Pottery route - to the potters in Raeren via the Vennbahn
Pottery route - to the potters in Raeren via the Vennbahn
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Pottery route - to the potters in Raeren via the Vennbahn
02:46
44.5km
410m
Cycling
You can take a trip to neighboring Belgium on this Vennbahn loop: Starting from Aachen main station, you cycle via Kornelimünster across the border to the former potters in Raeren. And then back to Aachen via the beautiful Preuswald.
Right at the start of the tour, you follow the route…
Last updated: May 4, 2025
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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 2.60 km for 73 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.51 km
Frankenberg Castle
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More information at frankenberger-viertel.de.
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13.2 km
Historic town center of Kornelimünster
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13.9 km
Vennbahn Cycle Path
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25.3 km
Raeren House
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The Raeren house shows the typical design of a "donjon", a medieval residential and defensive tower from the French culture. The word “Donjon” comes from …
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25.4 km
Raeren Castle
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44.5 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
23.8 km
12.4 km
7.74 km
481 m
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< 100 m
Surfaces
41.3 km
2.03 km
1.11 km
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< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (340 m)
Lowest point (170 m)
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Sunday 31 May
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Trail Reviews
In beautiful cycling weather (not too hot, not too cold, no rain), I took the tour recommended by the Aachen City Region to the Pottery Museum in Raeren today: https://www.komoot.de/tour/2053210252 Along the Vennbahn from Aachen to Raeren. There, I visited the Pottery Museum in Raeren Castle: highly recommended! For a €5 entrance fee, you can learn in detail how clay is mined, processed, and fired to produce a variety of ceramic objects. Then I returned via Hauset, Hergenrath, and Preuswald.
Today, in fantastic weather—not too warm and not too cold—I took a lovely tour through the border triangle. Somehow, after just 10 km, the handlebars led me directly to the wonderful Café Nussstöck, where, as always, I was warmly welcomed by Simone and Daniel. The tour continued through the woods and across the fields through Eynatten and Raeren. There, the second stop at the old train station was also very nice, and then we returned along the Vennbahnweg. Fantastically beautiful and relaxing!
Very nice tour. Unfortunately, on Sunday afternoon it was a bit full of racing cyclists who had to save weight and therefore couldn't attach a bell. Which doesn't stop them from flying past you at >40 km/h. It was still nice 👍🚴♂️
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February 20, 2025
You can take a trip to neighboring Belgium on this Vennbahn loop: Starting from Aachen main station, you cycle via Kornelimünster across the border to the former potters in Raeren. And then back to Aachen via the beautiful Preuswald.
Right at the start of the tour, you follow the route of the former
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June 9, 2025
Thanks for the great tour suggestion and the recommendation of the pottery museum in Raeren, which is well worth a visit! Today I rode: komoot.com/tour/2311242842
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