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Kloster Steinfeld – Gillesbachtal Runde von Urft (Steinfeld)

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Kloster Steinfeld – Gillesbachtal Runde von Urft (Steinfeld)

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September 3, 2022

Kloster Steinfeld – Gillesbachtal Runde von Urft (Steinfeld)

Hard

05:04

18.5km

3.7km/h

280m

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Overview

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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429 m

Urft Mill

Highlight • Historical Site

Under the former mill runs the mill race. An outbuilding became a neat house.

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2.37 km

Steinfeld Monastery

Highlight • Religious Site

The approach is a bit tedious, but it's worth it. The Steinfeld Monastery, with its basilica, is one of the most important medieval architectural monuments in the Rhineland. The monastery …

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3.80 km

Pasque flower meadows in the Gillesbach Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

The Gillesbachtal is a hiking highlight in every season, but it deserves special attention in early spring, around mid-April, when the Eifel's largest occurrence of pasque flowers is in bloom …

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10.2 km

Görresburg Matronae Sanctuary

Highlight • Historical Site

Even less of the reconstructed facility could be seen in the snow, but information boards give a good overview and explain everything necessary.

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10.3 km

If you continue along the path from the temple complex of the Matron's Sanctuary, you will come across a settlement from Roman times on the way down. Only a few preserved or reconstructed foundation walls provide visible evidence of this.

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15.7 km

Grüner Pütz — Roman springhead

Highlight • Historical Site

If you follow the stairs, you will come to the remains of the Roman aqueduct in ancient Cologne. You can sit down at the “Grüner Pütz” well and read more …

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15.8 km

Roman Aqueduct Excavation (Römerkanal)

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An old Roman aqueduct runs here in the valley. The old lines were exposed in various places.

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18.2 km

Roman Aqueduct Exposure (Römerkanal, Station 5 Kall-Urft)

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During the expansion of a farm road, an approx. 80 m long section of the Eifel aqueduct was exposed here; part of the vault collapsed. A look inside the pipe …

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18.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.0 km

3.74 km

2.36 km

481 m

354 m

320 m

222 m

Surfaces

5.20 km

4.33 km

3.19 km

2.94 km

2.37 km

394 m

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

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Kloster Steinfeld – Gillesbachtal Runde von Urft (Steinfeld)

Urft Mill

Steinfeld Monastery

Pasque flower meadows in the Gillesbach Valley

Görresburg Matronae Sanctuary

Roman Strip Houses Marcomagus

Grüner Pütz — Roman springhead

Roman Aqueduct Excavation (Römerkanal)

Roman Aqueduct Exposure (Römerkanal, Station 5 Kall-Urft)

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