Ockfen: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The 8.7-kilometre short route of the Saar-Riesling-Steig begins at the fishing pond in Ockfen. The trail reaches the Bockstein rock, the Heppenstein viewpoint, the Bismarck Tower and the Geisberg Plateau. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Ockfen can continue their accommodation search afterwards.

Landscape

The Saar-Riesling-Steig combines sunny vineyards, deciduous and coniferous forests, and idyllic stream valleys. The Geisberg high plateau offers panoramic views across the Saargau towards Luxembourg and Trier.

The Ockfener Bockstein is Ockfen’s most important vineyard site and also a local hill. Its Devonian clay slate contributes to the character of the area’s vineyards and to the wine’s mineral profile. The 53-hectare vineyard site lies directly above Ockfen next to the Ockfener Bach and is classified as a VDP Erste Lage.

The Bockstein rock can be reached from the car park at the Ockfen fishing pond by following the Saar-Riesling-Steig for about 1.5 kilometres. The Bockstein rock viewpoint looks out over Ockfen, Irsch, the vineyards and the Saar Valley towards Saarburg.

Wine

According to reports, Ockfen’s vineyards have been cultivated for around 2,000 years; a bronze-socketed axe found in a vineyard is cited as evidence. In 975, Ockfen was recorded among the possessions of the newly re-established St. Martin Monastery in Trier. A former administrative building of the monastery has been preserved and bears witness to Ockfen’s historical ties to St. Martin Monastery.

Ockfen is associated with wine tastings and wine hiking trails.

Things to Do

A circular trail that begins and ends at the Klostermühle Wine Hotel in Ockfen passes the Ockfener wine estate, Schoden’s Bismarck Tower and the Saar riverside path. St. Valentine’s Church in Ockfen is included as a stop on the local circular trail.

The restaurant at the Klostermühle Wine Hotel has trout from the Leukbach Valley on its menu and serves Saar wines. The wine hotel has step-free access and an accessible toilet. Schoden-Ockfen railway station is located on the Deutsche Bahn Saarbrücken–Trier line.

For further destination options: Kanzem, Zerf, Newel, Detzem, Ensch, Gusterath, Pölich, Gusenburg

For the higher-level travel overview: Trier-Saarburg.