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Westwall Trail

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Städteregion Aachen

Simmerath

Westwall Trail

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Westwall Trail

Recommended by 446 hikers out of 461

This Highlight goes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Location: Simmerath, Städteregion Aachen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Belgenbach Valley Bridge – Shelter and Stream Crossing loop from Eicherscheid

13.7km

03:43

190m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Wooden Bridge to Hexenplatz – Shelter and Stream Crossing loop from Konzen

12.9km

03:28

170m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Hiking loop from Simmerath

10.1km

02:43

120m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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February 5, 2018

The Westwall, also known as the Siegfried Line by the Western Allies, was a military defensive system distributed along the western border of the German Reich over more than 630 km, consisting of over 18,000 bunkers, tunnels and countless trenches and moats Tank Barriers existed. It ran from Kleve on the Dutch border in the south to Grenzach-Wyhlen on the Swiss border.

Hitler had the plant, which had military and propagandistic value, plan from 1936 and build between 1938 and 1940. Shortly before that, in the occupation of the Rhineland on March 7, 1936, contrary to the conditions laid down in the Treaty of Versailles, he had the territories demilitarized by the Empire demarcated by the consequences of the First World War occupied by Wehrmacht troops on both sides of the Rhine.

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Nieres

May 30, 2020

The Kranzbruch is a nature reserve between Simmerath and Konzen.
Formerly a fens and bog forest area, it was drained and planted with spruces in the 19th century, so that the typical fens vegetation disappeared. A few years ago, the area was renaturalized by closing drainage ditches and removing spruce forests so that the original vegetation could prevail.

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Silke mit Yuna & Yomi

July 24, 2016

On a narrow bridge of concrete, you walk along relics of the old west wall.

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Gerda

June 8, 2020

Very impressive. The memories of many of our parents' stories came

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January 14, 2018

Interesting way - both historically and through the varied nature!

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Nieres

May 30, 2020

Again, the memory of bad times and the struggle of nature against these concrete monsters. Again, please be careful, very boggy ground.

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Gerda

June 8, 2020

Very impressive for us., Many stories of our parents in mind

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R.Bungartz

November 14, 2020

A path full of living history around Simmerath.

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R.Bungartz

November 14, 2020

On one side of the Westwall hiking trail, the 80-year-old reinforced concrete cusp line, on the other, the beautiful nature of the NSG Kranzbruch. Opposites can hardly be greater!

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R.Bungartz

November 14, 2020

Interesting hiking trail that keeps the memory of a piece of bad German history alive.

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January 15, 2018

The Westwall is both a piece of history and a memorial.
The trail on the Westwall is worthwhile, as it leads through beautiful nature and in bad weather even keep your feet dry ...

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Gerda

June 15, 2020

A completely different hiking area in the Venn

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Renate

September 6, 2019

A very special trail ... always nice to go. Highly recommended for children, because it is more exciting than a normal way.

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Caro Caramba 🚵🏼‍♀️

June 19, 2020

A piece of history and a completely different hiking trail

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Naturliebhabär 🐻🚶🚴🏼‍♂️🏃

December 22, 2021

Walking on the wall requires a bit of attention. If you miss it or are careless, it can go half a meter down. So always be careful.

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Yvonne Bartz

October 11, 2017

Slippery but one of the few pieces that are so long and so well preserved and walkable.

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January 14, 2018

Historically relevant - even if now partially overgrown and / or overgrown with moss.

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HerrBertAC

April 9, 2020

A highlight in every season, possibly very slippery when it rains

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Timo goe

June 11, 2020

Very well preserved cusp line, mostly you very beautiful preserved biotopes

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Didi Schroeder

September 7, 2020

Absolutely interesting, these relics from a terrible time

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Frank

April 28, 2020

The wide view of the Venn landscape around Simmerath. Experience how nature spreads in the cusp line and takes it in for itself. Experience the calm.

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Michelle

June 7, 2020

Although these relics have a very sad and bad background, it is a very peaceful place.

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R.Bungartz

November 14, 2020

The Siegfried Line was completed in a record time of around 15 months by 1939. It stretched in the north from Kleve on the Dutch border to Weil am Rhein on the border with Switzerland for a length of 630 kilometers. A total of eight million tons of cement, 1.2 million tons of iron and more than 20 million cubic meters of gravel and sand were used. Source: dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/der-zweite-weltkrieg/kriegsgeschichte/westwall.html

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Vedat Kazanc

June 4, 2020

Absolutely insane ... hammer ...

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Distance 1.23 km

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 20 m

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Location: Simmerath, Städteregion Aachen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Westwall Trail

1. Belgenbach Valley Bridge – Shelter and Stream Crossing loop from Eicherscheid

2. Wooden Bridge to Hexenplatz – Shelter and Stream Crossing loop from Konzen

3. Hiking loop from Simmerath

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