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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Victor-Neels Bridge

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

Schleiden

Victor-Neels Bridge

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Victor-Neels Bridge

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Nationalpark Eifel

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Location: Schleiden, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Gerd

June 24, 2018

Mountain biking

The bridge, named after the last Belgian commander, Victor Neels, fits very well into the landscape. At the end you can expect a 16 percent gradient up to Vogelsang.

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Nieres und Röschen

June 26, 2020

Hiking

Before the Second World War there was a ferry connection to the Nazi "Reich Training Center" built in 1934 in the area of the Lorbach estuary in the Urft.
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Mike 🇪🇺

February 11, 2018

Cycling

The Victor Neels Bridge is a steel suspension bridge with four cables that has been spanning the Urftsee in the Eifel National Park since 2009.
The aim and purpose of the bridge construction was to create a connection for cyclists and hikers to get from the Urftseerandweg - coming from Gemünd as well as from Rurberg/Urftsperre - to the heights beyond the lake to the former "NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang".
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This can be reached from the bridge after less than 2 kilometers. However, there is an incline of 16% to overcome.

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