Ovelo - Between the Amel and Warchenne

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Ovelo - Between the Amel and Warchenne

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Photo: vennbahn faymonville 02 © vennbahn.eu

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Photo: Montenauer Schinken

Montenau Tourist Information

Photo: TI Amel

Aerial view of Iveldingen

Photo: Dominik Ketz

Montenau

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Cycling near Montenau

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Ondenval Panorama

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Photo: D. Ketz

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Montenauer ham smokehouse

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Parish church Amel

Photo: Dominik Ketz

Description

Half of the route leads traffic-free over the Vennbahn, which winds in an elegantly curved line between the source areas of the Amel and the Warchenne. The open and valley-rich landscapes are occasionally sprinkled with short wooded sections.

On this section of the Vennbahn, you will be accompanied by the Amel and the Warchenne. There are no steep climbs between their valleys. Villages such as Schoppen impress with their rural calmness, while Weismes and Amel appear more lively. On the Vennbahn, you pass 5 former railway stations. In Montenau, some railway relics still stand.

In Ondenval, the shelters for travelers have long been cleared, but the railway atmosphere of past times can be discovered on an information board through photographs from the pre-war period. In Weismes, the spacious railway building has remained intact. It is privately owned. It is located where the railway lines L 45 (Malmedy) and L 48 (Vennbahn) converge.

Less than 2 km further, you cycle through Faymonville, where waiting travelers sought shelter from rain showers at a concrete stop. The station building of Weywertz in the hamlet of Oberweywertz was demolished after a fire in 2001. On site, one can guess how large the former station must have been. At junction 14, there is a turnoff to RAVeL L45a, which passes Bütgenbach and Büllingen towards the German Eifel, leading onto the Kyll Cycle Path. The last freight trains ran here around the turn of the millennium, transporting wood for the sawmill in Büllingen.

Tip: In Montenau, you can take a moment to see railway relics, the ham smokehouse, and the water mill installation of the Amel.

Follow the junction nodes: 11 > 12 > 14 > 15 > 95 > 19 > 20 > 17 > 31 > 33 > 34 > 30 > 28 > 11

Details

Difficulty Medium
Physical condition
Experience
Landscape
Highest point 589 m
Lowest point 418 m
Best period for this activity

January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December