Germany. It was opened in 2015. It has a span range of 360 metres and is up to 100 metres above ground. On both sides of the bridge are the villages of Mörsdorf and Sosberg. A stream named Mörsdorfer Bach runs through the valley below the bridge. The nearest city is Kastellaun 8 km eastwards. The state capital Mainz is 66 km towards east. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°5'29"N, 7°20'32"E

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Kastellauner Strasse 37Moersdorf 56290 Rhineland-PalatinateGermany

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+49 6762 401873

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Geierlay – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Burg Treis, Kastellaun Castle, Metternich Castle, Burg Waldeck.

5.5 miN
Forts and castles
Burg Treis, Treis-Karden
140 min walk • Treis Castle, also called Treisburg, is a castle ruin in the municipality of Treis-Karden on the Moselle in the district of Cochem-Zell in the state of Rhineland-Palatine in Germany. It is located 30 kilometres south-west of the city of Koblenz.
4.5 miE
Forts and castles, Gothic architecture
Kastellaun Castle, Kastellaun
115 min walk • Kastellaun Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Kastellaun in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
4.7 miW
Forts and castles, Historical place, View point
Metternich Castle
120 min walk • Metternich Castle, nestled in the picturesque landscape of Germany, stands as a testament to the country's rich historical tapestry. This majestic castle, with its origins tracing back to the Middle Ages, has been a sentinel over the surrounding countryside for...
5.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Burg Waldeck
148 min walk • Waldeck Castle within the limits of the village of Dorweiler in Dommershausen in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate was the main seat of the Hunsrück family of Boos. The ruin lies high above the Baybach valley.
6.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Goßberg
156 min walk • The Gossberg is a hill with the highest point of 483 m in the municipality of Wüschheim close to the border with Hundheim in the district of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in the low mountain range of Hunsrück in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
4.5 miE
50°4'16"N • 7°26'20"E
Das Haus der regionalen Geschichte, Kastellaun
115 min walk • Museum
1.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Burgruine Balduinseck
36 min walk • Balduinseck Castle, also called Baldeneck, is the ruin of a high castle in the Hunsrück. It is located at 300 meters above sea level on a slate cone only about 20 meters high at the confluence of the Wohnrother Bach and the Schumbach to the...
4.9 miSE
Music venue, Nightlife
Pydna
126 min walk • Pydna is a former American missile base in Kastellaun, Germany named Wueschheim Air Station. Nuclear-equipped MGM-1 Matador, MGM-13 Mace, MIM-14 Nike Hercules and BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missiles were stationed here.
5.6 miNW
Locality
Bruttig-Fankel
143 min walk • Bruttig-Fankel is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.