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Daun Viaduct – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Gillenfeld

Daun Viaduct – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Gillenfeld

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Daun Viaduct – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Gillenfeld

01:27

28.8km

360m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 25, 2026

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9.90 km

View of the Schalkenmehren Maar

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17.3 km

Stellwerk Daun

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Nice cycle path over an old railway, including a railway bridge and a long tunnel. When it's hot outside, this tunnel provides a lot of cooling. Just turn on your lights (if any).

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17.7 km

Daun Viaduct

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Beautiful bicycle bridge. Apparently very old.

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20.0 km

The former railway tunnel of the Eifelquerbahn near Mehren, known as the "Großes Schlitzohr," is part of the Maare-Mosel cycle path and offers a refreshing dip in both summer and winter. At 560 meters long, it's already astonishingly long.

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20.6 km

Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel

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Nice route with a nice cooling down when driving through the tunnel.

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22.5 km

Old Schalkenmehren Train Station

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"Old Station" Schalkenmehren
Passenger service between Daun and Wittlich was discontinued on November 1, 1981.
Schalkenmehren. Approaching the Old Station in Schalkenmehren on the former railway line, today's Maare-Mosel cycle path, and seeing the station building, it's hard to believe that it was opened as a fourth-class railway station exactly 100 years ago.
But how did it all begin 100 years ago? Surveying for the Daun-Wittlich railway line began as early as 1897. General preparatory work for the single-track line began in 1907. But it would take some time before the Daun-Schalkenmehren-Gillenfeld section opened on December 1, 1909, with the line running over the 28-meter-high Daun viaduct and through the 560-meter-long Schalkenmehren railway tunnel, "Großes Schlitzohr" (Great Sly Fox). The extension from Gillenfeld to Manderscheid to Pantenburg was completed on May 1, 1910, and the extension from Manderscheid-Pantenburg to Wittlich, signifying the completion of the entire line, was completed on July 1, 1910.
The completion of the Daun-Wittlich railway line brought rapid development to the village of Schalkenmehren. In the first year of the line's existence (1910), 18,968 tickets were sold in Schalkenmehren, followed by 25,057 in 1913, 27,969 in 1919, and even 30,279 in 1922. In addition, Schalkenmehren station was designed for general cargo traffic and the receipt and dispatch of wagonloads.
Text / Source: volksfreund.de
volksfreund.de/region/vulkaneifel/ein-schmuckstueck-fuer-nostalgiker_aid-5712448

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