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Bad Münstereifel

Promenade along the city walls of Bad Münstereifel

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

Bad Münstereifel

Promenade along the city walls of Bad Münstereifel

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Promenade along the city walls of Bad Münstereifel

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Location: Bad Münstereifel, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. View of Bad Münstereifel – View of the Cologne Lowland loop from Bad Münstereifel

10.3km

02:53

200m

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

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2. Werther Gate (Bad Münstereifel) – Wallgasse / Town Wall loop from Bad Münstereifel

18.6km

05:09

320m

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

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3. Werther Gate (Bad Münstereifel) – Wallgasse / Town Wall loop from Bad Münstereifel

6.46km

01:46

100m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Stephan N

December 28, 2023

The starting point for the settlement of Münstereifel was the founding of a monastery by the Prüm Benedictine abbey in the first half of the 9th century. The monastery experienced rapid growth after the acquisition of the relics of St. Chrysanthus and Daria as a sought-after place of pilgrimage from 844.

At the end of the 13th century and in the first half of the 14th century, under the rule of the Dukes of Jülich, the entire settlement of “Moenstere in der Eyffelen” was secured by walling as a valley fortress against the Archdiocese of Cologne. According to Renard, “Rheinische Städtebilder, p. 116”, Bad Münstereifel is considered “the clearest and best-preserved, but also the only example of systematic walling of an entire valley section” (in Germany)! The castle, as part of the curtain wall, was first mentioned in a document in 1317. Initially as the seat of the Lords of Jülich - Bergheim, later as the state castle of the Dukes of Jülich as the official residence of the bailiff and bailiff. The castle was destroyed in 1689 by troops of the French King Louis
Source:
eifelverein-bad-muenstereifel.de/index.php/449-stadtmauer

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Location: Bad Münstereifel, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Promenade along the city walls of Bad Münstereifel

1. View of Bad Münstereifel – View of the Cologne Lowland loop from Bad Münstereifel

2. Werther Gate (Bad Münstereifel) – Wallgasse / Town Wall loop from Bad Münstereifel

3. Werther Gate (Bad Münstereifel) – Wallgasse / Town Wall loop from Bad Münstereifel

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