Benches with a View of the Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Wollersheim

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Kreis Düren

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Benches with a View of the Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Wollersheim

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(467)

1,618

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Benches with a View of the Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Wollersheim

04:16

59.5km

890m

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 30, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationalpark Eifel

Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.83 km

Muschelkalkkuppen mit Neffelbach und Wattlingsgraben nördlich Wollersheim

Nature Reserve

12.3 km

Heimbach Castle and the Violinist Statue

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Heimbach is a place directly on the Rur and only a few meters from the Rursee. The place impresses with its historic city center. Small cafes, restaurants and shops complete …

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14.5 km

Staubecken Heimbach

Lake

18.3 km

View of the Rur Reservoir

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If you can, you should do this beautiful tour during the week, especially if you are out and about by bike.
In Corona times, it is also emptier. And when …

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20.8 km

View over Woffelsbach and the Rursee

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This rock is about 30-50m next to the actual route and represents a nice foreground for photos for me.

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31.3 km

Woffelsbach on the Rursee

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Woffelsbach is a picturesque district of the municipality of Simmerath in the Aachen urban region. It is located on the Rur Dam in the North Eifel and is a center …

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33.6 km

Schilsbachtal mit Nebenbächen und Hangwäldern am Rursee

Nature Reserve

35.0 km

Benches with a View of the Rursee

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Great view to Woffelsbach and here the path is paved.

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35.9 km

Gelände Akademischer Yacht Club

Forest

39.9 km

Viewpoint

40.3 km

Beautiful trail with a view of the Rursee

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Very nice on the Rursee and worth seeing from all corners and edges.

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42.2 km

Lake Rur

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As the second largest dam in Germany, the Rursee is impressively large and always beautiful 👍.

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42.7 km

Rursee Loop Trail

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The cycle path runs directly along the water in many places.

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59.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.1 km

16.7 km

10.4 km

5.40 km

924 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

38.5 km

9.29 km

8.06 km

3.03 km

532 m

155 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 31 October

10°C

6°C

2 %

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Max wind speed: 7.0 km/h

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Comments

April 13, 2024,Über die Felder zum Rursee 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🌞 13.04.2024

Today's tour starts in Froitzheim. Via Wollersheim, Vlatten to Heimbach. From there around the Rursee and back via Abenden and Nideggen. There were one or two 🍨 stops 😉.

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October 29, 2024,29.10.2024: 37 Komma 2, Eifel, Ruruferradweg-Runde ab Heimbach 🚴🚴

Today, with the best weather... I had to go to the Eifel anyway... I saddled up 2 bikes and did a nice ride on the Rurufer cycle path from Heimbach. And for next year:
regio.outdooractive.com/oar-gruenmetropole-aachen/de/tour/radtour/rurufer-radweg/2963730
I'll be cycling the entire route, around 170 km, from Brotange (B) to Roermonde (NL) or just to Aachen. There's also a shuttle service for …

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June 28, 2022,RurUfer-Radweg (statt Etappe 1): rund um den Rursee von Heimbach aus

Recording of the first daily stage of the RurUfer cycle path (according to rurufer-radweg.de/touren ).

Because the actual starting point, Signal de Botrange, cannot be reached by public transport and the shuttle service (vr-venntouristik.de/fahrdienst-venn-shuttle/radfahrer-service-vennbahn-ruuferradweg-u-a ) is quite expensive , this tour starts with Heimbach at the end point of the first day tour and replaces the first stage with a …

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October 6, 2024,Ausblick auf Woffelsbach – Auf dem Rundweg um den Rursee Runde von Heimbach (Eifel)

Very nice tour, there are a few good climbs but it's very easy to ride 🤓👍 I can only recommend it.

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June 27, 2025,Rundtour um den Rursee 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

Today we went around the Rursee...parked in Woffelsbach...then over Rurberg...dam...a bit of construction work with a detour! Lots of bumpy paths...not so good weather at first...a bit of rain ☔️...the route continued through trees 🌳 with a view of the lake! In Schwammenauel, we headed down towards Heimbach...the construction site from Tuesday was over...saw the old hydroelectric power plant...had a …

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July 26, 2023,Fahrradtour rund um den Rursee

If you're surprised that I didn't take any more photos after km 20: a good downpour fell on us from above 🌧 and then we were soaking wet and just wanted to go home 😞! It's actually a pity, because it would have been a great round overall! Unfortunately we were not as well prepared as some other cyclists who …

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September 10, 2023,Ausblick auf Woffelsbach – Auf dem Rundweg um den Rursee Runde von Heimbach (Eifel)

Wonderful tour around the Rursee with lots of shade and hardly any road. A construction site (landslide, rockfall) right on the lake blocked the way. So return back to the parking lot for bathers, then detour via MTB route and single trail possible. Only suitable for MTB, otherwise sliding route.

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