Day hike from Schuld to the Kottenborn Chapel near Wershofen and on via Streitenau - back to Schuld

We start our hike in the center of the village at the "Unter der Linde" rest area by the Ahrbrücke bridge. At the beginning, we follow Ahrstraße for a short distance into the "Deistig" district and then turn left into Martinsstraße. After 140m we come to Bergstraße, which we now follow straight ahead to the next junction. Here we turn left into Martinshöhe. We follow the village road uphill until about 500 m after a sharp left-hand bend, straight ahead along a meadow path to the edge of the forest. At the top, we follow the path straight ahead through the so-called "Branderhardt", a slope criss-crossed with scree and rocks, which we hike through.

From here you can see the "Bahnhof" district. In the middle, only the station building remains of the former large station. The well-known AhrSteig trail also runs above the meadows. Following the path, past some weekend houses, we reach a single wooden house and a path that we follow to the left towards the road junction.

! Attention! Here we have to cross the Münstereifeler Straße. On the other side, we first keep left, then right over the small bridge and follow country road 73 towards Antweiler. After about 250 meters we turn right into the path "Auf Weiher", which we follow past a few houses. After about 300 meters, after a bend to the right, we walk uphill for about 3 km on a steadily ascending forest path. The path leads us first through mixed forest and later through a beautiful fir forest uphill towards Wershofen.

After a short steep section, we reach a crossroads which we follow to the left. After approx. 200 m, we leave the forest and walk past meadows and fields on a high path with a wonderful panorama. Approximately in the middle of this path, our route leads us to the right up to Kottenborner Berg, which at 494 m is the highest point of our tour. Up here is the Kottenheim cross and the Kottenborn chapel, which invites you to take a short break. From here we have a fantastic all-round view. You should not miss out on this.

After an extended rest, we leave the chapel and follow the path downhill for a while until we reach a fork in the road, where we come to a tarmac farm track. We turn left and follow the path for one kilometer. Where the tarmac road ends, we reach a crossroads, which we cross. We are now on a meadow path which we follow downhill, always passing the meadow. At the end of the meadow, which is surrounded on three sides by pine forest, was once the Kottenborn farm. Here we turn right and walk past a wild field towards a crossroads which we cross straight ahead. Now we follow the path down into the valley until we reach the district road that leads to Wershofen.

We continue past this road to the left until we reach the L73 at the bridge. On the way, we meet the AhrSteig trail on the right-hand side of the road. We now cross the bridge and then walk on the other side, following the AhrSteig, past Streitenau until we arrive back at the starting point in Schuld .