If you follow the stairs, you will come to the remains of the Roman aqueduct in ancient Cologne. You can sit down at the “Grüner Pütz” well and read more about the Roman aqueduct on an information board. There are also benches and tables for an extended rest.

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August 22, 2018

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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.

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July 3, 2021

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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

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

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