Hahnensteiner Mühle

In the Brückenmühle, a former water mill, you could buy traditional baked goods in the in-house bakery until a few years ago. Today, the Eifelsteig adventure loop Mühlenroute leads directly along the former mill building.

The rocky and forested Elzbach Valley offers above all wild nature, as well as the castles of Eltz and Pyrmont and the half-timbered town of Monreal: culture worth seeing!

The parish of St. Genovefa surrounds Obermendig, the upper part of the city, which was first mentioned in 1041. In 1365 the construction of a three-aisled hall church began and St. Genovefa and St. Laurentius consecrated.

In countless twists and turns, the Our winds through the slate slopes of Islek. From the observation point at Waldhof Falkenstein, there is a fantastic view of the notable bend of the Our Valley with the Falkenstein Castle.

The existence of the village Birresborn was documented for the first time in 721. The name "Birgisburias" can be translated as "good source".Numerous finds in the area of the source evidence that this source was already known to the Romans.