Cross-country around Nattenheim

Cross-country around Nattenheim

The approx. 12 km long circular hiking trail of the Southern Eifel Nature Park connects the OG Rittersdorf, Hermesdorf and Wiersdorf with each other. The trail leads across plateaus and the Bitburger Gutland.

On this route we cross original Eifel villages with regionally typical renovated farmhouses and ride across fields and meadows without any significant climbs. This is a GPS bike tour

a short, easy circular trail (6.2 km) with beautiful views.

Welcome to Himmerod AbbeyIn 1135, Bernard of Clairvaux himself sent his spiritual sons, the gray Cistercian monks of Clairvaux, to the green folds by the flowing waters of the Salm. He had convinced himself of the ideal location of the valley basin between Kunowald, Salm and gentle hills.The abbey's first name "Claustrum" means island, refuge, protection and shelter. In just a few years, the monks turned the monastery into an important religious and spiritual center of the Eifel region.The entire monastery complex is still enclosed by the medieval cloister wall (14th century).The structural principle of the complex is the concentric circles (like the coat of arms) in the exterior: guest house, workshops, mill, bookshop, inn, courtyard, gardens: in the interior: Church and monastery building, cloister and quadrum. In the center is the church, which was rebuilt in the 1950s according to the model of the old building by C. Kretschmar.

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Bettingen castle ruin

The local group Speicher of the Eifelverein maintains a well-marked network of hiking trails in a varied landscape with a total length of 144 km. An overview board of the routes can be found at the Lermesbrück car park.

The local group Speicher of the Eifelverein maintains a well-marked network of hiking trails in a varied landscape with a total length of 144 km. You will find an overview board of the routes at the Lermesbrück car park.