Schinderhannes-Untermosel Cycle Path

The starting point is the Tourist Info Emmelshausen in the center at the park by the roundabout. From here, we ride downhill through Rhein-Mosel-Str. and turn left at a discount store, then immediately right onto the Schinderhannes-Untermosel Cycle Path. Passing the cemetery and the Liesenfeld sports field through the "Scheid" woodland, we cycle to Gondershausen. At the entrance to Gondershausen, we see a landmark in the roundabout, the Reiserbesen. They point to the old tradition of the "Gonderschen Besembenner". We do not enter the roundabout but take the narrow footpath slightly to the left. From there, we reach Hübelstraße and turn left. Shortly afterwards, we turn right again onto Gartenweg. At the end of Gartenweg, we cross Rhein-Mosel-Straße and immediately turn right again into Schönecker Straße. Then we continue towards Mermuth. Here, there is a short climb up to a woodland to overcome. When we emerge from the woodland, we are rewarded with a great view into the High Eifel. In Mermuth, a visit to the unique nationwide Intarsia Museum is possible (open daily from 10 am to 6 pm). The craftsmanship technique of intarsia inlay work is several thousand years old. Our cycle path continues straight through the Grieswald. Here the Griesmännchen is said to still haunt today. The following story is linked to the Griesmännchen: The people of Beulich claimed a forest called Gries for themselves, which was said to always have belonged to Mermuth. After a long dispute, there was a trial between the two communities. In Beulich lived an old man who had survived the plague. He was known as an honest and good man and was to decide. The man went into his garden, scattered earth into his shoes, and hid branches from Beulich trees under his hat. Armed in this way, he walked the boundary and, to the horror of the people of Mermuth, after he had long crossed the natural boundary of the stream, he stopped only 100 meters before their town limit. There he raised his hand in oath and shouted loudly: "The ground on which I stand and the leaves covering my head have always belonged to Beulich, so help me God." As punishment, the spirit of the man is said to still haunt the Grieswald today. Passing the Grieshof holiday pension, we turn immediately right again behind the Grieswald and ride to Beulich. There, turn right into Parkstraße and go straight ahead through Ehrenburger Straße. Then continue on to Morshausen. Worth seeing: the Schwengelbrunnen, which one might rather have expected in the Hungarian puszta. According to legend, it was donated by a Hungarian countess who was married to Ehrenburg. In the "Backes" next to the church is a small local history museum dedicated to the Morshausen writer Jakob Kneip (Hampit the hunter). Visits by appointment: 02605 1865. In Morshausen, the cycle route runs through Brunnenstraße, Kirchstraße, and Jakob-Kneip-Straße, from where you turn into Emmriger Weg. The route then continues via the cycle path in steep hairpin bends with views of vineyards and Bischofsstein Castle down to the Mosel in the wine village of Burgen.