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292 Route 35. GREVENMA CHER.
Excursions (comp. also pp. 291, 290). Above Echternacherbriick, on
the left bank of the Sure, on a projecting ledge of the Ernzerberg (1095 ft.),
stands the modern Liborius Chapel (25 min.; red way-marks), affording a
beautiful view; close by are the Liborius-Kiause, cut out of the rock, and
the Ernzberger Hof. From the chapel we skirt the mountain to the W.,
through wood, crossing the valleys of the Vélkerbach and the Gutenbach,
to (11/2 hr.) the Tiirkenkopf and to the Schweigestdlle, where there is a
Roman inscription (adjacent, the Schankweiler Klause, p. 291). Thence
we descend the Weilerbach-Tal to (/2 hr.) the station of Weilerbach
(p. 291). — On the hill at the upper end of the Weilerbach-Tal, 4 hr.
from the station, lies Ferschweiler (1215 ft.), 1/2 hr. to the E. of which is
the village of Priim zur Lay, opposite a ruined castle
From Echternach a marked path (B) beginning at the Cafi 3
Rouge, to the W. of the town, leads to the Wol/fsschlucht (/2 hr.), etc.
(see p. 291).
Narrow-gauge railway from Echternach to Luxembourg, see p. 288.
Below Echternach the scenery of the Sure valley is graceful
rather than grand. 221/) M. Steinheim; 241/. M. Rosport (bridge
11/4 M. to the 8., at Wintersdorf ferry). 28M. Born. Adjacent, at
Hinkel, is the Girster Klause.
33 M. Wasserbillig (Hotel Meyers-Reinhard, pens. 4'1/5-5 ./),
the Bilacus of the Romans, situated near the confluence of the Sure
and the Moselle, is the junction (two stations) for the railway to
Luxembourg and Traves (R. 35). The Sure is here spanned by a
15th cent. bridge; on the left bank, about 1 M. higher up, is the old
provostry of Langsur. — To Mertert and Grevenmacher, see below.
35, From Luxembourg to Tréves vid Wasserbillig.
3141/2 M. Ramway in 4-i'/2 hr. This forms part of the express-routt
from Paris to Cologne vid Rheims, Méziétres, Treves, and Euskirchen.
The railway to Tréves crosses the huge viaduct near the Pulver-
mithltal (p. 287), and at (71/2 M.) Gtringen descends into the
monotonous upper valley of the Sire. At the foot of a hill to the
left lies the castle of Schrassig, with the ruined Heidenbaw. On
the right is Schiittringen, with a chateau. Beyond (121/) M.) Roodt
the line crosses to the right bank of the Sire. 171/. M. Wecker.
Farther on in the narrow wooded valley the train crosses the
Sire four times, and at (211/9 M.) Mertert enters the valley of the
Moselle. Branch-line to (21/2 M.) G@revenmacher (Hét. de Luxem-
bourg, good), an old town with 2500 inhab., in the midst of
vineyards and quarries. — Beyond (23 M.) Wasserbillig (see above),
at the junction of the Sure and Moselle, the train enters Prussia. —
25 M. Igel, where the lofty Column of Tgel, one of the finest Roman
monuments on this side of the Alps, is visible to the left. We cross
the Moselle to (28 M.) Karthaus, a railway-junction.
341/p M. Tréves (Hotel Porta Nigra; Hotel de Tréves; Hotel
Reichshof, at the station), see Baedeker’s Rhine. |