Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Gerolstein
Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Gerolstein
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Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Gerolstein
03:51
75.2km
1,230m
Road cycling
Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 25, 2026
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After 36.2 km for 231 m
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Start point
Train Station
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2.15 km
View of Gerolstein Castle
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31.3 km
Meerfelder Maar
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The maar is at least 30,000 years old and, according to the latest findings, is probably even 40,000 years old. [2] In 1978 the lake deposits were examined to determine the exact age. Numerous drillings have been carried out in the Meerfelder Maar to date.
It was created by a huge underground phreatomagmatic explosion that is triggered when hot magma hits a water-rich rock layer as it ascends. Due to the explosively evaporating water, the surrounding rocks are shattered and partly thrown upwards. The resulting cavity fills with rock again and a burglar funnel is created on the surface. The magma chamber from which the magma rose is about 2000 to 6000 m below the Meerfelder Maar.
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36.2 km
View of the Manderscheid Castles
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50.8 km
Maare-Moselle Cycle Path
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51.9 km
Mosel-Maare Cycle Path
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54.1 km
Old Schalkenmehren Train Station
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Passenger service between Daun and Wittlich was discontinued on November 1, 1981.
Schalkenmehren. Approaching the Old Station in Schalkenmehren on the former railway line, today's Maare-Mosel cycle path, and seeing the station building, it's hard to believe that it was opened as a fourth-class railway station exactly 100 years ago.
But how did it all begin 100 years ago? Surveying for the Daun-Wittlich railway line began as early as 1897. General preparatory work for the single-track line began in 1907. But it would take some time before the Daun-Schalkenmehren-Gillenfeld section opened on December 1, 1909, with the line running over the 28-meter-high Daun viaduct and through the 560-meter-long Schalkenmehren railway tunnel, "Großes Schlitzohr" (Great Sly Fox). The extension from Gillenfeld to Manderscheid to Pantenburg was completed on May 1, 1910, and the extension from Manderscheid-Pantenburg to Wittlich, signifying the completion of the entire line, was completed on July 1, 1910.
The completion of the Daun-Wittlich railway line brought rapid development to the village of Schalkenmehren. In the first year of the line's existence (1910), 18,968 tickets were sold in Schalkenmehren, followed by 25,057 in 1913, 27,969 in 1919, and even 30,279 in 1922. In addition, Schalkenmehren station was designed for general cargo traffic and the receipt and dispatch of wagonloads.
Text / Source: volksfreund.de
volksfreund.de/region/vulkaneifel/ein-schmuckstueck-fuer-nostalgiker_aid-5712448
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Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel
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56.6 km
Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel
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72.7 km
Kyll
Lake
75.2 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
51.5 km
16.6 km
4.79 km
1.35 km
811 m
246 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
72.8 km
2.11 km
226 m
146 m
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Elevation
Highest point (600 m)
Lowest point (300 m)
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Saturday 27 June
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