Melibokus

The Melibokus (also Melibocus, Malchen or Malschen) is at 517 metres (1696 feet), the highest mountain in the Bergstraße region of southern Hesse, central Germany. The mountain overlooks the Rhine valley on the western fringe of the Odenwald region and is a local landmark, clearly visible for many miles. On the summit there is a small cafe, a public lookout tower and a US Army radio mast erected on the site of a previous stone tower, destroyed during World War II. The mountain is accessible from Zwingenberg/Bergstrasse by foot. The "Nibelungensteig" mountain trail leads you from the railway station in Zwingenberg towards the east. If you follow the red "N" of Nibelungensteig you will be climbing up 417 metres to a total altitute of 517 metres above seal level on top of the Melibokus mountain. Alternatively you can contact Zwingenberg historic society and join in a group travel with 20 persons each weekend. Anyway you will be seeing one of the most beautiful overwievs of the Rhine Valley. By foot 1 and a half hours, if you take the tractor engine with trailer of the historic society the round trip will take four hours (including wine tasting).