Traben-Trarbach town centre – Traben-Trarbach Bridge Gate loop from Büchenbeuren

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Traben-Trarbach town centre – Traben-Trarbach Bridge Gate loop from Büchenbeuren

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Traben-Trarbach town centre – Traben-Trarbach Bridge Gate loop from Büchenbeuren

02:58

40.2km

730m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 22.3 km for 56 m

After 23.1 km for 102 m

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16.3 km

Winkelstraße Enkirch

Highlight • Settlement

great food directly on the Moselle

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18.7 km

Steep Vineyards of the Moselle Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

Steep-slope viticulture is a special form of viticulture characterized by extremely steep slopes that make it impossible to cultivate them with conventional tractors in line with the slope. These vineyards therefore require a high degree of manual labor and are often structured by dry-stone walls and terraces. Here you can see the rack-and-pinion monorails used to overcome extreme gradients in impassable terrain. Their tracks consist simply of square tubes resting on supports at certain intervals. They use various drive technologies and are capable of carrying loads of up to 250 kg.

This is exactly where you can see such vineyards in extreme locations. They practically cling to the mountain, every little spot is utilized – impressive.

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22.0 km

Traben-Trarbach town centre

Highlight • Settlement

Entering Traben-Trarbach, with a view of the Grevenburg ruins

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22.2 km

Traben-Trarbach Bridge Gate

Highlight • Monument

Traben-Trarbach
The most beautiful meeting place on the Moselle
A meeting place full of flair and charm. Like a vine-lined amphitheater, forests and vineyards nestle around the town on both sides of the Moselle. A wealth of fascinating architecture, including architectural treasures from the Art Nouveau and Belle Epoque periods, make a vacation here a romantic experience on the Moselle.

Text / Source: Tourist Information, Traben-Trarbach, Am Bahnhof 5, Traben-Trarbach
traben-trarbach.de/de

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22.3 km

Traben-Trarbach Bridge Gate

Highlight • Bridge

The gate testifies to the wealth of the city at the time of origin, when Traben-Trarbach was the largest wine transfer to Bordeaux.

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22.5 km

Former Traben-Trarbach Post Office

Highlight • Monument

Imperial Post Office from 1908. A corner building with frontage facing the Moselle and Poststrasse. The best view is from the bridge.

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22.7 km

Traben-Trarbach — Old Town and Bridge Gate

Highlight • Historical Site

The Aacher Hof was first mentioned in a document as early as 830. Emperor Louis the Pious (814-840), son of Charlemagne, gave Traben with all his entitlements and appendages Traben, Litzig, Rissbach, Irmenach and Beuren to the Aachen Minster (Aachener Marienstift), where the German kings were crowned.

Due to the affiliation to the rear county of Sponheim, the Reformation was also introduced in Trarbach and Traben in 1557, so that the place is still predominantly Protestant, even if the proportion of the Catholic population increased significantly, mainly due to immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries is. The administration of the evangelical church in the rear county of Sponheim was initially carried out by the Birkenfeld chancellery. In 1672 a Lutheran consistory was set up in Trarbach, the tasks of which were transferred to the consistory in Zweibrücken from 1776.

All of today's districts (with the exception of part of Kautenbach) belonged to the rear county of Sponheim, whose main town remained Trarbach even after the counts had died out, although the two ruling sovereigns (the county was a Palatinate-Baden condominium) had their residence elsewhere within the county had, namely in Birkenfeld and in Kastellaun. At the same time, however, Trarbach was also the main town of the Oberamt of the same name. In 1815 the area around Trarbach was incorporated into Prussia and Trarbach became the seat of a mayor's office. Contrary to expectations, however, Zell and not Trarbach became the district town, although Trarbach was the largest town in the new district of Zell. The mayor's office of Trarbach was dissolved in 1884. Trarbach no longer belonged to a mayor's office and was henceforth administered in a personal union with the new mayor's office of Traben.

In 1818 the Trarbach synod was established, with Trarbach as its main town until 1972. Because of the size - the synod includes the districts of Bernkastel, Zell and Trier - it was divided in 1825. Curiously, the Wolf district belonged to the Trier Synod until 1892, which until 1843 was called "Wolf Synod" after the superintendent's place of residence.

In the great fire of July 21, 1857 almost all of Trarbach fell victim to the flames. Of the 1700 inhabitants, 1400 became homeless.

At the end of the 19th century, Traben and Trarbach were also the first towns in Germany, along with Bad Reichenhall, to have electric street lighting built by the Edison company, today's AEG, instead of gas lamps, after individual streets in Berlin had previously been equipped with them.

In 1898, a first bridge was built between the two places based on a design by the architect Bruno Möhring. This bridge, which was blown up in the last days of the war in 1945, was also the first road bridge between Bernkastel and Koblenz. The next bridges were not built until 1924 in Cochem and 1951-1953 in Zell.

Finally, in 1904, the municipality of Traben and the city of Trarbach merged to form the new city of Traben-Trarbach. The next changes came on June 7, 1969, when the communities of Kautenbach and Wolf were incorporated into Traben-Trarbach. A year later, the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach was re-formed. It has its administrative headquarters in the city, Traben-Trarbach is a municipality belonging to the association.

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