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Bruder Klaus Field Chapel – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Mechernich

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Mountain biking trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Euskirchen

Mechernich

Bruder Klaus Field Chapel – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Mechernich

Moderate

4.5

(2)

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Bruder Klaus Field Chapel – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Mechernich

02:19

26.4km

540m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 4.30 km for 200 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.56 km

Burgfey Thousand-Year Oak

Highlight • Natural Monument

Of course, it is not yet 1000 years old, but it is around 700 years old. Although it is repeatedly shortened by tree pruning, it currently has a height of …

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4.19 km

Katzensteine Sandstone Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

The cat stones are very impressive. People have already camped here in the Stone Age, the Romans used the stones as a quarry and you can also discover the stones for yourself.

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4.41 km

Trail down to Katzensteine

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At the weekend all hell is going on, watch out for hikers :(

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9.00 km

The Scheidtweiler couple, who run a farmstead in Wachendorf, commissioned the renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor to build the chapel. Mr. Scheidtweiler had written to the architect, describing his plan …

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12.4 km

Astropeiler Stockert Radio Telescope

Highlight • Monument

As already described, the astropeiler can be visited on Sundays at 2 pm in the summer months (May to October). It is a guided tour with lectures costing 5 € …

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14.7 km

Eschweiler Valley Quarry

Highlight • Natural Monument

I join the others. Imposing and worthwhile.

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16.7 km

Entrance Eschweilertal to the Teufelsloch

Highlight • Gorge

Good paths through exciting nature.

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19.7 km

View of the Astropeiler Stockert

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In good weather you can see all the way to Cologne.

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22.9 km

Aufschluss röm. Wasserleitung

Archaeological Site

26.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.9 km

4.05 km

2.87 km

321 m

175 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.69 km

8.80 km

3.68 km

3.58 km

389 m

256 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Thursday 23 July

23°C

10°C

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Bruder Klaus Field Chapel – Eschweiler Valley Quarry loop from Mechernich

Burgfey Thousand-Year Oak

Katzensteine Sandstone Rock Formation

Trail down to Katzensteine