Schwarzsee to Kreuz im Venn
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 541 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 541 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,227 ft
- TrailRank
-
47
5
- Min elevation
- 2,227 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 3 hours 29 minutes
- Coordinates
- 777
- Uploaded
- October 16, 2016
- Recorded
- August 2016
near Leykaul, Wallonia (Belgique)
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Itinerary description
The 'Hohe Venn' and the area around Monschau are often treated separately in Hiking guides. The Cross in the Venn is usually visited in connection with the Cloister of Reichenstein, which in turn is visited on trails starting in Monschau. Here, we connect a pleasant Venn experience with the Cross in the Venn
The hike starts in Küchelscheid (across the border vom Kalterherberg) and follows well maintained forest trails to the Schwarzsee (Black Lake). If you thought that all waters are the same, think again. The lake is fed by streams coming from the moorlands, and the water is as black as you may not have seen before.
Continue with views across the typical moorland of the Hohe Venn, and eventually turn to the 'Kreuz im Venn', with its grotto and a statue of the Virgin Mary. The place has religious significance and people from Kalterherberg still congregate at high holidays for a Holy Mass.
Most of the trail in in Belgium, while the last part (with the cross) leads through a German enclave, separated from the the rest of Germany through a narrow strip of railway track (now a bicycle track) that technically belongs to Belgium. Thankfully, you will not notice any border crossings!
The hike starts in Küchelscheid (across the border vom Kalterherberg) and follows well maintained forest trails to the Schwarzsee (Black Lake). If you thought that all waters are the same, think again. The lake is fed by streams coming from the moorlands, and the water is as black as you may not have seen before.
Continue with views across the typical moorland of the Hohe Venn, and eventually turn to the 'Kreuz im Venn', with its grotto and a statue of the Virgin Mary. The place has religious significance and people from Kalterherberg still congregate at high holidays for a Holy Mass.
Most of the trail in in Belgium, while the last part (with the cross) leads through a German enclave, separated from the the rest of Germany through a narrow strip of railway track (now a bicycle track) that technically belongs to Belgium. Thankfully, you will not notice any border crossings!
Waypoints
Car park
1,849 ft
KS 01-Parken
Intersection
1,828 ft
KS 02-Gabel
Intersection
2,237 ft
KS 03-Gabel
Intersection
1,989 ft
KS 27-Gabel
Intersection
1,942 ft
KS 28-Gabel
Lake
1,916 ft
KS 29-Schwarzbach
Summit
Religious site
Intersection
0 ft
SK 01-Gabel
Intersection
0 ft
SK 02-Gabel
Intersection
0 ft
SK 03-Kreuzung
Intersection
0 ft
SK 04-Gabel
Intersection
0 ft
SK 05-Gabel
Bridge
1,793 ft
SK 06-Brücke
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Vandaag 1 juni deze wandeling gemaakt.
Heerlijk landschap, mooie licht en schaduwpartijen.
Bedankt aan de plaatser op Wikiloc.
Emiel Huybrechts
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Easy to follow
Scenery
Moderate
Balade dépaysante . Très beau paysage .