Bingen Forest

The Bingen Forest (German: Binger Wald) is part of the Hunsrück, a low mountain range in the Central Uplands of Germany.

The landscape of the Bingen Forest lies on the boundary of the counties of Mainz-Bingen (north to southeast), Bad Kreuznach (south) and Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (west).

Barrows such as that southeast of Dichtelbach, castles and the present-day settlements and villages are evidence that the Bingen Forest and its surrounding area have been settled for a long time.

From Roman times the remains of the Villa Rustica have survived as well as parts of a building near the forestry lodge of Forsthaus Lauschhütte.

The latter is currently closed; however it is to be re-opened in the near future because of the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport which is located southwest of the Bingen Forest and roughly west of Kirchberg between Hahn and Lautzenhausen.

View from the Hochsteinchen over the Hunsrück to Bingen Forest
View of the Kandrich from the Salzkopf Tower
Rheintalnebel of the Siebenburgenblick
Remains of Roman buildings
The Kandrich plateau with its wind generator (Typ E-70); view looking northeast to the Rhine
View from the Salzkopf Tower over the Bingen Forest to the south