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Etappe 4 – Eifel Graveller

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Etappe 4 – Eifel Graveller

Keesverweij planned a mountain bike ride

August 14, 2021

Etappe 4 – Eifel Graveller

Hard

12:09

139km

11.4km/h

2,790m

2,750m

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Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 949 m for 180 m

After 113 km for 65 m

After 116 km for 174 m

Most people would complete this in 2-4 days

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588 m

St. John's Gate (Bad Münstereifel)

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The Johannistor in the east wall of the city fortifications and is quite close to the castle. It is used as a quarter by the Eifelverein. Further information at: unser-quartier.de/ev-bm/lexikon/johannistor

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755 m

Historic Old Town of Bad Münstereifel

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Bad Münstereifel is a historically grown romantic town with picturesque half-timbered houses, a lively pedestrian zone with attractive shops and many lively cafés along the Erft.

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2.76 km

Quarry near Eicherscheid

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Demanding incline is rewarded with a beautiful view.

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5.89 km

Astropeiler Stockert Radio Telescope

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As already described, the astropeiler can be visited on Sundays at 2 pm in the summer months (May to October). It is a guided tour with lectures costing 5 € …

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16.0 km

Old Tower

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Nobody in the village could tell me anything about the romantically overgrown tower, except: "It had always been there ...". :)

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28.5 km

Wackerberg Hut

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The Wackerberghütte offers us welcome shelter during an unexpected rain shower.

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46.4 km

Mariawald Abbey

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Unfortunately, Mariwawald Monastery will be closed during the year 2018. The ten monks who live here are now very old and can not operate the monastery without support. In addition, …

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51.6 km

Heimbach Weir

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The dam in Heimbach serves to regulate the fluctuating water level on the Rurstausee and the Urftstausee. From here you have a nice view of the Heimbacher reservoir.

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53.7 km

Heimbach Art Nouveau Hydroelectric Power Station

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The hydropower plant from 1905 draws its water from the Urft Dam and was once the largest storage hydropower plant in Europe. The power plant building is now a listed building and can be viewed on guided tours.

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55.5 km

Rur Dam (Schwammenauel Reservoir)

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With a height of almost 70 meters, the dam is one of the highest in Germany and correspondingly large is the Rursee behind it. The dam was built mainly to …

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57.8 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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61.7 km

World War II Bunker Near Rursee

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A relic from World War II.

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66.8 km

Rur near Abenden

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Low-traffic route on the Rur.

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71.0 km

Nideggen Castle

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The castle ruins on Buntsandsteinfelsen high above the Rurtal is a real highlight of any tour to Nideggen.

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71.5 km

Dürener Gate Nideggen

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Southern gate of the old town with changeable history.
Served as a prison.

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73.8 km

Hohlweg Trail

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Currently, 14.7.25, the section is actually impassable due to fallen trees.

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75.7 km

View of Burg Nideggen

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easy trail towards Burg Nideggen 👍👀💨

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84.1 km

View of the Rursee from Hubertus Heights

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Depending on the position of the sun and the season, the water around the island of love sparkles or the wooded ridge of the Kermeter casts its shadow ... this …

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84.3 km

View of the Rursee

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The rest area with the apt name "Schöne Aussicht" offers just that.
There is a meadow for a picnic, but also some seating.

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90.8 km

View of the Rursee

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From here you can see part of the winding Rursee. However, like elsewhere, you often have to stop here to avoid rushing past the beautiful spots on your bike... ;-)

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94.9 km

Woffelsbach Bay

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One of the most beautiful places on the Rursee. Here comes the real holiday feeling!

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102 km

Eiserbach Dam

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A pleasure not only when the weather is nice! The Rursee with its hiking and biking trails and the places with all their localities offers a real holiday feeling ...

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102 km

Paulushofdamm and the Obersee Reservoir

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The Paulushofdamm dams up Rur and Urft to the Obersee reservoir.

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104 km

Bunker complex by the water

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Nice place with a great view of the lake.

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107 km

Kermeterstollen Valve House

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The Kermeter tunnel was built at the beginning of the 20th century and directs the water from the Urftsee into the power station near Heimbach-Hasenfeld, where electricity is still generated …

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109 km

View of Vogelsang IP and Lake Urft

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Here you cycle along the Urftsee with a view of the former NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang. The place reinvents itself today and sets an example against the Nazi crimes. As an “International …

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111 km

Victor-Neels Bridge

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The bridge, named after the last Belgian commander, Victor Neels, fits very well into the landscape. At the end you can expect a 16 percent gradient up to Vogelsang.

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112 km

Torchbearer Monument (Torchbearer Relief) at Ordensburg Vogelsang

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The torchbearer at Thing-Platz (also called Sonnwendplatz) is a 5 m high, martial, muscular figure of the Aryan "master man" to be bred according to the Nazi ideology. The inscription …

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113 km

Ordensburg Vogelsang

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This is a place steeped in history that also feels a little gloomy. But its transformation from the Nazi cadre forge, via a military training area inaccessible for decades, to …

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