The best dog-friendly hikes and walks around Lutzerath

Easy to walk, but wear walking shoes.

A beautiful stream valley. Grassy paths, bushes, trees, plants, insects and birdsong. It is mostly shady and therefore pleasant to walk on even on sunny days.

The cemetery is under monument protection

A church is mentioned as early as 1097 in a document from the Simeonstift in Trier. The old part, as it can still be seen today, was inaugurated in 1781. The church was expanded between 1962 and 1964 due to a serious lack of space, as it is seen today. The church can be reached from the street at ground level. Special features of the Lutzerather church The pulpit dates from around 1775. It is a rococo carving. The wall board of the pulpit depicts the "Good Shepherd" with a simple painting and has been preserved to this day. The former communion bench from the same period forms the end of today's gallery. Two confessionals, also from this period, are still housed on either side of the old nave. The organ was bought in 1904 by the organ builder Michael Körfer from Sobernheim an der Nahe. The striking three-storey tower is still the landmark of Lutzerath. It was rebuilt in 1818. Since then, the bell storey can be recognized by the three-part coupled acoustic windows with the "Doric" columns. The main roof of the tower is designed as a tent roof and has a four-sided turret as the apex. Adapted to this, four corner towers were added according to the Gothic style, which reflect a Biedermeier style. The church has three bronze bells. The oldest and heaviest bell weighs 820 kilograms, dates from 1426 and strikes the main note g'. The middle bell was cast in 1689 and recast in 1948 due to war damage. It weighs 526 kilograms and strikes with the main note a'.

On February 13, 1672, the Trier Elector Kaspar van der Leyden and the Postmaster General Count Franz von Thurn und Taxis agreed to establish a postal route from Trier to Koblenz. This is how the route was created over predominantly old Roman military and trade routes, from Trier via Hetzerath, Wittlich, Lutherath, Kaisersesch, Polch to Koblenz. In 1726, a post office for the Electoral Trier postal carriage was set up in Lutzerath for passenger transport. The journey time from Trier to Koblenz was 24 hours, with a return trip taking place once a week. Halfway through the route, in Lutzerath, the horses were changed. On January 5, 1920, the last horse-drawn mail ran between Cochem and Lutzerath, marking the end of the long history of the postal service after more than 270 years. Today, opposite the historic Postplatz, there is still the residential and commercial building of the Jewish dealer Samuel Kaufmann, which housed both the post office and a synagogue on the upper floor.

The Litzbach flows through a wide meadow landscape. You can accompany the creek from an elevated hiking trail. However, a hiking trail that is a little closer to the creek runs through the landscape. The romantic and grassy hiking trail leads through the forest, but always allows a view down to the meadow landscape. The Litzbach flows into the Ueßbach. However, the forest path is then already so high that you can no longer see the estuary area. A few meters further you get to the vantage point Eifelfähnchen, from where you can see the Heckenmühle am Ueßbach.

One of the most romantic stream valleys that I have hiked through in the Vulkaneifel so far. The Hinigertbach runs deep through a small meadow landscape that is illuminated by the evening sun. The path itself is grassy and leads through a lush bush landscape with many perennials and grasses. Butterflies and birdsong complete the romantic touch.

The historic Postplatz is located in the middle of Lutzerath. A very nice idea and local enhancement to remember historical places in this way.