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Westwall Trail

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Städteregion Aachen

Simmerath

Westwall Trail

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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. Shelter and Stream Crossing – Kranzbruch Nature Reserve loop from Eicherscheid

13.6km

03:41

190m

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

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2. Kranzbruch Nature Reserve – Shelter and Stream Crossing loop from Konzen

12.8km

03:28

170m

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

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3. Old stone bridge on the Kall loop from Simmerath

10.2km

02:44

120m

Intermediate 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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Distance 1.23 km

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 20 m

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

Westwall Trail

1. Shelter and Stream Crossing – Kranzbruch Nature Reserve loop from Eicherscheid

2. Kranzbruch Nature Reserve – Shelter and Stream Crossing loop from Konzen

3. Old stone bridge on the Kall loop from Simmerath

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