Seffern: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Seffern lies in the valley of the Nims and the Balesfelderbach. More than half of the municipality’s 492-hectare area is forested, corresponding to approximately 270 hectares. The municipality’s area ranges from 360 to 500 metres above sea level.

Nature

The landscape around Seffern is therefore characterised by valleys, forests and varying elevations. Many public and private buildings in Seffern are distinguished by the local red sandstone.

History

Seffern was first mentioned indirectly in 777; in 893, the name “Seferne” appears. Until the French period, the village belonged to the territorial lords of Prüm for more than 1,000 years. Seffern was also the administrative centre of the Schultheißerei of the Imperial Abbey of Prüm.

Traces from the Roman period have also been documented: near the mountain farms, traces of a Roman-era estate were discovered in 1951, dating approximately from 200 to 375 AD.

Culture

At St. Lawrence Parish Church, a Neo-Romanesque new building replaced a 16th-century church with an 11th-century tower in 1852/54. The choir contains a mural by Diernhöfer from 1957 depicting Christ as the giver of the Eucharistic gifts. The parish church preserves its original pews, baptismal font and gallery from the first construction phase. It was designed by Peter Josef Julius Wolff, the district master builder of Bitburg.

The Way of the Cross leading from Seffern to Sefferweich, with its Way of the Cross chapel, is a Baroque Way of the Cross dating from the second half of the 18th century and is protected as an individual cultural monument under Section 8 of the Monument Protection Act of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The Nims Bridge, built in 1823, is one of the few surviving Baroque bridges in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is built as a three-arched sandstone bridge and bears a wayside cross set into the parapet. At its centre, it is decorated with a stone figure of the bridge saint, John of Nepomuk.

Hiking

Near the final chapel, the Bitburger LandGang Way of the Cross loop offers panoramic views over the Nimstal valley. Its return route leads through the forest along the Nims. The loop can be started at the church in Seffern or at the church in Sefferweich. It includes crosses made from sandstone quarried in the region.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Seffern can then visit further local pages: Mettendorf, Sellerich, Krautscheid, Oberstedem, Ammeldingen Bei Neuerburg, Geichlingen, Arzfeld and Schlausenbach.

To the higher-level travel overview: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm.