Cycle path on a railroad line – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Brockscheid
Cycle path on a railroad line – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Brockscheid
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Cycle path on a railroad line – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Brockscheid
02:43
43.3km
460m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: July 6, 2026
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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel
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Start point
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5.97 km
Maare-Mosel Cycle Path
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Insights into the cycle tour:
Vacationers on the Moselle particularly appreciate this cycle route: It connects the impressive Moselle cultural landscape with its vineyards and romantic villages with the ruggedly romantic Volcanic Eifel. Over viaducts and countless bridges, through cool tunnels and the deep forests of the Eifel, past extinct volcanic lakes and deep-blue maars, the route descends into the wine-growing landscape of the Moselle. On the eight cycling experience loops, you can learn a lot about the region and its people, and numerous rest stops along the route offer cyclist-friendly rest areas and food.
The RadBus runs between Bernkastel-Kues and Daun. It is recommended to take the bus to Daun and cycle back to Bernkastel-Kues. Online reservations for the bike bus for bicycle transport (up to four hours before departure) are available at radbusse.de or at the Mosel Guest Center in Bernkastel-Kues.
Text / Source: Mosellandtouristik GmbH, Kordelweg 1, 54470 Bernkastel-Kues
visitmosel.de/wandern/tour/maare-mosel-radweg
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18.7 km
Cycle path on a railroad line
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19.6 km
Viaduct over the Maare-Mosel Cycle Path near Gillenfeld
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28.6 km
Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel
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At the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the railway tunnel was driven 560 meters through the mountain. 80 years later, it was converted into a cycle path. The tunnel contains several niches with rounded arches, through which the water seeping in above is drained. The sound of this water has been a part of this place for almost 100 years.
Text / Source: Institut Denkunternehmung, Hörscheider Straße 20, 54552 Darscheid
denkunternehmung.de/alter-eisenbahntunnel-grosses-schlitzohr-bei-daun
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31.4 km
View from Daun Viaduct
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32.1 km
Maare-Moselle Cycle Path
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then it is just a pleasure, including the long tunnel.
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34.8 km
Through the 'Große Schlitzohr'
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And in hot weather, it's like riding through a "refrigerator."
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37.3 km
Old Schalkenmehren Train Station
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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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43.3 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
32.0 km
5.19 km
4.01 km
1.89 km
165 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
39.0 km
3.53 km
348 m
286 m
< 100 m
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Highest point (480 m)
Lowest point (390 m)
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