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Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Roth bei Prüm

Ruins of a Westwall bunker

Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Roth bei Prüm

Ruins of a Westwall bunker

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Ruins of a Westwall bunker

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Location: Roth bei Prüm, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. View of Ormont – Ruins of a Westwall bunker loop from Kobscheid

20.3km

05:32

290m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. View of Ormont loop from Ormont

14.8km

04:02

200m

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3. Ruins of Westwall Bunker – Westwallweg Bunker Remains loop from Schlausenbach

12.2km

03:11

90m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Die_Ute

August 28, 2021

In the area of the Schneifel near Prüm in the Eifel, around 170 bunkers were built between 1938 and 1940, some of them only a good hundred meters apart. In the old district of Prüm there were a total of more than 1,200 bunkers. In addition, there was a 13 m wide hump line over a length of 35 km, which could stop tanks up to 36 tons. Today only overgrown concrete ruins can be seen. A Westwall Bunker hiking trail is excellent. The mood is a little depressing, as it is evidence of a dark past. Nevertheless, the moss-covered ruins are worth seeing and preserving as contemporary witnesses and memorials.

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R.Bungartz

July 25, 2021

Over the decades, the bunker ruins have developed into valuable habitats for wild cats and bats, among others, and represent valuable retreats for animals and plants in the densely populated and intensively used cultural landscape. The crevices in the ruins and tunnels are ideal summer and winter quarters for Bats. Reptiles like the wall lizard or sand lizard can be found again and again.

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Karin 🐾 🇺🇦 🕊

March 2, 2022

Destroyed eyewitnesses from World War II.

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Location: Roth bei Prüm, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Ruins of a Westwall bunker

1. View of Ormont – Ruins of a Westwall bunker loop from Kobscheid

2. View of Ormont loop from Ormont

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