• Halscheid can be easily reached by train:

    If you come from the North, East or West, go to Köln HBF(Central railway-station). There change train to Au/Sieg. There are two trains to Au/Sieg every hour. Most of the time there is an E-Train leaving platform number 4 or 5 at 19 minutes after the full hour. Plaese ask your station for further details. Get off the train at Au/Sieg and call the centre. We charge 2,50 € for one tour to the station.

    If you come from the South, you can choose between going to Köln or changing trains at Frankfurt, Gießen and Siegen, form where you will get to the other end of the railway-line to Au/Sieg. Once you arrive, call the centre.

  • If you come by airplane to KÖLN/BONN, take the Airport-Bus to Köln-Deutz or Köln HBF, and take the train from there as explained above.

    If you fly to Frankfurt, take the „S-Bahn“ to Frankfurt HBF and continue by train to Gießen, Siegen and Au/Sieg.

  • Now, if you come by car, please follow the detailed discriptions as given below:

    From the West (Paris, Belgium, England, Holland) go to Köln; there to the motorway-cross Köln-Ost and from there on the A 4 towards Olpe. Take the exit Reichshof/Bergneustadt. Follow signs Altenkirchen/Waldbröl. Pass through the villages of Denklingen and Hermesdorf. Where Hermesdorf ends, still before Waldbröl, turn to the left to Biebelshof. In Biebelshof turn to the left towards Erblingen /Holpe. In Erblingen turn to the right towards Rosbach. You will reach the village of Kohlberg where you go straight on to Diestelshausen, and after passing through a kilometer of dense forest, turn to the left to Halscheid, still before reaching the village of Hurst. If you come to Hurst or Rosbach, you went too far!

    From the North and East (Scandinavia, Poland, GUS) go to Dortmund, turn towards Köln und then to the A 45 towards Siegen and Frankfurt. Take the exit Drolshagen/Wegeringshausen and go from there to Bergneustadt. There turn to the left on the B 256 towards Altenkirchen/Waldbröl and continue as explained above.

    From the South (Italy, Switzerland, Austria, CSFR, and South of France) go to Frankfurt and continue on the A 3 towards Köln. Take the exit Limburg/Nord and continue on the B 8 to Altenkirchen. There turn to the B 256 towards Wissen. Near the village of Roth after passing through a pedestrian´s stairway, turn left to Etzbach/Fürthen/Oppertzau. You will come to a triangular crossing, where you turn to the right. Pass through a narrow subway, after which you turn to the left to Halscheid.

    From Bonn take the motorway to Siegburg and Hennef. Continue straight on the B 8 to the village of Weyerbusch. There turn to the left to Leischeid, where you have to turn left twice, following the sign to Rosbach. When reaching the little town of Rosbach, you will see the ALDI supermarket on your left side. There turn to the left of Hurst. Pass Hurst and then turn to the right to Halscheid.

  • In Halscheid go along the main street until you see the Tannenhof Inn, depending from where you come, on the left or right side. Across the street from the Inn, on the other side, you will find the street "Im Unterhof". Take this road, and after 30m turn to the right into the "Kuppenfeld", then to the left "Auf dem Kuppen" and go to the end of that road. On the left side you will find:
    THE MAHAMUDRA RETREAT CENTRE!!!
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