Route info: Hohes Venn – Pilgerweg Hohes Venn Loop from Petergensfeld is an expert bike ride. If you want to know more about the life of the people in the past days, a visit to the farmers museum in Lammersorf, located directly on the Vennbahn, is recommended. See this Tour and others like it, or plan your own with komoot! For changing the range of view, push the arrows together. Die Tour führt mitten durch das für Europa einzigartige Hochmoorgebiet "Hohes Venn". The respective data protection regulations of the provider apply. For example, in order to use our chatbot, you must activate this setting. Wildly romantic and at the same time somewhat eerie, this is probably the best way to describe this tour. The German part is also called Nature Park North Eifel. Hohes Venn – Entlang der Hill Loop from Lammersdorf is an intermediate bike ride. The Ravel route leads through the Venn. Mit 150 Kilometern pocht die Venn- und Seen-Route darauf, die längste der drei Touren zu sein. Browse 18 photos & 8 insider tips—and get there with komoot! Discover the beauty of the Hohes Venn even without a bicycle and treat yourself to a day of hiking in the Venn. An old half-timbered house was furnished just as the ancestors did at the turn of the century. 2h 32m. Please note that passengers with prams and wheelchair users always have priority over cyclists. On Sundays and public holidays, however, it is recommended to travel from Aachen to the National Park region by bicycle bus, which transports bicycles via Roetgen, Lammersdorf, Einruhr in a special trailer during the summer months. Upland moors and barren heaths characterise the Hohes Venn nature conservation area. Probably the best-known cross of misfortune is "The Cross of the Fiancée". The route meanders along the border between Germany and Belgium, crossing it at many points and never requiring cyclists to tackle any major climbs. Along the main road it then goes 400 m downhill back to the starting point. In addition, there are eerie stories of lost hikers who lost their lives in the Hohes Venn and who still remind us of numerous crossroads today. At the Weser valley dam, a restaurant with a panoramic terrace and playground invites families with children in particular to stay. Hohes_Venn_VeloTour_22(c)ostbelgien.eu_Dominik_Ketz.jpg Vennbahn Loop 3 Küchelscheid Küchelscheid 34,8km. Route. See this route and plan your own adventure with komoot! The natural diversity of the park ensures enthusiasm for visitors time and again. Stolberg - Hohes Venn - Distance: 87.89 km - Elevation: 717 hm - Location: Stolberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Ask them here. There are no steep ascents, but there are always up and down. The route meanders along the border between Germany and Belgium, crossing it at many points and never requiring cyclists to tackle any major climbs. The personnel in the vehicles can decide on a case-by-case basis whether or not to take bicycles with them. Follow this road to the main road shortly before Konzen, and follow the accompanying cycle path to junction 24 via the Belgian junctions 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 41, 42, 43, 46 to the German junction 11, where you take the Vennbahn (from July in the direction of junction 12) to the crossing of the main road. Wooden footbridges lead you safely through the marshes. Do you have questions regarding this content? Plan your own adventure to Hohes Venn, a bike touring attraction recommended by 330 people. Detailed maps and GPS navigation for the bike Tour: "Hohes Venn – Entlang der Hill Loop from Lammersdorf" 03:03 h 49.0 km This information helps us to understand how our visitors use our website. In order to provide you with the best possible offer in cooperation with our partners, we use marketing tools. Unterwegs mit Pittchen Pedale, Radwandern in der Städteregion Aachen, Radwegekarte [On the way with Pittchen Pedale, bicycle touring in StädteRegion Aachen, biking map] 1:50.000 with accompanying booklet, Price: 7,50 €, ISBN 978-3-89899-529-0, Meyer & Meyer Verlag. However, the bicycle bus does not stop at Roetgen station but continues to the old post office. Mit 150 Kilometern pocht die Venn- und Seen-Route darauf, die längste der drei Touren zu sein. The provider may set cookies for its part. 38.4 km 3:30 h 298 m 298 m Wildly romantic and at the same time somewhat eerie, this is probably the best way to describe this tour. Das lebendige Städtchen hat sein schmuckes Zentrum jüngst herausgeputzt. The line, which was standard gauge, ran for some 75 kilometres (47 mi) across the High Fens (Hautes Fagnes, Hohes Venn) to the