View of Saarburg – View of Saarburg loop from Mettlach

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Germany

Saarland

Landkreis Merzig-Wadern

Mettlach

View of Saarburg – View of Saarburg loop from Mettlach

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View of Saarburg – View of Saarburg loop from Mettlach

02:13

38.2km

150m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück

Saarschleife und Leukbachtal

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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19.0 km

View of Saarburg and Saarburg Castle

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From the bridge over the Saar you can enjoy an excellent view of the castle ruins and the St. Laurentius Church. But watch out for the traffic, because even if the main road across the Saar runs a little further south, a car will pass by here every now and then. For a photo, you'd better stop briefly on the bike path on the east bank. Here you are completely undisturbed.

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19.1 km

View of Saarburg

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Saarburg is definitely worth a visit. Don't just drive past if you've never been there, but take a look. It's a really beautiful little town!

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19.1 km

View of Saarburg from the bridge

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There are a few bridges in Saarburg.

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19.2 km

View of Saarburg Castle

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View from the other bank

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19.5 km

View of Saarburg

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An ideal place to plan a break and make a little detour to Saarburg.

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25.7 km

Reflections of the Saarschleife Hills

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25.8 km

Serrig Lock

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This barrage is Germany's largest river causeway on a natural river and reaches a lifting height of 14.5 m. The average rate of climb is 1.40 meters per minute, resulting in a filling time of about 10.2 minutes.

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31.4 km

View of the Saar River and the Red Rock Cliffs

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I had to stop and admire it all

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38.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.2 km

5.42 km

776 m

487 m

153 m

112 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

29.6 km

8.46 km

184 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 29 October

13°C

4°C

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Comments

August 7, 2024,🇩🇪Fahrradtour von Saarburg zur Saarschleife und zurück

Unfortunately we had to take almost the same route back. We don't like doing that, but if there's no other option🤷

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September 18, 2023,Von Saarburg nach Mettlach und zurück

By today at the latest, the matter was settled, the Saar will be the start of my solo cycling trip next year. I really didn't imagine it would be so beautiful. Today we went to Mettlach and back, even the main road didn't bother us because it's just fantastically beautiful 🤩

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March 24, 2025,🚴🏻‍♀️🚴‍♂️ …. 🌞gen Mettlach zur Villeroy&Boch Welt 😎 und zurück 😄

Today was another beautiful and warm, sunny day 🌤️😎
I could have taken hundreds of photos at the V&B World, because the exhibition, which is actually a museum, offered incredibly interesting information about the beginnings of the family-run porcelain factory, its production, and the development of its porcelain over well over 200 years.
The bike ride along the Saar River …

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August 13, 2022,Frauenglück

Tour leads from Ockfen to Mettlach (Villeroy & Boch).
Due to minor mobile phone problems, the return journey is described in "Frauenglück II".

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June 29, 2023,Saarburg nach Mettlach Villeroy & Boch

Incredibly beautiful, don't miss the chapel, part of the dynasty was buried there

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May 29, 2025,Vatertags-Fahrradtour nach Mettlach und zurück

It was a very nice tour except for one spot at the Saarschleife. Komoot wanted to send us down a rather steep set of stairs, even though we'd specified a bike route when planning. That's completely unacceptable! I don't know how anyone would think of sending a bike down there. We turned around and took a different route down to …

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July 7, 2023,Saar Abwärts nach Saarschleife

Did a 🚲🚲 tour to Mettlach today. Unfortunately, the bike route leads along a federal road, only on the way back did we realize that you could also ride the route through the forest on the other side of the Saar

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