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The Bundesstraße 258 is a German federal highway. It starts in
Aachen, crosses the
Eifel from northwest to southeast and ends in
Mayen
Mayen is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region. As well as the main town, additional settlements include Alzheim, Kürrenberg, Hausen-Betzing, ...
.
From Aachen, the road first runs south along the Belgian border. One curiosity on this part is a 3 km long strip at
Roetgen
Roetgen () is a municipality in the district of Aachen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Roetgen is located approximately 16 km (10 mi) south-east of Aachen, near the border with Belgium. It is in the north of the High Fe ...
where the German federal highway leads through Belgian territory. This strip has no connection to the Belgian road network, and the only notice of the border crossing is a small sign reading ''Belgien'' (''Belgium'' in German). There is one house along this strip of road, which has a Belgian post code, but is connected to the German telephone network.
After that, the road runs through
Monschau
Monschau (; french: Montjoie, ; wa, Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Geography
The town is located in the hills of the North Eifel, within the Ho ...
and
Schleiden
Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 12,998 inhabitants as of 30 June 2017. Schleiden is connected by a tourist railway to Kall, on the Eifel Railway between ...
. From
Blankenheim Blankenheim may refer to:
Places
*Blankenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, a municipality in western Germany
* Blankenheim, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in eastern Germany
*Blankenheim Castle, a schloss above the village of Blankenheim in the Eifel mo ...
the road follows the river
Ahr downstream until it leaves the river at
Müsch
Müsch is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Rus ...
. The road then passes the
Nürburgring and reaches its end south of
Mayen
Mayen is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region. As well as the main town, additional settlements include Alzheim, Kürrenberg, Hausen-Betzing, ...
. Originally, the road went further to the city of
Koblenz, but this strip has been downgraded due to the nearby
Bundesautobahn 48
is an autobahn in western Germany. From the junction with the A 1 it connects to the A 3 and A 61 near Koblenz and is fully part of European route
The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe ...
.
Since 2010 the road has been running from the ''Relais Königsberg'' via the ''Monschauer Straße'' at ''Aachen-Lichtenbusch'' to the
Bundesautobahn 44
is a German Autobahn. It consists of three main parts and a few smaller parts. It begins in Aachen at the German–Belgian border and ends near Kassel. Before the German unification it was an unimportant provincial motorway but after this eve ...
.
258
Year 258 ( CCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tuscus and Bassus (or, less frequently, year 1011 '' Ab urbe cond ...
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