The Cloef Viewpoint
The classic view of the Saar Loop - from the 180-meter-high cliff near Orscholz.
The Cloef is the classic viewpoint over the Saar Loop, perched on a cliff some 180 meters above the river near Orscholz.
From the railing you look straight down on the near-perfect bend the Saar carves through the forested hills - the single most photographed scene in the Saarland. The neighboring treetop walk and several hiking trails let you extend the visit into a full outing.
Attractions nearby
Saarbrücken
The Burning Mountain near Dudweiler
Not really a mountain but a rocky ravine - a coal seam has been smoldering inside it for more than 300 years. Goethe visited the Burning Mountain in 1770.
Mettlach
Saareck Palace
A historicist sandstone palace above the Saar in Mettlach, built from 1902 for Luitwin von Boch-Galhau. Today a guest house and event venue of Villeroy & Boch.
Mettlach
Ziegelberg Palace
A Neo-Renaissance palace of 1878/79 that Edmund von Boch had built above the rooftops of Mettlach. Long the seat of the ceramics museum, today it can only be viewed from outside.