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Covered bridge over the Ruwer River – Ruwer Cycle Path loop from Waldrach

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Trier-Saarburg

Waldrach

Covered bridge over the Ruwer River – Ruwer Cycle Path loop from Waldrach

Hard

4.7

(381)

1,340

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Covered bridge over the Ruwer River – Ruwer Cycle Path loop from Waldrach

04:41

77.2km

660m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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1.65 km

Covered bridge over the Ruwer River

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The Ruwer-Hochwald cycle path is another highlight of the railway cycle paths in the Hunsrück. The 48-kilometer route from Trier / Ruwer to Hermeskeil is one of the most beautiful bike paths on railway lines in Germany.

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9.44 km

Ruwertal Cycle Path

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Many beautiful rest areas

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19.1 km

Ruwer Cycle Path

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Very well developed cycle path on an old railway line.

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25.2 km

Ruwer-Hochwald Cycle Path

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Great bike path on a former railway line. Always along the Ruwer, which, together with the landscape, shows all possible facets here.

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29.7 km

Old Kell Railway Station

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The former railway line became a bike path 👍

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33.6 km

Rest Area on the Ruwer Cycle Path

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A resting place directly on the Ruwer cycle path with a table bench and a reclining bench. You can take a nice break here.

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38.6 km

Vintage Hochwaldbahn locomotive in Reinsfeld

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This is where this old Hochwaldbahn locomotive has found its resting place. As is so often the case, the old train station is a residential building.

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57.3 km

Ruwer-Hochwald Cycle Path

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The cycle path along the Ruwer from the high forest in Hermeskeil to the confluence with the Moselle is a real cycling highlight.

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77.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

76.3 km

774 m

120 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

59.4 km

17.6 km

274 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

Weather

Friday 21 August

20°C

12°C

68 %

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Comments

September 21, 2024,Bahntrassenweg Waldrach-Hermeskeil

Start at the car park next to the cycle path
Coordinates 49.74372 6.74094
maps.app.goo.gl/dtmwDRx97eyw4uKP8

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July 30, 2022,Ruwer Radweg

By bike bus from Ruwer to Hermeskeil. Takes pedelecs. Pre-registration online. Ruwer bike path is a former railway line. Well developed and car-free. Through the high forest. Also good to drive on in summer. Mostly leads past places. Drinks and provisions should be taken on the bike.

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September 21, 2024,Bahntrassenweg Hermeskeil-Waldrach

There are parking spaces at the start of the cycle path
Coordinates 49.65737 6.93184
maps.app.goo.gl/jVEhE97qzwuBakLJ9

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August 21, 2021,Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg

Nice bike tour, completely on paved roads and the way we rode them only downhill. Every now and then through patches of forest and nowhere cars.

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July 12, 2025,Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg - Tour von Hermeskeil nach Trier

To the starting point take the RadBus line 222 to Hermeskeil station and there directly onto the path

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July 31, 2025,Ruwer - Hochwald Radweg, Hermeskeil nach Schweich

It was a very comfortable ride. Until we decided in Ruwer to go to the train station in Schweich instead of Trier. We chose an "unfortunate" route. It might be better to find another route.

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June 10, 2023,Pedelec Trier Hermeskeil

The first big tour of the year was correspondingly exhausting. From the parking lot we went to the starting point (train station) and then the Ruwer-Hochwald route of almost 50 km uphill. However, the route itself mostly leads through the forest, away from inhabited areas and roads and is therefore very quiet, shady, there is a lot of nature along …

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September 9, 2023,52/23 Ruwer -Hochwald Radweg

Very nice trail, easy to drive, shady, almost always slightly downhill, a lot of terrain and a bit monotonous for our feelings. Few highlights.

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Covered bridge over the Ruwer River – Ruwer Cycle Path loop from Waldrach

Covered bridge over the Ruwer River

Ruwertal Cycle Path

Ruwer Cycle Path

Ruwer-Hochwald Cycle Path

Old Kell Railway Station

Rest Area on the Ruwer Cycle Path

Vintage Hochwaldbahn locomotive in Reinsfeld

Ruwer-Hochwald Cycle Path

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