Discover Auw: Reservoir and Accessible Path

At Auw Reservoir, fishing and an accessible comfort hiking trail offer two distinct ideas for a trip. Auw bei Prüm offers a different perspective: the municipality lies in an expansive upland and moorland landscape; historic architectural features and a memorial add to the local history. When planning your trip, you can first decide whether water and trails or landscapes and history should be the main focus.

At the reservoir: fishing and accessible trails

Auw Reservoir lies immediately south of the German-Belgian border. A valid fishing licence and a permit are required for fishing. As requirements may change, check the current conditions before your fishing trip.

The accessible comfort hiking trail runs around Auw Reservoir and can be accessed and enjoyed by people with mobility impairments. An inclusive fishing platform, which is also easy to use for wheelchair users, is located directly on the trail. If wheelchair accessibility is essential to your plans, check the latest information before your visit.

Auw bei Prüm: trails and landscape

Auw bei Prüm has well-marked circular and long-distance hiking trails that can be explored on foot or by bicycle. Trained tour guides lead planned tours and excursions. Rest areas and benches along the Auw Reservoir comfort hiking trail invite you to take a break. Circular trails return to their starting point; long-distance trails are designed to cover greater distances.

The municipality of Auw bei Prüm lies at the foot of the Schwarzer Mann ridge, amid an expansive upland and moorland landscape at an elevation of 500 metres above sea level. The region is part of the Schneifel and is bordered in every direction by several nature parks, reserves and protected areas.

As a border region, the Upper Our Valley stretches across the eastern Ardennes and the northern Eifel, encompassing Manderfeld in Belgium and Auw and Roth in Germany.

Architectural history and remembrance in Auw bei Prüm

The parish church of St Peter and Paul in Auw bei Prüm is a late Gothic hall church with a massive west tower. It dates mainly from around 1511/31. There is also an elaborate post-Baroque altar cross from the early 19th century on Lindenweg in Auw bei Prüm. The Streckhof at Mühlenweg 1 in Auw bei Prüm was a farmhouse with a central hallway kitchen and was probably built around the middle of the 18th century or shortly afterwards; the outbuildings are probably more recent.

A memorial at the former court hill in Auw bei Prüm commemorates the local parish priest Michael Campensis. In April 1627, he was convicted of witchcraft on Radsberg and executed by burning.

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