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Cycle path / road crossing – Historic center of Vaals loop from Hergenrath

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Cycle path / road crossing – Historic center of Vaals loop from Hergenrath

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Cycle path / road crossing – Historic center of Vaals loop from Hergenrath

01:36

23.7km

320m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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8.49 km

Cycle path / road crossing

Highlight • Cycleway

The bike path of the former railway line crosses the road here. The area was secured here in an exemplary manner.

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9.14 km

View over Gemmenich and the Lower Göhltal

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From here you can enjoy a beautiful view over Gemmenich, which is close to the border.

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9.27 km

Boundary post number 3 at Gemmenich

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Boundary post 3 is a little higher than the road between Gemmenich (B) and Vaals (NL) and is hidden between a hedge.

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11.8 km

Huis Clermont (Vaals Town Hall)

Highlight • Historical Site

Clermont left his mark on Vaals: he had a city palace with a cloth factory built by the Aachen master builder Moretti on Clermontplatz in the town centre. Today the municipal administration of Vaals resides here. Clermont also initiated the construction of a large public water system, which was part of the canal system of the "Gau" creek: the soft spring water, with its constant temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, was ideal for rinsing and dyeing fabrics. The former Evangelical Lutheran church, which was built by wealthy Aachen Protestants in 1737, is also located on Clermontplatz. The octagonal building now offers the "Kopermolen" museum space for temporary exhibitions and concerts.

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11.9 km

Historic center of Vaals

Highlight • Historical Site

The area around Vaals was inhabited long before our era and also in the Roman era, but the place got its present form through the activities of one man: Johann Arnold von Clermont (1728-1795). The son of an Aachen cloth maker moved the production of his family business to the neighboring town in 1761 after the laws of the imperial city's guild system had prevented an expansion of manufacture. At that time, Protestants were gladly accepted in Vaals, and several of Clermont's fellow believers from Aachen also moved to the Dutch part of the Duchy of Limburg, as they saw themselves exposed to disadvantages in Catholic Aachen.

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12.7 km

German–Dutch border crossing at Vaals

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Vaals is located directly on the German border and merges into the Vaalserquartier district of Aachen.

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18.1 km

Forest Inn in the Aachen Forest

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At the end of the 19th century, with the tourist development of the Aachen Forest, a number of excursion restaurants were created, including the Waldschenke at the apex of the Liège Road.

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19.5 km

View of the Preusberg Railway Tunnel from the Entenpfuhler Weg Bridge

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The Entenpfuhler Weg leads from Preuswald to Gut Entenpfuhl over a railway bridge, from which one has a beautiful view of the railway line under the Preusberg.

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23.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.00 km

7.84 km

4.64 km

849 m

743 m

358 m

224 m

Surfaces

18.7 km

2.25 km

1.94 km

460 m

222 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

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Saturday 11 July

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Cycle path / road crossing – Historic center of Vaals loop from Hergenrath

Cycle path / road crossing

View over Gemmenich and the Lower Göhltal

Boundary post number 3 at Gemmenich

Huis Clermont (Vaals Town Hall)

Historic center of Vaals

German–Dutch border crossing at Vaals

Forest Inn in the Aachen Forest

View of the Preusberg Railway Tunnel from the Entenpfuhler Weg Bridge

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