Cycle route · Euskirchen · Updated on 14 November 2026

Wasserburgen-Route cycle route

Wasserburgen-Route is a cycle route of 474.8 km from Euskirchen that starts and ends at the same spot. Along the way you'll find 1,535 benches, 15 water fountains and refill points, 45 public toilets, 11 bike pumps and 3 honesty boxes and farm vending machines.

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LVR Museum of Industry: Mueller Cloth Mill · after 1.1 km

The route step by step

From start to finish, with what you pass along the way and the distance in between.

474.8 km
± 2:05 h per stage
↑ 2,068 m · ↓ 2,005 m
Moderate per stage
Circular ride
Regional route

Start in Euskirchen
0 km
305 m · 2 benches
Untere Burg
305 m
Castle
763 m · 10 benches
LVR Museum of Industry: Mueller Cloth Mill
1.1 km
Public toilet
6.2 km · 24 benches
Burg Odendorf
7.2 km
Castle
6.1 km · 17 benches
Public toilet and water point
13.4 km
9.6 km · 17 benches
Bauernstein
23 km
Memorial
771 m · bench
Schloss Rösberg
23.7 km
Attraction
8.4 km · 7 benches
Burg Heimerzheim
32.1 km
Castle
12 km · 28 benches
Burg Lüftelberg
44.1 km
Castle
14.3 km · 20 benches
Honesty box
58.4 km
1.4 km · 11 benches
Water point
59.7 km
335 m · 2 benches
Redoute
60.1 km
Public toilet
226 m · 18 benches
Glockenspiel
60.3 km
Attraction
197 m · 7 benches
Schloss Rigal
60.5 km
Castle
240 m
Stadthalle Bad Godesberg
60.7 km
Attraction
7 km · 71 benches
Aachener Tor
67.7 km
Attraction
41.2 km · 89 benches
Bike pump
108.9 km
4.4 km · 8 benches
Burg Blessem
113.3 km
Castle
10.8 km · 34 benches
Public toilet and water point
124.1 km
19.1 km · 46 benches
LVR-Kulturhaus Landsynagoge Rödingen
143.2 km
Museum
8.6 km · 7 benches
Gutshof Burg Wolfshoven
151.7 km
Ruins
3.4 km
Schloss Hambach
155.2 km
Castle
14.9 km · 39 benches
Infopavillon
170.1 km
Museum
1.2 km · 2 benches
Public toilet
171.3 km
482 m · 9 benches
Observation tower
171.8 km
Public toilet and water point
11.4 km · 29 benches
Glück-Auf Museum
183.1 km
Museum
611 m · bench
Public toilet
183.8 km
20.6 km · 23 benches
Burg Kinzweiler
204.4 km
Attraction
664 m
Haus Kambach
205.1 km
Castle
3.1 km · 12 benches
Klosterkapelle
208.1 km
Museum

