ジンメラートの山小屋＆キャビン・トップ20

Clean rest area in the immediate vicinity of the Perlenbach.

The Reinartzhof was later built from the St. Reinart hospice, which was formerly located on the Reinart. However, the evacuation of the Reinartzhof was announced by royal decree on June 26, 1958. Reason: As the Reinartzhof settlement is in the catchment area of the Weser dam and there is therefore a risk of water pollution, it is expropriated and must be evacuated. Within three years, i.e. by 1961, the residents were to leave their farms. With heavy hearts, the farming families moved out of the isolated hamlet one after the other. "Be that as it may, the mild pressure from above, supported by appropriate compensation payments, caused one farmer after another to emigrate and find a new home and work somewhere at the foot of the High Fens." In 1971, even the picturesque Oberhof was set on fire, and what had been spared by the fire was reduced to rubble by pickaxes and bulldozers. Source: https://reinartzhof.pfadfinder-raeren.be/geschichte.html

By the 20th century, a hermitage (13th century) on the old pilgrimage route between Aachen and Trier had become a small settlement of 3 farms and 6 families, the Reinartzhof. Located in the middle of the lonely Venn, the settlement was largely self-sufficient, without electricity or tap water. Source: https://www.euregio-im-bild.de/kultur-geschichte-und-wissenschaft/denkmale-und-geschichtliches/fotostrecken/die-ruine-des-reinartzhofs-im-hohen-venn.html

Nice covered rest area that offers us welcome shelter during a rain shower.

Today it is a tourist meeting and educational center with a newly built museum, from where natural history tours and hikes can be offered and undertaken. Source: http://www.komm-mit-wandern.de/hohes-venn.html

In the Ternell Nature Park Center you can inquire whether and which hiking trails in the High Fens area may be closed. This is important to know, for example, if there is a risk of fire in spring or autumn due to prolonged drought. The staff are very friendly and happy to help. Contact information: https://www.ternell.be/ House Ternell B-4700 Eupen (On Google Maps) info@ternell.be T.: +32 (0)87 55 23 13

Here in the newly built shelter hut "Oberer Steg" people like to take a break and since most of the daffodil hikers "frolic" in the Perlenbachtal, this is usually occupied.

From here you should continue on the path on the right side of the Perlenbach. It's the nicer alternative. Finally, you get to the "Unterer Steg" junction, where there is a rest area on the Perlenbach. There are various ways and paths to explore the area further. For example, the "White Cross", which is located on a hill above the Perlenbach and can be seen from the Unterer Steg rest area.