Weinfelder Maar – Maarsattel loop from Schalkenmehren

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Weinfelder Maar – Maarsattel loop from Schalkenmehren

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Weinfelder Maar – Maarsattel loop from Schalkenmehren

02:36

38.8km

520m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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44 m

View of the Weinfelder Maar (Totenmaar)

Highlight • Lake

There is a car park on the road above the Maare. After crossing the road, a path leads down to the Maar, from where you can hike in various directions.

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256 m

Weinfelder Maar

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No words ... beautiful

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682 m

From Maarsattel you have an impressive view of two Maare (Schalkenmehrener Maar and Weinfelder Maar) and their explosive history. You can see Schalkenmehren in one direction and the Weinfelder Kapelle …

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4.56 km

Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Old Railway Tunnel "Großes Schlitzohr" near Daun
At the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the railway tunnel was driven 560 meters through the mountain. 80 years …

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5.40 km

Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel

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The former railway tunnel of the Eifelquerbahn near Mehren, known as the "Großes Schlitzohr," is part of the Maare-Mosel cycle path and offers a refreshing dip in both summer and winter. At 560 meters long, it's already astonishingly long.

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7.36 km

View from Daun Viaduct

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

In addition to the "Großes Schlitzohr" (Great Slant Ear) tunnel, there's another cycling highlight in the region: the Daun Viaduct. Here, you ride over an old railway bridge with a height of 28 meters. The views are accordingly magnificent.

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9.89 km

Through the 'Große Schlitzohr'

Highlight • Structure

A truly amazing experience for young and old. Turn on the lights – even though the tunnel is lit.
And in hot weather, it's like riding through a "refrigerator."

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22.1 km

Pulvermaar mit Römerberg und Strohner Märchen

Nature Reserve

26.8 km

Cycle path on a railroad line

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The section between Gillenfeld and Eckfeld is very nice, especially if you are looking forward to the cake in Eckfeld ;-)

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27.8 km

Holzmaar

Nature Reserve

38.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.9 km

7.15 km

6.18 km

1.41 km

193 m

Surfaces

32.4 km

3.32 km

1.95 km

780 m

459 m

Elevation

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (390 m)

Weather

Thursday 29 October

11°C

4°C

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Comments

September 24, 2023,Von Maar zu Maar in der Vulkaneifel

On the journey from Cologne to our time-out town of Leiwen on the Moselle, a short bike ride in the Vulkaneifel to five beautiful maars.

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July 13, 2024,2024 07 13 Tagesetappe Eifel Maare-Mosel-Radweg Daun - Holzmaar

On the last day of the holiday the weather was better (18°, cloudy) and we cycled a short section of the Maare-Mosel cycle path before packing up. The route is on an old railway line from Daun to Bernkastel-Kues. If you cycle through to B-Kues you can take the bike bus back. Along the way there are numerous maars with …

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June 11, 2025,Von Daun nach Gillenfeld und Pulvermaar

Very nice tour on a disused railway line, a bit hilly, along the way there were always rest areas to linger

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August 24, 2022,Auf dem Maare-Mosel-Radweg zum Pulvermaar und in die Strohner Schweiz

This part of the Maare-Moselle cycle path runs on a disused railway line. There was hiking at the Pulvermaar and on the circular route through the Strohner Schweiz.

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July 20, 2024,Von Eckfeld nach Daun auf Maare Mosel Radweg Teilstück

Very nice, completely easy cycle path on a former steam locomotive railway line. At the narrow road crossings you have to be careful that the many incompetent cyclists, who are totally unsafe on e-bikes, don't drive too fast, don't take your right of way and knock you over because they think they have the right of way because of their …

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