Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel – Through the 'Große Schlitzohr' loop from Nerdlen
Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel – Through the 'Große Schlitzohr' loop from Nerdlen
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Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel – Through the 'Große Schlitzohr' loop from Nerdlen
02:46
41.5km
490m
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: May 11, 2026
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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel
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28.0 km
The Maare-Moselle cycle path offers pure relaxation
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31.2 km
At the edge of the Schalkenmehrer Maar
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Old Schalkenmehren Train Station
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Passenger service between Daun and Wittlich was discontinued on November 1, 1981.
Schalkenmehren. Approaching the Old Station in Schalkenmehren on the former railway line, today's Maare-Mosel cycle path, and seeing the station building, it's hard to believe that it was opened as a fourth-class railway station exactly 100 years ago.
But how did it all begin 100 years ago? Surveying for the Daun-Wittlich railway line began as early as 1897. General preparatory work for the single-track line began in 1907. But it would take some time before the Daun-Schalkenmehren-Gillenfeld section opened on December 1, 1909, with the line running over the 28-meter-high Daun viaduct and through the 560-meter-long Schalkenmehren railway tunnel, "Großes Schlitzohr" (Great Sly Fox). The extension from Gillenfeld to Manderscheid to Pantenburg was completed on May 1, 1910, and the extension from Manderscheid-Pantenburg to Wittlich, signifying the completion of the entire line, was completed on July 1, 1910.
The completion of the Daun-Wittlich railway line brought rapid development to the village of Schalkenmehren. In the first year of the line's existence (1910), 18,968 tickets were sold in Schalkenmehren, followed by 25,057 in 1913, 27,969 in 1919, and even 30,279 in 1922. In addition, Schalkenmehren station was designed for general cargo traffic and the receipt and dispatch of wagonloads.
Text / Source: volksfreund.de
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Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel
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At the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the railway tunnel was driven 560 meters through the mountain. 80 years later, it was converted into a cycle path. The tunnel contains several niches with rounded arches, through which the water seeping in above is drained. The sound of this water has been a part of this place for almost 100 years.
Text / Source: Institut Denkunternehmung, Hörscheider Straße 20, 54552 Darscheid
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Through the 'Große Schlitzohr'
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And in hot weather, it's like riding through a "refrigerator."
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View from Daun Viaduct
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37.0 km
View of Daun from Daun Viaduct
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37.6 km
To Daun Station – Waggon Restaurant & Start/End of the Maare-Mosel Cycle Path
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41.5 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
12.4 km
12.2 km
10.9 km
5.93 km
126 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
34.0 km
2.80 km
2.31 km
2.19 km
250 m
< 100 m
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Lowest point (390 m)
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