The Eifelsteig is a long-distance hiking trail in the

Eifel The Eifel (; , ) is a low mountain range in western Germany, eastern Belgium and northern Luxembourg. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Com ...

, Germany. It leads in 15 stages of from the

Aachen Aachen is the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is locat ...

district

Kornelimünster Kornelimünster () is a town in the rural ''Münsterländchen'' area of Kornelimünster/Walheim, a stadtbezirk, district of Aachen, Germany. History The Kornelimünster Abbey was founded in 814 on the Inde River by Benedict of Aniane (750–8 ...

Trier Trier ( , ; ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( , ) and Triers (see also Names of Trier in different languages, names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle (river), Moselle in Germany. It lies in a v ...

and is maintained by the

Eifel Club The Eifel Club () is one of the largest hiking, rambling clubs in Germany with a membership of 28.000. Its purpose is the "maintenance of local customs, the protection and care of monuments to which it is particularly committed". The Eifel Clu ...

. File:Eifelsteig Kornelimünster.JPG,

monastery, Northern start point of the Eifelsteig File:Nationalpark Eifel.jpg, On the hill "Modenhübel" near

Gemünd Gemünd is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to ...

File:Lieserpfad_6.JPG, The Lieserpfad is part of the Eifelsteig

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