The best family-friendly hikes and walks in Nsg Schaafbachtal Mit Seitentaelern Und Stromberg

To the hikers / walkers taking this trail with the beautiful name "Brotpfad" (Bread Path), I would like to offer the "most beautiful memories" of the Austrian writer and poet Peter ROSEGGER (also known as P. K. Rosegger, born 1843, died 1918) for edifying contemplation, because his words can – even more than a century after his death – still be relevant: "I have made many journeys in my life and the most beautiful memories I have are from walking trips. All the landscapes and other things that I have passed by are almost forgotten, only the regions and people to whom my feet have led me, I still have as property in my head."

The language in the following quote may seem a little dated to us, but surely many hikers will be able to empathize with the words of Josef Hofmiller (Dr. phil., 1872 to 1933): "... hiking means living: When do we ever feel so filled with life to the brim, to overflowing, as on a hike? We breathe more freely, our blood pulses more joyfully, the world seems more colorful and richer to us, happiness sings ahead of us from tree to tree like a finch ..."

For all those who not only want to hike the well-known banks of the Ahr with its vineyards, but also to explore the forest paths of the still very young Ahr near Blankenheim, I would like to give you a poem by the writer O. W. Ullmann to take with you on your way: „Hiking, that means carrying a longing for the sun and for sunny heights for the mountains that tower into the clouds, for the murmuring springs and the still lakes, for the trees that reach into the blue sky, for the fields that ripen for harvest, for the chirping of crickets, for the call of the finches: Hiking, that means carrying a longing.“

Saint ANNA is the mother of the Mother of God Mary – not attested in the biblical texts – thus the grandmother of Jesus Christ. She is mentioned in apocryphal writings (meaning not included in the official canon of the Bible), such as in the so-called “Protoevangelium of James”. Although there is no historically certain knowledge about Anna's life, there are numerous transmitted narratives, which are summarized, for example, in the medieval “Golden Legend” by the Dominican monk Jacobus de Voragine. Besides many other houses of God – like here in Hüngersdorf – she is the patron saint of the Annakirche in Düren (NRW), where a piece of her skullcap has been kept and venerated as a relic since the early 16th century. In the church calendar, the feast day of Saint Anna – together with her husband Joachim – is on July 26th.

Bench on the Eifelsteig trail / Panoramic view: On a ridge at this point, there is a bench on the Eifelsteig trail, from which you can let your gaze wander over the hills of the Eifel region...

The extensive Lampertstal valley is always a great destination for a beautiful hike.

The 🍞 Bread Trail is a very beautiful mountain hiking trail with some challenging elevation gains

"The Ahr River rises in the cellar vaults of a half-timbered house dating back to 1726, located in the center of Blankenheim at an altitude of 474 meters. The Ahr spring has made Blankenheim, in the Eifel region of North Rhine-Westphalia, famous far beyond the state's borders. There, the Ahr then flows through the Schwanenweiher pond below Blankenheim Castle. It shapes much of the landscape in the municipality of Blankenheim and from here winds its way through the romantic Ahr Valley until it flows into the Rhine near Sinzig after almost 90 km." https://www.ahrtal.com/de/pois/ahrquelle/poi.html