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Heimbach

Victor-Neels Bridge – View of Einruhr loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

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Mountain biking trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Düren

Heimbach

Victor-Neels Bridge – View of Einruhr loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

Hard

4.8

(157)

507

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Victor-Neels Bridge – View of Einruhr loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

03:49

50.5km

880m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 2, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 36.2 km for 91 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.32 km

Staubecken Heimbach

Lake

3.38 km

Heimbach Art Nouveau Hydroelectric Power Station

Highlight • Monument

The hydropower plant from 1905 draws its water from the Urft Dam and was once the largest storage hydropower plant in Europe. The power plant building is now a listed building and can be viewed on guided tours.

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8.72 km

View of the Rursee from the rocks

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Beautiful view from the rocks to the lake

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17.3 km

Urft Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

No matter what time of year, the journey is worth it. Unfortunately, you can also clearly see the forest dieback. Lots of slopes that need to be cleared.

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19.4 km

Urftsee

Lake

22.0 km

Victor-Neels Bridge

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The bridge, named after the last Belgian commander, Victor Neels, fits very well into the landscape. At the end you can expect a 16 percent gradient up to Vogelsang.

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22.9 km

Thingstätte Vogelsang

Highlight • Historical Site

The Thingstätte is an open-air theater that was completed in 1936, but from 1936 it was called "Feierstätte" and therefore never used as a Thingstätte. The grandstand offered space for …

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24.4 km

Malakoff Gate, Ordensburg Vogelsang

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Almost spooky when you look at the background of the order castle. But a good memorial. Worth seeing

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31.9 km

Einruhr on the Rursee

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Einruhr is a nice and worthwhile village with many possibilities for rest and meals.

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32.5 km

View of Einruhr

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Cozy little place, with several possibilities to turn around🍽️

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50.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

33.3 km

5.84 km

4.83 km

4.26 km

1.72 km

558 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

25.6 km

15.3 km

5.12 km

3.14 km

1.15 km

174 m

Elevation

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Sunday 5 July

28°C

14°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Comments

April 2, 2024,Mountainbike-Tour

A very muddy tour. Still was fun. 😀

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August 21, 2023,Ausrollen in der Eifel😅.

After the ingenious Stoneman adventure, on the way back we stopped in the Eifel and stretched our legs a bit. We deviated from the planned tour due to construction work, but this did not harm the short break tour.

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September 4, 2022,Cube ❤️ - MTB - Tour - Heimbach (Eifel) Urftstaumauer & Rurtalsperre und bei 23% Gefälle hingelegt 🚴‍♀️ 😅

A great and recommendable tour with many steep climbs that were fun!

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June 25, 2023,Von Morsbach (Schleiden) um den Rursee und den Urftsee

Today we went to the Eifel in wonderful summer weather ☀️😎. We started in Morsbach (Schleiden) and drove around the Rursee and the Urftsee. (and back to Morsbach) A wonderful route with many small, crisp climbs. 🚵‍♂️ The last stretch up to Vogelsang Castle in particular was tough (partly more than 20% incline / 230m in altitude over approx. 3km). …

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May 21, 2023,Ruhrsee Rundtour ab Vogelsang bis Wollseifen mit E- Bike

Also plan for wool soaps. Unfortunately, my images are not komoot compliant. My camera has different coordinates

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July 9, 2022,RABE-Tours: Rursee komplett mit Abstecher nach Vogelsang 😃

Boar that was exhausting! We had to stop and eat and drink all the time ;))) My first time around the Rursee. It was nice!

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April 12, 2025,Schwammenauel ➡️ Einruhr ➡️ Dreiborner Höhe ➡️ Vogelsang 🌞🌻🚴🏻‍♀️

By car 🚗 to Schwammenauel and then on a beautiful tour. Woffelsbach ➡️ Rurberg ➡️ Einruhr ➡️ up to the Dreiborner Höhe ➡️ Vogelsang ➡️ Urft Dam and back to Schwammenauel.
To picture 1 (collage). Anyone familiar with the spot between Rurberg and Einruhr knows what's going on there. Thank goodness I just had to go down 😘🤣

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October 6, 2022,Radfahren, Einruhr, Ordensburg .

Einruhr, Ordensburg and via Kermeter back. Sometimes cold, sometimes warm, it depends.

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Victor-Neels Bridge – View of Einruhr loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

Heimbach Art Nouveau Hydroelectric Power Station

View of the Rursee from the rocks

Urft Reservoir

Victor-Neels Bridge

Thingstätte Vogelsang

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Einruhr on the Rursee

View of Einruhr

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