Prüm

Worth seeing in and around Prüm

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Prüm Abbey

   Prüm Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Prüm, now in the diocese of Trier, founded by the Frankish widow Bertrada the elder and her son Charibert, Count of Laon, in 721. The first abbot was Angloardus.

   200 m · abbey · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Sandals of Christ

   The Sandals of Jesus Christ were among the most important relics of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. They were donated to Prüm Abbey by Pepin the Short who received them from Pope Stephen II.

   200 m · shoes worn by Jesus, important relics of the Catholic Church · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Basilica of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Prüm

   The Basilica of the Transfiguration of Our Lord is a Catholic church in the West Eifel, Germany, and a papal minor basilica dedicated to the Holy Savior and the Transfiguration of Christ.

   200 m · church in Prüm, Germany · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hardtkopf (Eifel)

   The Hardtkopf is a high hill in the county of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It rises in the South Eifel range and, at 601.5 m above sea level, is the highest point on the edge of the Prüm Limestone Basin.

   4 km · mountain · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Schönecken Castle

   Schönecken Castle is a ruined hill castle at 467 m above sea level above the village of Schönecken in the Nims valley in the West Eifel mountains. It lies within the county of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

   6 km · castle · Wikipedia

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Getting to Prüm

Airports

Luxembourg-Findel (LUX), 66 km · Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 66 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 89 km

• Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) → Prüm

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• Köln (Cologne) → Prüm

  90 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · €10–14
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• Düsseldorf → Prüm

  116 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · €14–19
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