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Urft Mill – Geistal Nature Reserve loop from Auen und Hänge an Urft und Gillesbach

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Euskirchen

Kall

Urft Mill – Geistal Nature Reserve loop from Auen und Hänge an Urft und Gillesbach

Moderate

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Urft Mill – Geistal Nature Reserve loop from Auen und Hänge an Urft und Gillesbach

03:47

13.4km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

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3.30 km

Roman Aqueduct Exposure (Römerkanal, Station 5 Kall-Urft)

Highlight • Monument

During the expansion of a farm road, an approx. 80 m long section of the Eifel aqueduct was exposed here; part of the vault collapsed. A look inside the pipe …

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3.41 km

Urft Enchanted Forest

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During our visit, we weren't sure why Merlin might have ended up in the northern part of the Eifel, but with an attraction like this, logic isn't the primary consideration. Still, it's a fun activity for kids...

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3.90 km

Dalbenden Castle

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Dalbenden Castle is a former moated castle, built towards the end of the 12th century as a main building with a bailey and completely surrounded by moats. This castle was …

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4.13 km

Urft Mill

Highlight • Historical Site

Under the former mill runs the mill race. An outbuilding became a neat house.

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7.37 km

Adlerhorst Viewpoint Sötenich

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Nice rest area with a great view of Sotenich

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7.62 km

XXL Bench with View of Sötenich

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A new tourist attraction, the likes of which Eifel hikers have occasionally encountered elsewhere. Given its size, even the legendary inhabitant of the Bohemian and Silesian Giant Mountains (whom it's …

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7.77 km

View of Sötenich

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Small bench, invites you to linger

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11.7 km

Geistal Nature Reserve

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Now in spring the blooms on the flat valley meadows are particularly beautiful.

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12.0 km

Geistal

Nature Reserve

13.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.52 km

2.13 km

1.06 km

340 m

222 m

Surfaces

5.31 km

4.08 km

2.13 km

866 m

568 m

331 m

Elevation

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (390 m)

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Thursday 23 July

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Urft Mill – Geistal Nature Reserve loop from Auen und Hänge an Urft und Gillesbach

Roman Aqueduct Exposure (Römerkanal, Station 5 Kall-Urft)

Urft Enchanted Forest

Dalbenden Castle

Urft Mill

Adlerhorst Viewpoint Sötenich

XXL Bench with View of Sötenich

View of Sötenich

Geistal Nature Reserve

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