1. From Eupen to Krewinkel via Baraque Michel (ca 100 km)

Map material: Wanderkarte Hohes Venn, Wanderkarte am Fusse des Venns, Wanderkarte Rund um den Bütgenbach

 

From Eupen we follow the blue stringer sign first to Nispert, then to Diepbach and then we follow the sign with the yellow and blue crossbeam till the refuge hut. From there we follow the blue stringer and the green rhombus till Mospert. With the red stringer we take the trail through the Tote Venn till Bellesfort and then follow the Weser (yellow crossbeam) till the estuary of the Steinbach. We follow the Steinbach till the information panel and then the white stringer on yellow ground till the Reinatzhof ( modern pilgrimage site, also in the 13./14. century).

 

 

From the Reinartzhof we go back to the junction with the blue cross which we follow till the Eschbach brook. We walk along the Eschbach (white stringer on green ground) till the nature sanctuary Hohes Venn. After leaving the nature sanctuary we follow the red stringer till the Getzbach brook and from there to Ternell. (Easier: From Reinatzhof two fixed paths are leading through the nature sanctuary before the forest track ends. The right one leads directly to the Getzbach brook from where we directly reach Ternell). 

 From Ternell the route continues with the red stringer and later with the GR 573 up to the Hilltal valley and then with the green crossbeam till the planks at the Großen Venn and further to Baraque Michel with the Fischbach chapel (hikers accompanied by a dog please follow the GR 573 till Signal de Botrange and then pass the nature sanctuary till Baraque Michel)

We follow the same signs (without dogs over the planks; with dog pass the Zone C to the right and then towards Baraque Michel) till the Cross of the Engaged. (Once - to announce their wedding - an engaged couple undertook the way from Malmedy over the dangerous Venn von Jalhay. They were caught by snowfall and frozen to death in the night.) From there the trail leads over the Herbôfaye brook to Pont de Bèleu. We take the bicycle path till the No. 68 and cross the road. After about 100 meters walking in the moor towards Baranque Michel we take the trail with the blue crossbeam and the green stringer to the right into the valley of Bayehon. Passing the cascades (Cascade du Bayehon) we reach via Moulin de Bayehon the valley of Warche and then the palace of Reinhardstein.

 

Afterwards we proceed to the lake of Robertville and from there follow the sign with the   yellow vertical bar till the bridge of Haelen. Following the blue horizontal bar we reach Champagne. From there we follow the road to Weywertz (deficient sign-posting on the map).

From Weywertz we follow the yellow cross and the red horizontal rhombus till the railroad line. Behind the railroad line we take the green horizontal line to Bütgenbach and then the red horizontal line to the storage lake Bütgenbach. Along the lake we follow the yellow horizontal line till the railroad line and the end of the storage lake. Then we follow first the blue cross, then the yellow cross and then the blue horizontal rhombus till Büllingen and further to Honsfeld.

 

 

From there we follow the yellow horizontal bar till the railroad line shortly before Buchholz. In Buchholz (in front of the Waldfrieden hotel and restaurant) we follow the green vertical rhombus through the valley Frankenbachtal and via Igermondermühle till Manderfeld. From Manderfeld we follow the yellow cross till Krewinkel. There we visit the chapel (about 3 kilometres away in Weckerat there´s a possibility to stop for a bite to eat). From Krewinkel we take the yellow cross via Weckerath to the border and then following the blue horizontal bar reach the Our.

 

Easy release of the trail: From Eupen via Gr 573 to the natural preserve center of Botrange and then via GR 56 to the Reinhardstein, Bütgenbach, Tocherath, Buchholz up to Manderfeld. Then by following the yellow cross up to Krewinkel.