Benches with a View of the Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Braubachtal zwischen Herhahn und Gemünd

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Euskirchen

Schleiden

Benches with a View of the Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Braubachtal zwischen Herhahn und Gemünd

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Benches with a View of the Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Braubachtal zwischen Herhahn und Gemünd

03:58

51.1km

700m

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: October 1, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationalpark Eifel

Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

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2.93 km

Urft Riverside Trail

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An absolutely impressive path. If you only drive to the dam wall, it is absolutely flat. Many hikers can be expected on weekends.

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6.93 km

View of the Victor-Neels Bridge

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... jipp ... as Guido already aptly writes ... after the bridge the named after a former Belgian colonel and commander of the garrison bridge ... go with 16 per …

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8.90 km

View of Vogelsang IP and Lake Urft

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Here you cycle along the Urftsee with a view of the former NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang. The place reinvents itself today and sets an example against the Nazi crimes. As an “International …

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23.8 km

Schilsbachtal mit Nebenbächen und Hangwäldern am Rursee

Nature Reserve

25.1 km

Benches with a View of the Rursee

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Great view to Woffelsbach and here the path is paved.

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26.0 km

Gelände Akademischer Yacht Club

Forest

30.0 km

Viewpoint

30.4 km

Beautiful trail with a view of the Rursee

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Very nice on the Rursee and worth seeing from all corners and edges.

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32.3 km

Lake Rur

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As the second largest dam in Germany, the Rursee is impressively large and always beautiful 👍.

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32.8 km

Rursee Loop Trail

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The cycle path runs directly along the water in many places.

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47.7 km

Urft Riverbank Gravel Path

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Shore cycle path along the Urft.

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51.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.5 km

11.3 km

7.47 km

2.65 km

194 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

20.6 km

15.9 km

12.3 km

1.83 km

563 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (500 m)

Lowest point (270 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

6°C

95 %

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Max wind speed: 34.0 km/h

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Comments

May 8, 2022,Gemünd Schleiden / Rursee / Gemünd

Two passages are not passable with a trekking bike

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June 20, 2023,rurseerunde von Gemünd aus🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

By car to Gemünd...found free parking. Along the Urft...Viktor Neel's bridge...View of Vogelsang...Urfttalsperre...to the Rursee.After the rain tonight it wasn't so dusty and through the trees 🌳 lots of shade! We cycled around the Rursee once 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️ A piece was closed... because of falling rocks! But we were still able to drive...a lot was already secured! In Rurberg we went …

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July 6, 2026,Fahrradtour_Gemünd-Rursee_06.07.2026

From our hotel in Gemünd, the two of us rode along the Urft on very well-gravelled forest paths to the Urftsee. This is one of several reservoirs in the Rur and Urft river system. From the dam of the Urftsee, we enjoyed a view over the lake and the outflowing Urft in very strong winds. We then continued along the …

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September 7, 2024,YOUTUBE 47 km von Kall nach Heimbach (Anfahrt mit Zug v. Euskirchen bis Kall)

Hello everyone,
I did this beautiful tour on Saturday, September 7th, 2024 from Kall via Gemünd along the Urft and Rur reservoirs to Heimbach.
The video is now ready and will be released from Friday, September 13th, 2024. Here is the link:

VG

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August 11, 2026,🦣125/2026🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Rursee-Uferweg und Urft Talsperre bis Victor Neels Brücke

Today we went by car via Schmidt to the dam on the Rursee.
From there, a "little" uphill and downhill to the Ober and Untersee dams.
Continuing along the Rur Obersee to the Urft dam, unfortunately the restaurant was closed.
Now on to the Victor Neels Bridge near Vogelsang.
This was the turning point today, now back to the Rursee, …

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August 12, 2025,Rundtour Rursee 54 km

A beautiful tour along the Rur, Urft, and indeed all around the Rursee area. From Gemünd, it climbs steeply for a while to the Thönnishäuschen. The road to Heimbach was closed later on, so I drove for quite a while straight through the forest to Heimbach. Not recommended for inexperienced cyclists.

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April 16, 2026,Rundum den Rursee und Urftsee 🌳🚲

Always nice to be out there with the bikes 👍🏻
Due to the changeable weather 🌥️, hardly anyone was out and about, not so bad ✌🏻

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August 23, 2023,Tagestour Eifel ⛰️: Woffelsbach - Gemünd - Woffelsbach

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EVERYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WANTED 😉
Originally I actually wanted to do a tour at the Kalltalsperre, but Komoot gave me a hint about a bigger construction site, so I changed my plans yesterday and went to the Rursee. But here, too, things were different. 🙈
But one after anonther. I started in Woffelsbach at a perfect 25 degrees and …

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