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North Rhine-Westphalia

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Hürtgenwald

Todtenbruch Soil Trail – Bunker in the Todtenbruch loop from Vossenack

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Düren

Hürtgenwald

Todtenbruch Soil Trail – Bunker in the Todtenbruch loop from Vossenack

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332

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Todtenbruch Soil Trail – Bunker in the Todtenbruch loop from Vossenack

04:11

15.2km

250m

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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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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4.58 km

Todtenbruch

Nature Reserve

4.87 km

Todtenbruch Soil Trail

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The Todtenbruch is the northeasternmost branch of the High Fens. These were old forest areas which - together with the surrounding areas - were planted with coniferous wood around 1830. …

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5.12 km

Bunker in the Todtenbruch

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It's really interesting how nature devours the past. And yet the past is so meaningful that it enables a journey into a past time in the present and even in …

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6.09 km

Memorial Stone for the First Settlers of Raffelsbrand

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The memorial stone commemorates the first settlers from Raffelsbrand, who found their home here after the devastating Second World War and the battle in the Hürtgenwald in 1952.

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8.26 km

Bunker 113 and Memorial to PFC Robert Cahow

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Old positions and cover holes, as well as a memorial stone for two American and one German soldiers, whose skeletons were found during forest work in 1976, tell of killing …

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9.00 km

Memorial to Robert G. Canfield and Robert Cahow in the Hürtgen Forest

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It is important that places like the ones hiked here in the Hürtgenwald, illustrated and partly described, keep alive the memory of the hardship, misery and suffering of that time, …

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9.10 km

Private First Class Robert Cahow Memorial Site

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This memorial plaque is located on the edge of the Ochsenkopfweg.

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9.77 km

View of the Kall Valley from Bunker 118

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A small detour from the path that is worth it because of the beautiful view from the bunker remains into the Kalltal.

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10.0 km

View of the Kalltal Valley

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The view is great. The photos were taken at 8:30 a.m. just after sunrise.

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15.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.7 km

1.81 km

1.52 km

1.07 km

106 m

Surfaces

7.08 km

3.06 km

2.55 km

2.11 km

373 m

Elevation

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

Weather

Today

Saturday 22 August

18°C

8°C

3 %

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Comments

March 22, 2022,Vossenack Wanderung Grab eines Soldaten – Ochsenkopfbunker Runde von Vossenack

Today we have planned a round in Vossenack. We started in a parking lot in front of the youth forest home on Peterberg in Raffelsbrand.
It went over a short path at the edge of the forest on a root path in the direction of the soil adventure path. Unfortunately it is closed from November 1st, 2021 to March 31st, …

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October 10, 2021,Vossenack – Großer Rundwanderweg Nr. 26

Today used the day again for hiking☀️🥾☀️
We started at the Ochsenkopf parking lot near Vossenack and hiked route no.26. Once down to the Hürtgenwald Museum (highly recommended) and again up to the Todtenbruch, back to the bunker ruins to the parking lot. On the way back we modified the tour a bit. The tour went 18 km ...

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August 21, 2021,Todtenbruch & Hürtgenwald 👱‍♀️🐕🧒

Today we went to the Hürtgenwald. The start was at the parking lot directly at the Todtenbruch. Wonderful hiking weather, beautiful nature, some history and lots of wind turbines.

Today we were able to observe the wind turbines from different directions and distances. It was slightly windy and the wheels were constantly on the move.
I really can't understand how …

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