Ruwer Cycle Path – Covered bridge over the Ruwer River loop from Hermeskeil

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Trier-Saarburg

Hermeskeil

Ruwer Cycle Path – Covered bridge over the Ruwer River loop from Hermeskeil

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Ruwer Cycle Path – Covered bridge over the Ruwer River loop from Hermeskeil

05:13

86.4km

720m

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: August 3, 2026

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Saar-Hunsrück

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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9.73 km

Rest Area on the Ruwer Cycle Path

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A resting place directly on the Ruwer cycle path with a table bench and a reclining bench. You can take a nice break here.

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23.5 km

Ruwer-Hochwald Cycle Path

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The cycle path along the Ruwer from the high forest in Hermeskeil to the confluence with the Moselle is a real cycling highlight.

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24.3 km

Ruwer Cycle Path

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Very well developed cycle path on an old railway line.

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41.7 km

Covered bridge over the Ruwer River

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The Ruwer-Hochwald cycle path is another highlight of the railway cycle paths in the Hunsrück. The 48-kilometer route from Trier / Ruwer to Hermeskeil is one of the most beautiful bike paths on railway lines in Germany.

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Ruwer-Hochwald Cycle Path

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Where bicycles roll today, trains used to steam. The historic railway line of the Ruwer-Hochwald-Bahn is transformed into the Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg. Like the former railway line, the cycle path with a …

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52.5 km

Ruwertal Cycle Path

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Many beautiful rest areas

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68.3 km

Ruwer-Hochwald Cycle Path

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Great bike path on a former railway line. Always along the Ruwer, which, together with the landscape, shows all possible facets here.

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79.1 km

Vintage Hochwaldbahn locomotive in Reinsfeld

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This is where this old Hochwaldbahn locomotive has found its resting place. As is so often the case, the old train station is a residential building.

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86.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

86.1 km

404 m

Surfaces

68.8 km

17.4 km

274 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

4°C

86 %

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Comments

August 11, 2024,Ruwer Hochwald Radweg bei Trier

A really great tour! The old railway line has been converted into a cycle path. From Trier to Hermeskeil it is a gentle climb, gaining around 400 metres in altitude. The old railway line runs almost entirely through nature and is perfectly navigable on asphalt. The most beautiful part is in the first third, when the route runs along and …

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May 29, 2023,Von Ruwer nach Hermeskeil - Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg

The Ruwer-Hochwald cycle path uses the route of the former Ruwer railway for more than 90% of its route and, alongside the Maare-Moselle and Schinderhannes cycle paths, is one of the most distinctive railway cycle paths in Rhineland-Palatinate.

The approximately 48 km long tour from Trier through the Ruwertal via Kell am See to Hermeskeil has an average incline of …

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August 21, 2021,Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg

Nice bike tour, completely on paved roads and the way we rode them only downhill. Every now and then through patches of forest and nowhere cars.

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July 2, 2023,Fahrradtour von Ruwer bis Zell am See

Ruwer bike path
Very good paved path with picnic areas and beer garden
The way there is slowly uphill - I packed well even without the e-bike, it was easy to cycle with the e-bike, highly recommended because it was easy to cycle and ended comfortably in the beer garden.

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September 7, 2021,Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg Hermeskeil - Ruwer und zurück

The former railway line has been a cycle path for over 10 years and leads away from roads along the Ruwer through forest. Mostly shady. Very quiet. There are 4 restaurants directly on the route, of which only the new snack bar in Waldrach was open today. In Hermeskeil there is a bakery near the end point.
The route invites …

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May 28, 2023,Fahrradtour Radweg Kell am See Richtung Trier und zurück

Cozy, relaxed tour on the beautifully landscaped cycle path with a few places to stop for refreshments along the way.
Where other odometers show 66km in total.

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June 10, 2023,Pedelec Trier Hermeskeil

The first big tour of the year was correspondingly exhausting. From the parking lot we went to the starting point (train station) and then the Ruwer-Hochwald route of almost 50 km uphill. However, the route itself mostly leads through the forest, away from inhabited areas and roads and is therefore very quiet, shady, there is a lot of nature along …

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July 22, 2023,Ruwer Hochwald radweg

A wonderful tour through the high forest. It's almost all downhill, so very easy to drive. There are also a few places to stop for refreshments along the way. The return trip on the bike bus worked wonderfully.

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