Birkenfeld – Always worth a visit
The city of Birkenfeld lies in the middle of a charming low mountain range landscape on the southern edge of the Hunsrück upland in the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park. The natural landscape with its extensive forest areas offers a variety of leisure and recreational opportunities for nature lovers, hikers and families.
The economy in Birkenfeld is mainly characterised by capable small and medium-sized companies in the areas of trade, services, agriculture and manufacturing. Birkenfeld is also characterised by an excellent mobility infrastructure and broadband connection.
The railway terminus that used to lead to Birkenfeld has been decommissioned and is now a beautiful foot and cycle path, which is part of the „Nature and Environmental Technology“ trail. This leads along biotopes and scenic landscape features to the neighbouring municipality of Hoppstädten-Weiersbach and the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, an external site of Trier University of Applied Sciences. The campus grounds with their innovative environmental technology in combination with biodiverse biotopes is also part of this themed trail.
Tourist information of the Birkenfeld Land
Your first point of contact for tourist information about the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park and the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park: available are brochures on premium hiking trails, guided tours, maps, souvenirs and much more.
National park Hunsrück-Hochwald
„Let nature be nature“ – the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park was opened in 2015 as the 16th German national park. Mysterious sloping moors, ancient beech trees on stone runs and extensive forests are waiting to be discovered.
Birkenfeld State Museum
Visit the permanent exhibitions focussing on the Celts and Romans, Birkenfeld and the House of Wittelsbach, the old classroom around 1930 and the Oldenburg period. In addition, special exhibitions take place every year.
University location Environmental Campus Birkenfeld
The local municipality of Hoppstädten-Weiersbach is home to the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (ECB), a site of the Trier University of Applied Sciences. The ECB has been recognised for years as the most sustainable university in Germany in the renowned GreenMetric ranking.
