View of Daun from Daun Viaduct – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Strotzbüsch

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View of Daun from Daun Viaduct – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Strotzbüsch

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View of Daun from Daun Viaduct – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Strotzbüsch

04:50

67.8km

1,070m

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: August 9, 2026

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Ulmener Maar

Nature Reserve

19.1 km

Jungferweiher

Highlight • Lake

Whether by bike or on foot, you'll find plenty of nature here. Bird lovers, in particular, will see many water-loving species.

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35.4 km

Viewpoint

37.4 km

The Afelskreuz (Ablasskreuz) stands on an old Roman army road.
The height of the Afelskreuz is a stately 3.30 meters. The crossbeam, in which the name of the cross is inscribed in large Latin letters, and on the right and left of which the Savior's marks of suffering, on the right the crown of thorns and three nails, on the left the whistle with the vinegar sponge and lance, is 1.80 meters high. Above the crossbeam we read the year 1231, under the bar the year 1931. The chalice with the holy host elaborated as a relief on the upper end of the shaft within a rectangle commemorates the Last Supper. The heart with a flame sign and a cross under the number 1931, also in a rectangle, symbolizes the sacrificial love of Jesus to the people.

The year 1231 is legendary. But it is a symbol of many centuries of the history of our homeland. The number 1931 indicates the year in which the present cross was built. It takes the place of a previously decayed cross whose name "AFELSKREUZ" lives on today's cross.The cross erected in 1931 is a foundation of Dr. Joseph Esten, who for many years worked as a physician in Kelberg It was repaired by the brothers Johann and Peter Michels from Kelberg during a period of forty-five years, but after a thorough, very successful restoration, it has been firmly anchored by concrete and iron since the Good Friday of this year (1976) again worthy of his place, who was given a special embellishment by a wooden fence and shrub plantings.
In the area of the Afelskreuz there is a chapel and a way of the cross.

For centuries the pilgrims from the Bonn-Cologne area pilgrimage on this way to the tomb of the apostle Matthias to Trier.
In the vernacular this path therefore also called Pilgerstraße. However, there is another name: until the thirties of our century farmers and traders drove cattle and pigs past the Afelskreuz to the markets in Kelberg and Mehren. The path owes its second name to this fact: Ferkelstraße.

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View of Daun from Daun Viaduct

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice bike path, the one on the edge of the forest. It can be driven very well and comfortably, is very varied due to the route and the changing landscape and is just plain fun!

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50.6 km

View from Daun Viaduct

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

In addition to the "Großes Schlitzohr" (Great Slant Ear) tunnel, there's another cycling highlight in the region: the Daun Viaduct. Here, you ride over an old railway bridge with a height of 28 meters. The views are accordingly magnificent.

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52.8 km

Through the 'Große Schlitzohr'

Highlight • Structure

A truly amazing experience for young and old. Turn on the lights – even though the tunnel is lit.
And in hot weather, it's like riding through a "refrigerator."

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52.9 km

Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

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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52.9 km

Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Old Railway Tunnel "Großes Schlitzohr" near Daun
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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64.2 km

Strohner Lava Bomb

Highlight • Natural Monument

The almost 120 ton heavy “lava bomb” from Strohn is a geological specialty. With its diameter of almost five meters, it is an impressive, unique testimony to earlier volcanic activity in the Eifel. During a blast in the Wartgesberg quarry in 1969, it detached itself from the quarry wall from 15 meters high. In the winter of 1980/81, citizens of Strohn pulled them on an iron plate with a bulldozer over the frozen blanket of snow to their current location.

Source: vulkanhaus-strohn.de

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