Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Discover

Places to see

Natural Monuments

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

Nettersheim

Grüner Pütz Roman Springhead

Discover

Places to see

Natural Monuments

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

Nettersheim

Grüner Pütz Roman Springhead

Highlight • Historical Site

Grüner Pütz Roman Springhead

Recommended by 470 hikers out of 499

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Save

Location: Nettersheim, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Grüner Pütz Roman Springhead

4.8

(78)

387

hikers

1. Grüner Pütz Roman Springhead – Gillesbach Bridge Crossing loop from Nettersheim

16.7km

04:38

310m

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

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

4.6

(67)

277

hikers

2. Grüner Pütz Roman Springhead – Achenloch Cave loop from Waldhof

10.1km

02:39

80m

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

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

4.8

(24)

120

hikers

3. Entrance to Steinfeld Abbey – Steinfeld Abbey loop from Nettersheim

19.1km

05:15

300m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Expert

Tips

Elmi unterwegs 😎

August 22, 2018

The facility is known as the "Green Pütz". This is the field designation of a valley meadow in the Urft valley in the district of Nettersheim. There you will find one of the source tappings of the Roman Eifel water pipeline, with which ancient Cologne was supplied with fresh (highly calcareous) drinking water from the Eifel. The source and channel are partially working again today. However, the water does not flow to Cologne, but into the Urft.

Translated by Google •

R.Bungartz

July 3, 2021

The Green Pütz is one of the spring taps of the Roman Eifel aqueduct that supplied the Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, ancient Cologne, with drinking water. The Mechernich mountain official C. A. Eick proved in the middle of the 19th century archaeologically that the Green Pütz was the outermost point of the Eifel aqueduct. The source catchment and the adjoining canal up to the railway embankment are now in operation again. However, the water flows behind the embankment, i.e. H. still in the valley, in the Urft. Source: Wikipedia

Translated by Google •

PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

June 11, 2018

The oldest known example of water production in the Eifel is the Roman water pipe from Nettersheim to Cologne.
This 95.4 km long water pipe was one of the longest long water pipes in the Roman Empire.
It was a top achievement in Roman engineering and supplied Roman Cologne with good quality water from the Eifel from the 1st to the 3rd centuries.
Their daily output was up to 20,000 cubic meters. The water emerges from Middle Devonian dolomite and is collected in the so-called Roman spring in the Urft valley north of Nettersheim.

The water pipe to Cologne, also called the "Roman Canal", is mainly made of natural stone (sandstone, limestone, dolomite) and has a cross-section of 80 x 50 cm, the upper part almost always being vaulted. This Roman water pipe was in operation for around 190 years. Then one of the largest institutions of urban infrastructure north of the Alps had had its day.

During the major Franconian attack on the Roman Rhineland in the 2nd half of the 3rd century, the Eifel water pipe was also destroyed. In late antiquity, this grandiose supply facility was not put back into operation by the Romans and was therefore left to decay.

from: "Geological forays" by Wolfgang Spielmann, published by Rhein-Mosel-Verlag

Translated by Google •

Details

Informations

Elevation 420 m

Weather

Today

Saturday 25 October

8°C

3°C

100 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 27.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Nettersheim, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Roman Eifel Aqueduct (Römerkanal) – Exposed Section

Gate to the Cow Meadow

Kakushöhle and Kartstein Cliffs

Historic Lime Kilns Nettersheim

Stainless Steel Sculptures in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Urft Recreation, Barbecue, and Playground Area

Summit Cross on Eulenberg

Wild Garlic Field in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Fossil Field (Fossilienacker) – Coral Fossil Site

View of Weyer and the Northern Eifel

Gletscher Trail (Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel)

Forest Path with View of the Urft Valley

Grüner Pütz Roman Springhead

1. Grüner Pütz Roman Springhead – Gillesbach Bridge Crossing loop from Nettersheim

2. Grüner Pütz Roman Springhead – Achenloch Cave loop from Waldhof

3. Entrance to Steinfeld Abbey – Steinfeld Abbey loop from Nettersheim

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️