Rheindeich Laar

Very well maintained bike path on the Rhine dam / dike with great views.

The name Laar probably goes back to hlar, which means "pasture ground". Laar (by Lare teghen Hombergh) was first mentioned in 1280 in a (lost) certificate of the Abbey Hamborn, which handles the fishing rights. The second oldest document of 1282 deals with the ownership, which until then had been with Mechthild von Holten, who sold the farm Laar in Amte Beeck but then to the monastery of the Cistercians in Sterkrade.

Scuttled foot / bike path on the dike. In good weather relatively full, in bad weather many puddles ...

Beautiful view of the allotments behind the dike and steel mill Thyssenkrupp. The dike is here with 10 m extremely high due to subsidence.

It was a bit chilly when we were there, but in summer this is definitely top.

Dike with cycle path along the water.