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Ohligser Heide Nature Reserve

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Ohligser Heide Nature Reserve

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Ohligser Heide Nature Reserve

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Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Pond in the Ohligser Heide – Three-island pond with a bird's eye view loop from Kalstert

7.15km

01:51

40m

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2. Ohligser Heide Nature Reserve – Pond in the Ohligser Heide loop from Kalstert

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3. Ohligser Heide Nature Reserve – Waldhof Hackhausen loop from O-Quartier

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02:09

60m

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

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Sandra Schwabach

November 16, 2024

The Ohligser Heide is, as the name suggests, a very beautiful moor and heathland area in which rare plant and animal species can be found. Information boards in the nature reserve provide information about this.
There are many flat hiking trails through the Ohligser Heide, some of which are also suitable for cycling. The Engelsberger Hof park is a large playground for children. In summer you can also visit the Heide outdoor swimming pool (Heidebad).

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ZEIT WISSEN Podcast

April 12, 2017

The Neanderthal, world-famous by its first inhabitants, is named after the pastor and church composer Joachim Neander, who lived here in the 17th century. He had no idea who the earth was once populated by. And not in the dream he would have come to the fact that the first human species that would be discovered next to our own, would just bear his name: Homo neanderthalensis, short Neanderthals. Neander was Rector of the Latin School in Dusseldorf and loved the valley of the river Düssel. In the deep, quiet ravine between Mettmann and Dusseldorf he walked, composed songs, held services. He belonged to the valley like the river that dug it. And so people called the valley no longer Düsseldal, but Neandertal. The most important localities, the grazing primeval horses and the museum (neanderthal.de) are easy to explore in a few hours. If you want to see more of the area, start in the beautiful Ohligser Heide and wanders through human traces of various eras to the Neanderthals, with whom everything began.

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Distance 515 m

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 10 m

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Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Ohligser Heide Nature Reserve

1. Pond in the Ohligser Heide – Three-island pond with a bird's eye view loop from Kalstert

2. Ohligser Heide Nature Reserve – Pond in the Ohligser Heide loop from Kalstert

3. Ohligser Heide Nature Reserve – Waldhof Hackhausen loop from O-Quartier

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