The main trails of the Westerwald Association there Saturday as GPS routes for mobile navigation devices Beselich, 16 September 2009-21 trails with a total length of 1.964 km: are the national main trails, who is in charge of the Westerwald Club in the region between the victory, Rhine, Lahn and dill. Now these lines provided for the first time completely as GPS data for downloading free mobile navigation devices. Saturday (September 19), a route on the Internet under the address of I go wandern.de will be published until the beginning of the autumn holidays every day. Hiking with GPS support is one of the top trends in the outdoor movement for several years. What began with the modern treasure hunt, geocaching, is today no longer indispensable for many day hikers: A digital map on a mobile navigation device, in which the trail route is marked. Astrid Sturm, head of the Department that now for the first time are the complete main hiking trails through the Westerwald as GPS data available, is way of the Westerwald Association, thanks. She collects the data and refined in collaboration with the land surveying Office. The GPS data were supplemented by the editorial staff of the walking Atlas Germany with tour descriptions and imagery.

From Saturday, a route is published every day until the beginning of the autumn holidays in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia. Among them are such famous trails like the dill Ridgeway, the limes hiking trail and the trail of the Lahn. The trails through the Westerwald can be started on any entry points and are fully signposted. The first route the way of King winter at the foot of the Siebengebirge mountains in the Rhine valley up to Herborn on the dill is provided on Saturday under.