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Rhineland-Palatinate

Bürresheim Castle – Volkesfeld Healing Spring loop from Rieden

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Road cycling routes
Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate

Bürresheim Castle – Volkesfeld Healing Spring loop from Rieden

Hard

8

riders

Bürresheim Castle – Volkesfeld Healing Spring loop from Rieden

04:48

97.1km

1,470m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 69.8 km for 52 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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17.1 km

View from Ramersbach towards the Rhine

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From here it goes to Bad Breisig only downhill. Nice long descent. Be careful in the first two kilometers, they are fast and curvy.

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2

17.1 km

It's all downhill from here

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3

17.3 km

View of the Eifel

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If you come from the Vinxttal or from the Blasweiler Bach, then you have reached the highest point here. The view over the Vinxttal goes over to the Westerwald and in the direction of Blasweiler Bach to the Eifel.

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4

24.7 km

Descent to Kesseling

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Excellent descent, partly on freshly paved passages in a great natural setting - attention motorcyclists.

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5

31.8 km

Herschbach Valley

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Very good asphalt, not as busy as in other valleys in the region. Beautiful view across the valley.

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6

74.9 km

Genovevaburg Mayen

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Mayen is a nice place in the Vulkaneifel – definitely worth a trip.

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76.7 km

Eiterbach

Lake

8

80.6 km

Bürresheim Castle

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The castle was used as the fictional Brunwald Castle for the exterior shots for the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".

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87.7 km

Volkesfeld Healing Spring

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At this point / I would like to quickly / say something about the source:
And to quote the incomparable humorist Heinz Erhardt (1909 - 1979), who was known to …

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92.8 km

In der Burwies

Nature Reserve

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97.1 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

69.4 km

21.9 km

3.25 km

2.67 km

Surfaces

92.4 km

4.02 km

593 m

172 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (630 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

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Sunday 12 July

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