Prüm Abbey and the Basilica – Mehlenbach Valley Juniper Area loop from Prüm

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Prüm

Prüm Abbey and the Basilica – Mehlenbach Valley Juniper Area loop from Prüm

Moderate

3.7

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Prüm Abbey and the Basilica – Mehlenbach Valley Juniper Area loop from Prüm

01:21

18.8km

310m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 16 m for 91 m

After 18.7 km for 91 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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199 m

Philosopher’s Path singletrack

Highlight • Trail

Beautifully hidden trail - on the Philosopher's Path

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2.49 km

Prüm Abbey and the Basilica

Highlight • Religious Site

You Prümers are self-confident and proud!
Frankish King Pippin, son of Charles Martel and father of Emperor Charlemagne, grandfather of Louis the Pious and great-grandfather of Emperor Lothair I, founded the rule of the Carolingians in the Frankish Empire (not least with the help of Bishop Burkard of Würzburg).
(By the way, there is a statue of Pippin on the Old Main Bridge in Würzburg.)
King Pippin founded the Prüm Abbey (752), which over time developed into a family monastery of the Carolingians, further supported by Emperor Charlemagne and later by his grandson Emperor Lothar I, who also retired there to die was also buried.
Prüm was at least an essential pillar, if not the “nucleus” of the Frankish Empire under the Carolingians and thus also the nucleus for Europe.

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2.55 km

Prüm Basilica and the King Ludwig IV relief

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4.53 km

Chapel in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Small chapel on the cycle path between Prüm and Niederprüm.

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8.61 km

Mehlenbach Valley Juniper Area

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Section of wooden plank after bridge is rotted and overgrown with stinging nettles; must be bypassed through swampy meadow

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16.3 km

Ski Hut Volkesfeld

Highlight • Mountain Hut

From the top leads a great trail doirt out. However, you have to go back uphill ;-(

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16.4 km

Wolfsschlucht

Highlight • Gorge

Interesting for skiers as well as tobogganing. When the lift is in operation, however, tobogganing is prohibited. For tobogganing with children, there are two sections: the first section ends after about 100 meters at the height of the ski lodge and after about 50 meters leads to the left into the second section, at the end of which is the lift again.

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