Bridge at the Old Rur Arm – Rurdorf Weir loop from Linnich SIG Combibloc

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Bridge at the Old Rur Arm – Rurdorf Weir loop from Linnich SIG Combibloc

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Bridge at the Old Rur Arm – Rurdorf Weir loop from Linnich SIG Combibloc

01:48

7.06km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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139 m

NSG Müllermeisters Pöl/Spring Ponds

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Worthwhile NSG near Linnich

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1.92 km

Buschhof Bridge over the River Rur

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Bridge over the Rur at Rurdorf

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3.49 km

Floßdorf is located in the Jülicher Börde south of Linnich an der Rur. To the west of Floßdorf are the villages of Welz and Ederen, to the north of Rurdorf, to the east across the Rur Tetz, and to the south of Barmen and Merzenhausen. Immediately to the east of Floßdorf, the Altdorf-Kirchberg-Koslarer Mühlenteich flows into the Rur, after running parallel to the Rur for almost 11 km further west, passing several mills and paper mills.

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Rurdorf Weir

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"The large Linnicher Rur weir was built in 1875/76 according to the plans of the ingenious hydraulic engineer Professor Otto Ludwig Intze (1843 - 1904). It served to dam the Rur water just before the Linnicher Mühlenteich branch off, so that it had enough water to drive it even on dry summer days of the mills in Linnich and Brachelen.Today the weir is a striking monument of local and regional economic and technological history.
The weir had - further down the Rur - previous structures made of wooden poles, fascines and rock embankments, which were repeatedly damaged or washed away during floods and ice drifts. With the completion of the new weir, the mill pond and the adjacent businesses were protected against flood damage by locks.
The large Rur weir with a slight bend against the current is one of Professor Hintze's earliest works. He designed many dams and other spectacular engineering structures across Europe, such as the generation of electricity in the Art Nouveau power plant in Heimbach with water from the Urfttalsperre, which he also planned above the Rursee, which was created much later.
After being damaged in World War II, the weir was rebuilt to its present form."

- Original text information board Linnich at the Linnicher Rurwehr -

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6.06 km

Rur Trail near Linnich

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A beautiful, natural section of the Rur

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6.77 km

Rur River at Linnich

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A new one is being built right next to the broken bridge.

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6.83 km

Rur Bridge

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The bridges are very helpful for circular hikes

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7.06 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.93 km

1.60 km

518 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.72 km

1.89 km

1.44 km

611 m

313 m

100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 4 November

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Comments

October 3, 2022,Linnicher Rurrunde

2nd round in the Rurauen from Floßdorf to Linnich. When the weather was calm and sunny, the Rur first took us on the left towards Linnich. Numerous cyclists were on the road that day, understandably, so that we changed sides at Rurdorf. The highlight is definitely the historic Rur weir, but also the quiet sections next to the Rur. Unfortunately, …

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