Chapels loop - Fields, meadows & pastures

The first chapel loop leads with gentle ascents and descents through the impressive cultural landscape of the Pleiser Hügelland and offers great panoramic views, expansive fields as well as idyllic valleys with meadows and pastures. We start near Haus Schlesien at the Nikolauskapelle in Heisterbacherrott and hike gently uphill over the Kasseler Heide to Vinxel to the chapel Mariae Heimsuchung. Characterized by fields and orchards, the Kasseler Heide offers beautiful views of the Oelberg, Rauschendorf, and Rott with its striking church. After the chapel in Vinxel, we take the main route of the chapel hike, which connects twelve chapels along its way and later the Hermann-Löns-Straße to reach the Donatuskapelle in Rauschendorf. Fields define this section again and we look towards Michaelsberg in Siegburg, the Stieldorfer Church, and count the Seven Mountains with their distinctive view. After a short ascent in Rauschendorf, the beautiful, half-timbered town center with the chapel invites you to take a break. Behind the buildings, we also leave the chapel hike, which continues over Bockeroth and Hartenberg to Wahlfeld to the next chapel. However, we take the beautiful path lined with hedges and trees towards Oelinghoven. After a short ascent to bypass Oelinghoven, we already turn into the Lauterbachtal and enjoy the meadow and stream landscape to return to the starting point in Heisterbacherrott.