Sights & Activities
Here you will find all the sights and activities of the Bitburger Land!
Cemetery of Honour "Kolmeshöhe
Bitburg
The "Ehrenfriedhof" in Bitburg is a commemorative cemetery for soldiers who died in both World Wars. The cemetery attracted world-wide attention in 1985 causing a great deal of controversy from the Jewish communities as well as the Veterans of WWII. The President of United States, Ronald Reagan and West German chancellor Helmut Kohl were to visit Kolmeshoehe to lay a wreath on a tombstone…
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Bitburg archeological trail
Bitburg
Ancient walls and a virtual Roman world: Using augmented reality and the latest technology, a stroll around the Eifel beer metropolis becomes a journey through time.
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Spangdahlem entombment group of Christ
Spangdahlem
In the chapel there are three sculpture groups: the Entombment group from 1643, the Lamentation, or "Holy Grave" group, and the Resurrection group created in 1750.
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city model of Bitburg
Bitburg
The bronze model of the city of Bitburg can be found at Spittel Square in the pedestrian area. It was donated by Dr. -Hanns-Simon-Stiftung and shows the layout of the modern city centre. Especially blind people get an accurate impression of their surroundings…
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Marian column
Kyllburg
The Mariensäule was built in 1886 in honour of the Mother of God. An internal spiral staircase leads to a viewing platform. The seven stations of the „Kreuzweg“ also end at the Mariensäule.
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ARGO Roman Road Meckel-Meilbrück
Meckel
Experience ancient reality on the go with ARGO - Augmented Archaeology.
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The Horse-Market in Bitburg
Bitburg
The bronze statue on the Pferdemarkt, the Horse Market, was designed by one of Bitburg’s own sculptors, Roger Delleré. The figure is to remind us of an era when horse and cattle markets were a daily occurrence and contributed largely to the town’s economic development…
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Donjon
Kyllburg
Only the five-storey donjon of Kyllburg Castle, which was built in 1239, remains today.
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Liebfrauenkirche – The Church of Our Lady
Bitburg
At the highest point in Bitburg, next to the City Hall, is Liebfrauenkirche – The Church of Our Lady. Hidden in her walls, are remains of various architectural periods.
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Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Auw an der Kyll
Auw an der Kyll
The parish and pilgrimage church "Mariä Himmelfahrt" in Auw an der Kyll near Bitburg is one of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the Southern Eifel region. It has always characterized the image of the small village in the Eifel with its central, high position in the middle of the village in the Kyll valley…
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