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Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
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Ralinger Railway Tunnel – Sauer River Elevated Walkway loop from Niederraden

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Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
Mettendorf

Ralinger Railway Tunnel – Sauer River Elevated Walkway loop from Niederraden

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Ralinger Railway Tunnel – Sauer River Elevated Walkway loop from Niederraden

06:05

98.2km

950m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 13, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 76.1 km for 22 m

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25.8 km

Nimstalbahn Viaduct Irrel

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Just below the viaduct there is a small hut for a rest or shelter from the weather.

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28.1 km

The bridge connects Germany and Luxembourg. It was named after Konrad Schubach.
In 1952, Konrad Schubach became district administrator in Bitburg. There, in consultation with Minister-President Altmeier, he was tasked …

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31.2 km

Ralinger Railway Tunnel

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The Ralinger Tunnel is 336 m long. It is only moderately illuminated (darker than the pictures suggest). Driving without lights is possible, but it's best to sing or something similar to avoid a collision.

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41.1 km

Sauer River Elevated Walkway

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... great bike path!

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49.1 km

Trail along the Sauer River

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Driving along the Sauer is great, and not just in this local spot.

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50.1 km

Island on the Sauer River

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One wonders what the flood of 2021 washed up

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61.1 km

Scenic Sauer River

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Beautiful course of the Sauer river

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67.5 km

Ralinger Tunnel

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The Nims-Sauertalbahn was a single-track, standard-gauge, non-electrified branch line (state railway) from Bitburg-Erdorf (on the Eifel route Trier-Cologne) to Igel in the Moselle valley. It led from the Kylltal via …

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98.2 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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44.1 km

23.2 km

14.9 km

10.1 km

5.41 km

504 m

Surfaces

82.6 km

15.1 km

493 m

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Wednesday 26 August

31°C

17°C

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June 25, 2023,Dag 23 Grevenmacher-Neuerburg “ Moezel Sauer Prüm Ens route”
At a quarter past seven already 45 on the counter Advantage if you climbed in the evening A bit cold despite the forecast of thirty plus Driving next to the Moselle dasrna de sauer and then next to the Prüm The landscape became more and more beautiful and German A lot of up and down with vicious climbs from over …

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Today on the last stage it was more varied. Although started in drizzle and with repeated rain, it was still nice. Along the route there was a lot of damage that could still be seen from the flood of July 2021. It can be seen in the photos.
On picture 23 and 24 you can see a plantation with blue …

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