south of Aachen in a roughly southward direction from Eupen via Raeren (the site of the depot), Monschau (Montjoie) and Malmedy to Trois-Ponts, with a 20 km (12 mi) eastward branch from Oberweywertz to Bütgenbach and Losheim. Plan your own adventure to Hohes Venn, a bike touring attraction recommended by 330 people. user settings, watch lists, etc.). At the edge of the Venn region, the route passes through the Medieval town of Monschau, home to half-timbered buildings, and the picturesque Our Valley, where gently rolling uplands alternate with narrow ravines. There's just so much to see and do on the Vennbahn route! To get to the starting point, simply follow the B 258 back to the starting point of the tour. Komoot user Spuernase recorded a bike Tour: Hohes Venn-Route - Durch die Vennlandschaft. 4-star ADFC quality cycle route. Further information on the bicycle bus can be found at: www.avv.de/rad. The tour leads through the middle of the "Hohes Venn" high moor area, which is unique in Europe. Mainly flat terrain, suitable for children, majority of route suitable for trailers, ADFC classification: How to get to the starting point in Roetgen: During the week it is difficult to travel by public transport, as it is only possible to take bicycles with you in the vehicles during off-peak times. Nowadays, cyclists follow the disused railway line through the Eifel region, the Ardennes and the Hohes Venn nature conservation area. Hohes Venn – Trô-Marêts-Tal Loop from Route de l'Ancienne Douane is an intermediate Hiking Tour. Detailed maps and GPS navigation for the hike: "Hohes Venn – Trô-Marêts-Tal Loop from Route de l'Ancienne Douane" 03:30 h 12.6 km From the Roetgen Post stop, take the Bundesstraße uphill for 200 m and turn left on the former Vennbahn after the next traffic light at the level of the traffic island. The almost fairytale-like and densely overgrown valley of the Weser is also absolutely worth seeing. The wild and romantic moorland landscape delights in all seasons with its splendour of plants: in spring tender white-pink spots of cranberry and rosemary heather, in early summer white cotton grass flakes, in late summer and autumn the purple heather, after the first frost the rusty orange moor grass and in winter the bizarre silhouettes of the gnarled moor birches that give the Venn a scary and beautiful aura. the idyllic Osthertogenforest, which nature conservationists are slowly but steadily defoliating and returning to a mixed forest. Start ist im französischsprachigen Malmedy. Discover this stage The High Fens in the eastern part of the Hertogenwald Almost 40% of the route follows the Vennbahn itself, affording an unexpected panoramic view of the valley across the German Eifel-Ardennes region. Murdered, drowned, frozen, mysteriously dead. The Aachen Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the highlights on this route and the Old Town in the Kornelimünster district is well worth a visit. Outside Roetgen, the route mainly leads over car-free or at least traffic-free fields and forest paths. Detailed maps and GPS navigation for the bike Tour: "Hohes Venn – Pilgerweg Hohes Venn Loop from Petergensfeld" 03:14 h 50.1 km Your personal connection information to the nearest stop "Roetgen, Bahnhof" with tariff information and conditions for travelling by public transport is available at: www.avv.de . Where many hiker used to get lost and die on the moor, cyclists can now cycle on safe trails. 276m. Hohes Venn-Route - Through the landscape of the Hohes Venn moderate. The High Fens (German: Hohes Venn; French: Hautes Fagnes; Dutch: Hoge Venen), which were declared a nature reserve in 1957, are an upland area, a plateau region in the province of Liège, in the east of Belgium and adjoining parts of Germany, between the Ardennes and the Eifel highlands. Das Pensum ist dennoch stressfrei zu schaffen. Cycling in the Eifel-Ardennes region with border country atmosphere! The route travels through varied natural landscapes, from the Monschauer Heckenland region with its hedges and the moors of the Hohes Venn, or high fen, through the original Our river valley and the gardens around Troisvierges. Hohes_Venn_VeloTour_22(c)ostbelgien.eu_Dominik_Ketz.jpg Vennbahn Loop 3 Küchelscheid Küchelscheid 34,8km. 276m. Most of them don't end up happy. 2h 32m. The tour leads through the middle of the "Hohes Venn" high moor area, which is unique in Europe. Discover this stage The High Fens in the eastern part of the Hertogenwald Almost 40% of the route follows the Vennbahn itself, affording an unexpected panoramic view of the valley across the German Eifel-Ardennes region.