Eifelsteig

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Eifelsteig
Eifelsteig signpost
Eifelsteig signpost
Data
length 313 km
location Eifel
Markers Stylized E: blue = sky / maars, green = landscape, yellow = "Eifel gold" (gorse / rape blossom)
Starting point Kornelimünster
50 ° 43 ′ 41.2 "  N , 6 ° 10 ′ 58.3"  E
Target point Trier
49 ° 46 ′ 8.5 ″  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 58.4 ″  E
Type Long-distance hiking trail
Height difference 15,758 mdep1
The highest point Steling (658 m)
Lowest point 132 m
season All year round

The Eifelsteig is a 313 km long long- distance hiking trail in the Eifel . It leads in 15 stages from 14 to 29 kilometers in length from the Aachen district of Kornelimünster to Trier . During this route he overcomes a total of 15,758 meters of altitude, of which 7,746 meters are ascent and 8,014 meters are descent. It crosses the High Fens , the Rurtal , the Eifel National Park , the Vulkaneifel and the South Eifel . The route runs through the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate .

The route developed by the Eifelverein was officially opened on April 4, 2009 with an opening hike from Mirbach to Alendorf. Until September 2008, the Eifelsteig marked a circular hiking trail in four stages with start / finish in Blankenheim .

Waymarks

The path is marked with the emblem shown on the right, a stylized E with the blue of the sky and the maars , the green of the landscape and the yellow of the "Eifel gold", the gorse and rape blossom. At junctions, signposts with kilometers and blue tips point out the further course of the Eifelsteig. Side routes, partner routes and access routes have signposts with yellow tips. Exact location information with meters above sea level, UTM coordinates and tourist points complete the signposts.

Stages

stage begin target Length
[km]
Total length
[km]		 Duration
[h]		 Altitude
[m]
01 Kornelimünster Roetgen 14th 014th 4½ → / ← 3½ +361; −174
02 Roetgen Monschau 17th 031 4th +318; −324
03 Monschau Einruhr 25th 056 6th +684; −809
04th Einruhr Gemünd 21.5 078 5 +633; −582
05 Gemünd Steinfeld Monastery 17.5 095 6th +530; −351
06th Steinfeld Monastery Blankenheim 22.5 118 6½ +356; −395
07th Blankenheim Mirbach 17.5 135 5 +404; −412
08th Mirbach Hillesheim 25.5 161 6½ +461; −479
09 Hillesheim Gerolstein 20th 181 5½ +491; −563
10 Gerolstein Down 25th 206 6th +769; −728
11 Down Manderscheid 23 229 6½ +555; −611
12 Manderscheid Himmerod Monastery 18th 247 5½ +515; −582
13 Himmerod Monastery fracture 20.5 267 6th +368; −471
14th fracture cord 29 296 8½ +614; −664
15th cord trier 18th 314 5 +687; −689

Source: Homepage of the Eifelsteig

Picture gallery

literature

  • Ingrid Retterath: OutdoorHandbuch Vol. 226: Germany: Eifelsteig . Conrad Stein Verlag, Welver 2010, ISBN 978-3-86686-310-1 .
  • Manfred Böckling: DuMont active: hiking on the Eifelsteig. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7701-8029-5 .
  • Eifelsteig from Aachen to Trier. Topographic map 1: 50,000 with hiking and biking trails . State Office for Surveying and Basic Geographic Information Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz 2012, ISBN 978-3-89637-405-9 .
  • Ulrike Poller u. Wolfgang Todt: Eifelsteig; 330 eventful kilometers; 16 tours from Aachen to Trier . idee media, Neuwied 2010, ISBN 978-3-934342-28-6 .
  • Hans-Peter Schmitz: Eifelsteig from Aachen to Trier; Part 1: Aachen-Blankenheim . Eifelverein e. V., Düren 2007, ISBN 978-3-921805-56-5 .
  • Hans-Peter Schmitz: Where rock and water accompany you. Eifelsteig Aachen-Trier plus partner routes in North Rhine-Westphalia. 650 km of quality hiking trails, maps & altitude profiles, stopping off & staying overnight, sights, views of the Eifel. Eifelverein e. V., Düren 2010, ISBN 978-3-921805-76-3 .

Web links

Commons : Eifelsteig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/eifel/eifelsteig-fuenf-jahre-nach-eroeffnung-auf-einem-guten-weg-1.932231