Discover Lauperath: Chapels and Hiking Trails

Chapels, circular trails and open cultural landscapes give a trip to Lauperath a clear focus. The Chapel of the Three Holy Virgins Fides, Spees and Caritas is a historic landmark; two circular hiking trails showcase different landscapes. There is also a llama and alpaca hike in Lauperath-Scheidchen. For a broader perspective, the wider destination of Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm offers distinctive cultural and educational attractions.

Chapel and Chapel Trail

The Chapel of the Three Holy Virgins Fides, Spees and Caritas in Lauperath combines striking architecture with an approximate historical date: it was probably built around 1450. A heritage listing, last updated in 2024, describes it as a two-bay hall church dating from the early 18th century and notes its low medieval choir tower. The Lauperath Chapel Trail starts at this chapel and connects three chapels in Lauperath, Krautscheid and Bellscheid. This makes it possible to combine a visit to the chapel with a tour that also takes in the other two named places.

Two Circular Trails, Different Landscapes

The Naturpark Südeifel hiking trail 91 passes through the hilltop villages of Krautscheid, Lauperath and Bellscheid, as well as Waxweiler. Mostly open fields and meadows shape the well-tended cultural landscape along this circular route. The scenery changes on Naturpark Südeifel hiking trail 86: the route crosses the heights of Lauperath and Scheidchen and passes through the Mühlbach Valley. Its description includes an open plateau between cultivated fields and natural meadows, as well as woodland along the Mühlbach stream.

If you choose your route based on the landscape, the trails offer different highlights: trail 91 focuses on open fields and meadows, while trail 86 combines the open plateau with woodland by the stream. Both are circular routes, but they pass through different, specifically named landscapes and places.

An Animal-Encounters Hike

The llama and alpaca hike with Verena Kauth in Lauperath-Scheidchen lasts around 1.5 hours. A shorter alternative route is accessible. If you would like to include this activity in your plans, check before travelling whether dates are currently available. This will help you fit the hike into your day without confusing it with the independent trails through the countryside.

More Cultural Attractions in Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

The wider destination of Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm offers other points of interest. The Mühlenberger Stollen Bleialf visitor mine has a mining trail with numerous information boards about the area’s mining history. One-hour guided tours of the mine cover everything from ore extraction in Bleialf to geology and applied technology. They are offered seasonally; check the dates for your travel period.

The Devonium in Waxweiler presents complex topics in palaeontology and the science of fossil life in a playful way. The Westwall Museum in Irrel is housed on three accessible floors of a bunker and features a military history exhibition in underground tunnels and rooms. In Rittersdorf, the approximately 700-year-old moated castle offers another cultural highlight: it has remained almost unchanged since it was built and gives an impressive picture of late medieval and Renaissance domestic culture. The castle also has a privately run restaurant serving fine country cuisine; check whether it will be open before travelling.

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