Show the other 61 steps

12.5 km · 34 benches
Public toilet
220.7 km
289 m · 3 benches
Water point
220.9 km
7.5 km · 16 benches
Bike pump
228.5 km
3.9 km · 10 benches
Vierecksturm
232.4 km
Attraction
2.2 km · 17 benches
Schloss Schönau
234.6 km
Castle
312 m · 16 benches
Bike pump
234.9 km
5.3 km · 35 benches
Public toilet and bike pump
240.3 km
163 m
3 public toilets
240.5 km
192 m · 9 benches
4 public toilets
240.6 km
254 m · 14 benches
Torbogen des Klosterather Hofs and 1 more
240.9 km
Fassade Wespienhaus and public toilet
267 m · 12 benches
Archäologisches Fenster and 1 more
241.2 km
Centre Charlemagne, public toilet and water point
151 m · 11 benches
Domschatzkammer and 1 more
241.3 km
Grashaus, public toilet and water point
154 m · 13 benches
Aachen Cathedral and 1 more
241.5 km
Römische Mauer, public toilet, 2 water fountains and refill points and 2 bike pumps
209 m · 26 benches
Elisenbrunnen
241.7 km
2 public toilets
1.6 km · 51 benches
Burg Frankenberg
243.2 km
2 public toilets
1.2 km · 16 benches
Public toilet
244.5 km
5.8 km · 27 benches
Bike pump
250.2 km
1.1 km · 11 benches
Bike pump
251.3 km
3 km · 21 benches
Bike pump
254.3 km
520 m · 16 benches
Public toilet
254.8 km
267 m · 5 benches
kunsthaus nrw
255.1 km
Museum
9.3 km · 38 benches
Burg Stolberg
264.4 km
Castle
13.3 km · 24 benches
Burg Holzheim
277.7 km
Castle
12.1 km · 31 benches
Rückriem-Stele
289.8 km
Memorial
2.4 km · 5 benches
Burg Birgel
292.2 km
Public toilet
3.5 km · 3 benches
Honesty box
295.6 km
3.5 km · 8 benches
Schloss Burgau
299.2 km
Attraction
10.5 km · 33 benches
Fischtreppe
309.7 km
Attraction
5 km · 18 benches
Public toilet
314.7 km
7 km · 35 benches
Public toilet
321.7 km
213 m · 6 benches
Burg Blens
321.9 km
Castle
826 m · bench
Public toilet
322.7 km
4.7 km · 8 benches
2 public toilets and water point
327.5 km
5.8 km · 43 benches
Rückriem-Stele and 2 more
333.2 km
Papiermuseum Düren and Leopold-Hoesch-Museum
396 m · 7 benches
3 public toilets and 2 water fountains and refill points
333.6 km
595 m · 17 benches
Burg Hengebach
334.2 km
3 public toilets and bike pump
6.6 km · 24 benches
Burg Vlatten
340.8 km
Castle
5 km · 4 benches
Burg Berg
345.9 km
Castle
3.5 km · 7 benches
Schloss Eicks
349.3 km
Castle
2.5 km
Burg Kommern
351.9 km
3 public toilets
1.9 km · 14 benches
Water point
353.8 km
3.8 km · 6 benches
Public toilet
357.6 km
4.5 km · 7 benches
Honesty box
362 km
1.5 km · 7 benches
Public toilet
363.5 km
1.2 km · 7 benches
Schloß Wachendorf
364.7 km
Castle
1.1 km · 6 benches
Water point
365.8 km
200 m · bench
Untere Burg Antweiler
366 km
Castle
6.2 km · 9 benches
Burg Kirspenich
372.3 km
Castle
3.2 km · 12 benches
Hardtburg
375.5 km
Castle
187 m · 2 benches
Public toilet
375.7 km
2 km · 7 benches
Burg Niederkastenholz
377.7 km
Castle
3.3 km · 19 benches
Burg Schweinheim
381 km
Castle
7.9 km · 13 benches
Glasmuseum
388.9 km
Public toilet
190 m
Rheinbacher Burg
389.1 km
Water point
23.4 km · 16 benches
Burg Juntersdorf
412.5 km
Castle
6.5 km · 13 benches
Römerthermen Zülpich Museum der Badekultur
419 km
Museum
16 km · 39 benches
Bike pump
435 km
15.5 km · 37 benches
Burg Münchhausen
450.6 km
Attraction
7.5 km · 5 benches
Burg Odenhausen
458 km
Castle
4.2 km · 12 benches
Observation tower
462.2 km
Observation tower
12.6 km · 94 benches
Back at the start
474.8 km

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Longest stretch without a toilet: 85.9 kmBetween 388.9 km and 474.8 km there is no public toilet within 100 m of the route.

The route with the water points, toilets and sights within 100 m of it.

63 sights along the way

In the order you pass them. With the Outdoor Pitstop app you hear their story on the spot. 55 more along the route are on the map.

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Castle · after 305 m
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Photo: Imus Eus · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
Museum · after 1.1 km
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Castle · after 7.2 km
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Memorial · after 23 km
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Attraction · after 23.7 km
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Castle · after 32.1 km
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Castle · after 44.1 km
Attraction · after 60.1 km

Stages (15)

Elevation and terrain

Up: ↑ 2,068 m
Down: ↓ 2,005 m
Highest point: 362 m
Lowest point: 50 m

5-10% slope · 8.9 km
10-15% slope · 263 m
15-20% slope · 875 m

Elevation from Copernicus GLO-30 (European Union and ESA), smoothed.

Way types

474.8 km in total

Track: 185.3 km
Street: 100.2 km
Path: 83.2 km
Road: 60.1 km
Busy road: 28.6 km
Footpath (walk your bike): 8.8 km
Cycle path: 7.3 km
Unknown: 50 m

Surfaces

474.8 km in total

Asphalt: 334 km
Gravel: 60.6 km
Paved: 25.2 km
Unpaved: 6.3 km
Natural: 2.2 km
Unknown: 45.2 km

About the cycle route Wasserburgen-Route

Updated on 14 November 2026, with data from OpenStreetMap, the AHN and Copernicus.

Where do you cycle?

Wasserburgen-Route is a circular ride of 474.8 km from Euskirchen: it starts and ends in the same place. Along the way you pass Untere Burg (after 305 m), LVR Museum of Industry: Mueller Cloth Mill (after 1.1 km) and Burg Odendorf (after 7.2 km).

How hard is the route?

You climb 2,068 m in total and descend 2,005 m. Allow ± 2:05 h per stage, without breaks. Per stage the level is moderate.

What roads do you cycle on?

The longest part is track (185.3 km), street (100.2 km) and path (83.2 km). Of the surface, 334 km asphalt and 60.6 km gravel. For 45.2 km the surface is not known.

Pitstops along the way

Within 100 metres of the route there are 1,535 benches, 15 water fountains and refill points, 45 public toilets, 11 bike pumps and 3 honesty boxes and farm vending machines. The longest stretch without a toilet is 85.9 km. The Outdoor Pitstop app navigates you there.

Website of the route