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Iron Man (Kottenforst)

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Cologne District

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Swisttal

Iron Man (Kottenforst)

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Iron Man (Kottenforst)

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Location: Swisttal, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Iron Man (Kottenforst) – Swistbach Cycle Path loop from Meckenheim

34.7km

02:12

100m

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2. Iron Man (Kottenforst) – Kottenforst Station loop from Bonn-Bad Godesberg

50.2km

03:14

260m

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3. Swistbach Cycle Path – Eiserner Mann (Kottenforst) loop from Roisdorf

43.9km

03:01

220m

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happy_sonnenschein

July 22, 2017

Several forest and hiking trails intersect at the Eiserner Mann, making it a popular meeting point. In addition, there is seating and a shelter in its immediate vicinity, making it an ideal resting place.

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B&U

April 24, 2018

The Iron Man is an iron stele that protrudes about 1.20 m from the ground and measures 15 x 15 cm, which emerged from the ground in the Kottenforst on a larger road junction north of Buschhoven and east of Dünstekoven in the municipality of Swisttal in North Rhine-Westphalia protrudes.
It is 2.18 m long in total. It is believed to be a measuring point, a boundary marking or a memorial. Rumor has it that its origins go back to Roman times and the construction of the Roman Eifel aqueduct running through Buschhoven. The stele was first mentioned in 1625, and it may have been moved again in 1727. A study from 1978 indicates that it is charcoal pig iron that was poured into an open gutter in the form of bars.
The nearby fireplace and the refuge are very popular.
Source: nrw-live.de/der-eiserne-mann-in-swisttal

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B&U

October 15, 2017

It has been standing in the middle of the Kottenforst forest, about 8 km above Roisdorf, at the crossroads of five forest paths since time immemorial: an inconspicuous iron post, a little more than a meter high, which, however, miraculously does not rust and is apparently so deep in the earth that he cannot even be pulled out of the ground with a powerful tractor - as has been attempted. There are legends about him, who is respectfully called the "Isere Mann" (Iron Man) by the population of the villages around the Kottenforst.
Source: heimatfreunde-roisdorf.com/landschaft/der-eiserne-mann-im-kottenforst/index.html

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Location: Swisttal, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Iron Man (Kottenforst)

1. Iron Man (Kottenforst) – Swistbach Cycle Path loop from Meckenheim

2. Iron Man (Kottenforst) – Kottenforst Station loop from Bonn-Bad Godesberg

3. Swistbach Cycle Path – Eiserner Mann (Kottenforst) loop from Roisdorf

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