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Afelskreuz and Pilgrims' Chapel

Afelskreuz and Pilgrims' Chapel

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Afelskreuz and Pilgrims' Chapel

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Location: Katzwinkel, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Claudine en Robert🇧🇪🚴

July 24, 2025

The Afelskreuz (indulgence cross, mistakenly interpreted as the "Eifel Cross") stands on an old Roman military road. For centuries, pilgrims from the Bonn-Cologne region have traveled this route to the grave of the Apostle Saint Matthias in Trier.

This path is therefore also popularly known as the Pilgrim's Route. Another name is the "Piglet Route," because farmers and traders drove their cattle along the Afelskreuz to the markets in Kelberg and Mehren until the 1830s.

It is noteworthy that the cities of Trier and Cologne are equidistant from the Afelskreuz (Afelskreuz), some 90 kilometers away. The Romans already established a well-developed network of paths, which can still be seen today. Hörschhausen was a junction of several Roman-era paths and roads. There was also a path from Hörschhausen to Bongard, which crossed the main road between Uess and Lieser at the Afelskreuz.

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Treteselber

January 4, 2020

A historic site on the pilgrimage route from Bonn to Trier. The Romans also used this place as a crossroads on the Cologne-Trier military road.

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Maartaucher

October 3, 2020

A beautiful, quiet place. I find it most beautiful in the early morning.

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Location: Katzwinkel, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Burghof Restaurant & Beer Garden – View of Daun loop from Kelberg

2. Daun Viaduct – Wooden Bridge in the Spa Park loop from Pützborn

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