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Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Übereisenbach

Smuggler's Trail in Naturpark Südeifel

Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Übereisenbach

Smuggler's Trail in Naturpark Südeifel

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Smuggler's Trail in Naturpark Südeifel

Name: Smuggler's Trail in Naturpark Südeifel
Rating: 2

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Location: Übereisenbach, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. View of the Our Reservoir – Vianden Castle loop from Schieren

94.5km

06:16

1,050m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Clervaux Castle – Vianden Castle loop from Diekirch

119km

08:03

1,650m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Irsen Bridge – Falkenauel loop from Zweifelscheid

46.1km

04:02

910m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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Loki 🚴

June 6, 2019

"The" smuggler way is actually the wrong expression: correctly it would have to be called "a" smuggler way.
After the Second World War they were at (almost) all borders and everywhere dramatic scenes took place.
Perhaps the smuggler stories from the Northern Eifel region (Aachen area) are perhaps less known, but perhaps even more dramatic is what happened in the South Eifel in the post-war years.
Bettelarm and without (paid) work opportunity, lost and / or destroyed goods, there were many alternatives for many eager people.
One of them was coffee from Luxembourg.
But do not drink to yourself.
The coffee was smuggled across the border at night (through the River Our) and then sold to the black market in Cologne, about 130 km away.
The customs officers at the border have tried to stop this illegal activity and did not shy away from firearms use.
On the part of the customs officers and customs but also the judicial authorities, there are certainly still reports and entries on incidents from this period.
From the perspective of the population there is nothing or little, eyewitnesses are practically no longer there: they should now be over 90.

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Distance 5.94 km

Uphill 50 m

Downhill 20 m

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Location: Übereisenbach, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Smuggler's Trail in Naturpark Südeifel

1. View of the Our Reservoir – Vianden Castle loop from Schieren

2. Clervaux Castle – Vianden Castle loop from Diekirch

3. Irsen Bridge – Falkenauel loop from Zweifelscheid

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