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Ochsenkopfweg

Ochsenkopfweg

Fabian planned a hike

July 11, 2020

Ochsenkopfweg

Moderate

03:14

11.9km

3.7km/h

170m

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Overview

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Waypoints

Vossenack German War Cemetery

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The greatest number of casualties on both sides were caused by the Battle of All Souls Day, fought on the West Wall in the autumn of 1944. Here, at the …

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1.25 km

Winter hike

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A tip is definitely the stopover at the Mestringer mill ... It is worthwhile to take a break here with delicious food and a beer.

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2.83 km

View of the Eifel Valley

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Who does not marvel at the view !!!

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2.98 km

View of the Kall Valley from Bunker 118

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A small detour from the path that is worth it because of the beautiful view from the bunker remains into the Kalltal.

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3.65 km

Private First Class Robert Cahow Memorial Site

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This memorial plaque is located on the edge of the Ochsenkopfweg.

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3.75 km

Memorial to Robert G. Canfield and Robert Cahow in the Hürtgen Forest

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It is important that places like the ones hiked here in the Hürtgenwald, illustrated and partly described, keep alive the memory of the hardship, misery and suffering of that time, …

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3.79 km

Bunker Ruins at Ochsenkopf

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Bunkers and graves here remind of the battle in the Hürtgenwald 😞

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4.35 km

Bunker 113 and Memorial to PFC Robert Cahow

Highlight • Historical Site

Old positions and cover holes, as well as a memorial stone for two American and one German soldiers, whose skeletons were found during forest work in 1976, tell of killing …

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4.37 km

Westwall Bunker Ruins, Hürtgenwald

Highlight • Historical Site

Bunker 110 is part of the west wall in the Hürtgenwald and is located directly on the road.
The bunker was blown up after the war. Today the bunker is covered with stones and earth. This leaves little of it.

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4.74 km

Bunker ruins in Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park

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Remains of a BUNKER on the wayside 👀

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4.77 km

Ruins of Bunker 113

Highlight • Historical Site

The former bunker 113, which was probably blown up during the war. Bunker 113 is not the only legacy of the battle in the Hürtgenwald. Three other bunkers are on the edge of the path, blown up after the war.

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5.39 km

Abandoned bunker in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Remains of a BUNKER 👀

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6.93 km

Wind Farm in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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The last newly built wind farm shows up with a wide gravel path that is also ideal for MTB. A well-known MTB route to Simonskall. But for the hiker there …

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7.50 km

Pak bunker P1 (standard design 20)

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Bunker remains from the war 👀

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8.39 km

Todtenbruch Soil Education Trail

Highlight • Trail

The nature trail was built by the State Forestry Administration of North Rhine-Westphalia and inaugurated in 2003 by Environment Minister Bärbel Höhn. The soil nature trail is 4.5 km long and leads through Todtenbrucher Moor.

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8.44 km

Wehebach Spring

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The main river is the noticeably longer White Wehebach, which rises on the southern edge of the Todtenbruch forest near Hürtgenwald-Raffelsbrand, flows north through the Hürtgenwald and absorbs numerous smaller …

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8.71 km

Raffelsbrand Youth Forest Home

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The hut and the benches may be used by hikers. Please dispose of garbage in bins at the top of the home.
It can also be grilled, but then please …

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9.23 km

World War II Supply Trench in Hürtgenwald

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These depressions can be found in the Hürtgenwald area but also at the Wilder Kemeter in the direction of Rurberg. Unfortunately you don't take good pictures.

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11.9 km

Vossenack German War Cemetery

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The greatest number of casualties on both sides were caused by the Battle of All Souls Day, fought on the West Wall in the autumn of 1944. Here, at the …

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.14 km

2.05 km

474 m

222 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.03 km

3.89 km

1.35 km

1.05 km

351 m

256 m

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Ochsenkopfweg

Vossenack German War Cemetery

Winter hike

View of the Eifel Valley

View of the Kall Valley from Bunker 118

Private First Class Robert Cahow Memorial Site

Memorial to Robert G. Canfield and Robert Cahow in the Hürtgen Forest

Bunker Ruins at Ochsenkopf

Bunker 113 and Memorial to PFC Robert Cahow

Westwall Bunker Ruins, Hürtgenwald

Bunker ruins in Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park

Ruins of Bunker 113

Abandoned bunker in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Wind Farm in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Pak bunker P1 (standard design 20)

Todtenbruch Soil Education Trail

Wehebach Spring

Raffelsbrand Youth Forest Home

World War II Supply Trench in Hürtgenwald

Vossenack German War Cemetery

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