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Photo of featured short route / featured circular route: Apollinaris loop • Romantic Rhine (22.06.2017 11:00:17 #1)Photo: Stephie, Community
But the route still hasn’t shown all its strengths. A staircase behind the church leads to a viewpoint with a large statue of Saint Francis. From here, there is a fantastic view of the Apollinaris Church, the town of Remagen, and the northern Rhine valley.
After an ascent, the path circles the pond at Waldschlösschen, then leads on forest trails to Schloss Calmuth, which formerly housed the International Film Union. Among other things, newsreels were produced here in the 1950s, and numerous Laurel and Hardy films were dubbed. Today, the building is privately owned.
After another ascent over forest trails and a newly created path, the landscape opens up, and after a short time, you reach the hut at Scheidskopf. From here, there is a wonderful panoramic view towards the Hocheifel, and you can clearly identify the summit of the Landskrone in the relief. The path leads variably over fields and forested areas past the ostrich farm grounds (refreshment opportunities; check opening hours). With a bit of luck, you can see an ostrich herd through the bushes.
Over springy forest floor, you approach an open high plateau from where you can enjoy views to the Rhine and the Siebengebirge. Now the path alternates between forest and forest edge and leads us past a small heathland created by a forest fire and an old Jewish cemetery.
The Apollinaris loop now crosses the high plateau on the other side, passes a few farms, and offers impressive views of the Rhine valley again. A final steep descent brings us back to Remagen and our starting point at the Apollinaris Church.
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General safety instructions :- Wear weather-appropriate, practical clothing that protects you from cold and wet or heat and sun.
- Plan your stages with adequate breaks and use your strength sparingly.
- Take enough fluids with you. Refreshment options are not available everywhere.
- Please wear hiking shoes suitable for the trail, which provide sufficient support even on slippery and steep or rocky and uneven paths.
- If you think certain sections of the trail are not passable for you, you should avoid them. Especially under adverse weather conditions, natural paths may have muddy and slippery passages.
- Especially in autumn, be aware that fallen leaves on the ground can conceal unevenness, roots, stones, or holes in the path. You must expect such trail impairments when hiking.
- Especially steep and clearly dangerous spots are, of course, secured with handrails or ropes. Please also treat these safety measures as such. Handrails are intended as fall protection and not as climbing frames or viewing towers. Please also treat these safety measures as such. Handrails are intended as fall protection and not as climbing frames or viewing towers.
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The implementation of this path was funded within the framework of the PAUL development program with the participation of the European Union and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, represented by the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture, Nutrition, Viticulture, and Forestry.
European UNION
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe invests in rural areas here.
Project sponsor:
Romantic Rhine Tourism GmbH
A Leader project of the Local Action Group World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley in the funding period 2007 to 2013
Köln-Düsseldorfer Schiffsanleger Remagen
Rheinfähre"Nixe" Remagen - Erpel
Parkplatz
Scheidkopf Mountain Hut, 185 hm
Golf- und Landclub Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Straußenfarm Gemarkenhof
Alter Judenfriedhof
Parkplatz Otto-Neubeck-Hütte
Friedensmuseum Brücke von Remagen
Aussichtspunkt
Hotel Pinger
Public transport
Remagen has an IC train station with a branch to the Ahr valleyGet Timetable to destination
Directions
- B 9 along the Rhine to Remagen
- Ferry from Linz to Remagen-Kripp
Parking
Remagen at the station -P+R, (O 374677 N 5604277)or parking lot below the Apollinaris Church "Am Apollinarisberg"
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- Hiking shoes,
- Weather-appropriate, practical clothing
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