The Roman graves in Nehren on the Moselle

The starting point for this wonderful hike is the community square at the Nehren community and fire station. This is where the "Kulturweg Römergräber" begins and already offers a historical highlight at the starting point with a Roman Celtic stone from the 3rd century AD. We first follow Kirchstraße for a short distance in the direction of Ediger-Eller and then turn right into Römerstraße, which leads us uphill into the vineyards. A farm track leads us past an erratic boulder, a small saint's hut and an experimental vineyard with various grape varieties, through the vineyard site of the Nehrener Römerberg to the Roman graves situated high above the municipality of Nehren. The tombs, dating from the 2nd half of the fourth century AD, were rebuilt on their foundations in 1974. The burial chamber of the first tomb is the only room from antiquity still existing in the Rhineland in which the original painting of the walls and the vault has been largely preserved. It is the family tomb of a landowning family whose residence is to be found in the extensive rubble field that was repeatedly excavated on the terrace directly north above the village of Nehren. The graves were extensively restored in 2002-2005. From here you have a magnificent view of the Moselle valley. We descend the stairs at the Roman graves and walk to the right in the direction of Ediger-Eller. Here we enter a wooded area and follow the path to the Lehmer Bachtal. We walk downhill along the stream until we almost reach the main road and the so-called "Lehmener Turm". Above the tower we walk to the left through the vineyards back to the starting point in Nehren.