코켐-젤 주변 최고의 도시 하이킹 & 워킹 코스

The Brückentor (Bridge Gate) is one of Mayen's few remaining medieval city gates and once served as the most important entrance for travelers coming from Koblenz. Today, this historic building houses the Mayen Carnival Museum, which brings the city's long tradition of "Faasenaacht" (Carnival Night) to life.

A very beautiful market square with beautiful buildings (town hall, church, and castle). Plenty of cafés and restaurants, bakeries, etc., offer opportunities for a rest and refreshment.

Every three years, a symposium with international artists takes place. Stone sculptures made from basalt, the stone quarried in the Mayen mining area, are created there. The unsold pieces can be viewed here.

I walked all the paths in this mining area. It's really worth it. There are explanatory panels everywhere and you can also see many beautiful stone sculptures.

This church in the town center of Mayen, a building from the early 20th century, is not dedicated to one of the countless saints - people who lived their Christian faith in an exemplary manner, or even died as martyrs (martyrs) for it - and whom we now venerate as intercessors at God's throne. Here, the choice of patronage was made directly to Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer: This church and parish were entrusted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The basalt found here has been used by humans for 7,000 years. It is ideal for making grain graters and millstones. Traces of mining from Roman times and the Middle Ages as well as cranes, tracks and lorries from the 20th century are omnipresent. A circular path winds through the bizarre mining landscape with the Silver Lake, the "Lapidea" sculpture park and the "Bat Tunnel". There, a walk-through shaft takes you into an old mine, where, with a little luck, you can observe the current inhabitants: bats.

Beautifully maintained, pleasure to walk through the center. So many details in the buildings!

Made a short stop here on the way, worth it 👌