Kakushöhle Cave – St. Cyriacus Church, Weyer loop from Zingsheim

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Euskirchen

Nettersheim

Kakushöhle Cave – St. Cyriacus Church, Weyer loop from Zingsheim

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Kakushöhle Cave – St. Cyriacus Church, Weyer loop from Zingsheim

04:04

14.8km

240m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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6.01 km

Kakushöhle Cave

Highlight • Cave

The cave itself is of course not suitable for road bikes - although you can take your bike with you.
Snack is good - there aren't that many in the area.
The toilets (outside) allow water intake.

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6.17 km

Winding Forest Paths in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Beautiful paths along the caves and rock formations.

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6.28 km

Kakus Cave and Kartstein Cliffs

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A very large cave with many exits, so a lot of light falls into the cave. It is also very bright and, with stairs and concrete reinforcements, can be entered even by fearful people (claustrophobia, darkness, etc.) In the back part - up the stairs - you can crawl out on your knees by lowering. The various openings of the cave have something like windows, so no artificial light is necessary during the day

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7.15 km

St. Cyriacus Church, Weyer

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The Catholic parish church of St. Cyriacus in Weyer, a district of the municipality of Mechernich in the Euskirchen district in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, was first mentioned around 1187 as a church incorporated into the Steinfeld monastery.

The St. Church dedicated to Cyriacus is a protected monument and was located over a Franconian burial ground. It is located on a hill on the outskirts of the village in the middle of a walled cemetery.

(de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Cyriacus_(Weyer))

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7.39 km

Celtic burial mound with rest area

Highlight • Historical Site

A nice shady resting place on top of a Celtic burial mound

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8.59 km

View over Weyer and the Northern Eifel

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Wonderful plateau with a wide view over the Eifel heights

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10.1 km

Bench with panoramic view of the Hermesberg

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This bench also invites you to take a short break, where you can let your gaze wander over the Eifel landscape.

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13.0 km

View of the wide meadow landscape in Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park

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On a clear day, you have a beautiful view from here over the expansive meadow landscape between Nettersheim and Zingsheim.

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14.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.4 km

2.25 km

777 m

315 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.48 km

3.84 km

3.36 km

1.44 km

641 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (540 m)

Lowest point (380 m)

Weather

Friday 23 October

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Comments

August 24, 2022,EifelSchleife - "Kakushöhle & Kartsteinhöhe" - Nettersheim ⭐️

The Kakus Cave is a cave in the Karstein near Dreimühlen (Mechernich), it is one of the largest open caves in the Eifel.

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February 7, 2023,EifelSchleife Kakushöhle und Kartsteinhöhe

🤗 What a great ☀️☀️ sunny weather. So let's get out into the Eifel. A few hikers are coming with me.

When the temperatures are still frosty, we start in Zingsheim and hike 🥾 on sunny paths on the well-signposted Eifel loop "Kakushöhle and Kartsteinhöhe"!

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September 6, 2025,Eifelschleife Kakushöhle und Kartsteinhöhe

In ancient times, so the story goes, a mighty robber named Kakus lived here in this beautiful, spacious cave. His greed and brutality struck fear and terror into the hearts of all the inhabitants of the surrounding area. Any means to further expand his rule seemed just to him, and anyone who did not willingly submit to his demands was …

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March 16, 2025,EifelSchleife Kakushöhle und Kartsteinhöhe (Gemeinde Nettersheim)

This morning, for a change, I completed another Eifel loop with my wife and dog.... the weather is great... the sun 🌞 is shining but it's still a bit chilly... the tour itself was quite good... lots of far-reaching views and beautiful vistas... the Eifel is truly beautiful... so now I'm going to enjoy the rest of my Sunday and …

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August 21, 2021,EifelSchleife 37 Kakushöhle und Kartsteinhöhe

Today the Eifel loop Kakushöhle and Kartsteinhöhe were on the hiking program.
Starting from the parking lot in front of the Kakushöhle, this varied and promising route started. Again and again one has great views over the hilly Eifel landscape, passes fields, meadows and forests and can thus enjoy the diversity of the Eifel.
The path leads along narrow paths, …

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October 21, 2023,Kakushöhle und Kartsteinhöhe

I walked the tour the other way around. What is very beautiful and recommended is the Kakushöhle. The rest area at Dreimühlenhof is also very nice and invites you to linger.
Unfortunately, for the last 30 to 40 minutes we were on a dirt road right next to the highway. Maybe this should have been solved differently. In general there …

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August 12, 2025,EifelSchleife Kakushöhle und Kartsteinhöhe (Gemeinde Nettersheim)

Very well signposted. Only one turnoff at the beginning of our tour, in the middle of a field, was unmarked.

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November 20, 2022,EifelSchleife Kakushöhle und Kartsteinhöhe (Gemeinde Nettersheim)

I had hoped for more from this Eifel loop, it's called Kakushöhle and Kartsteinhöhe, but you walk past the Kakushöhle if you don't make a detour like I did, you should ignore a great view of the Eifel, which of course I haven't done yet In addition, there are almost exclusively wide and also paved paths

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