Metterich: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Metterich combines natural landscapes, local history and rural traditions. For travelers who would like to rent a holiday apartment in Metterich, the accommodation search follows below.

Nature and Trails

The Kyll Cycle Route runs through the municipality of Metterich and connects with the Moselle Cycle Route in Trier-Ehrang. The Kyll Valley Cycle Route follows the Kyll through the valley and leads through the Walpertsgraben. In 2007, an agricultural and culinary village tour was established around Metterich, explaining local life and the way of life of the community.

Culture

The War Memorial Chapel was inaugurated on October 6, 1957, as a memorial to those who died in the war and to the pilot Claus von Bohlen und Halbach. It is built of local limestone and contains five memorial plaques. The chapel is used as a place for reflection, prayer and gratitude.

The Catholic parish church of St. Eucharius is a single-nave hall church dating from the 18th century and a listed cultural monument in Metterich. The Horkreuz near Waldhof dates from the 18th century and preserves an original Pietà relief. The Schwärenkreuz is a sandstone cross in the Metterich Forest. It is believed to have been erected as a plague cross between 1640 and 1670; it was restored in 1994.

A tour through the village reveals restored old farmhouses. In Metterich, children preserve the custom of Klappern by walking through the village with wooden clappers and calling out the hour in the local dialect.

Regional Offerings

The Metterich village shop sells bread rolls, sausage products, beverages and local spirits from distilleries in the Eifel. Feinen Poultry Farm specializes in selling pasta and eggs and allows its poultry to roam outdoors. According to the available information, the annual baking festival has been held since 1998 and offers cakes baked according to traditional recipes in a stone oven.

Geographical Location

Metterich is located directly on the B 50. The A 60 interchange near Badem is just a few kilometers away.

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