Gondola · Urbar, Germany
Rheinseilbahn, Urbar
Rheinseilbahn is a gondola near Urbar, Germany. It climbs 105 m over 934 m, from 69 m to 175 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 97 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
75/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Rheinseilbahn is scarier than 75% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 20 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 97 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 595 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 826 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 7°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 601 m of the 934 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Rheinseilbahn is near Urbar, Germany, at 69 m above sea level (50.36191° N, 7.60499° E). From there it runs 934 m up to the top station at 175 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 6,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 35 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Schrägaufzug funicular · 0.4 km away · rises 60 m
- Kurwaldbahn funicular · 8.9 km away · rises 106 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.