Voreifel tour – Around the Dreilägerbach Dam Valley

First, you will explore the gently rolling hills around Kornelimünster, which is the eastern extension of the Belgian Pays de Herve region. Soon, however, after Venwege, the vistas give way to dense foliage and pine forests. Between Roetgen and Schmithof, the Vennbahn acts as a corridor through the Raeren forest. Here you find yourself in the midst of pristine nature for a time, before you turn at Schmithof to return to more settled areas. Alongside the impressive natural landscape, you will also come across many testaments to the impressive history of this place. You will pass the medieval scenes of the former abbey town of Kornelimünster, and in Walheim you can still admire old diesel locomotives at the station. At Raeren railway station you can still see the remnants of the old railway network, with its silent witnesses to the glory days of the rail age, and the Wasserburg pottery museum, recalling the heyday of Raeren's master distillers, whose wares enjoyed an excellent reputation far beyond the national borders. Also worth a visit are the Dreiläger River Dam with its vista point, the historic centre of Breinig with its quarry stone houses, and the hamlet of Mulartshütte (population: 300), with its half-timbered and quarry stone houses.