Name: Murmelbach Pond Heckinghausen
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1. Viewpoint over the Vorwerk pond – Murmelbach Stream loop from Heckinghausen

5.74km

01:38

140m

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2. Murmelbach Stream – Murmelbach Valley loop from Lichtenplatz

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01:54

130m

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3. Murmelbach Stream – Murmelbach Pond loop from Wuppertal-Oberbarmen

12.7km

03:36

270m

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

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Siggi

August 29, 2020

Very nice introduction to a hike through the Murmelbachtal.

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

July 3, 2021

The approximately 3.6 km long Murmelbach, also called Marper Bach, rises at 287 altitude in the old Marpe farm near Lichtscheid on the edge of the former training area Scharpenacken. Shortly after its source, it is dammed in a chain of ponds, some of which are part of the Vorwerk Park. It flows on the edge of the Barmer plants through the Murmelbachtal, gives the old pilgrim's home Murmelbachtal its name at the foot of the Scharpenacker mountain and disappears shortly afterwards in an approx. 800 m long doldrums in which it crosses the Wuppertal district of Heckinghausen. At the Heckinghauser Zollbrücke it flows into the Wupper, only stepping once more to the surface.

From its source to the last reservoir, the stream is designated as a nature reserve with an area of 16 hectares. Protection took place

for the preservation and development of communities and habitats of wild plants and wild animal species

to maintain the ponds and the natural stream

because of its importance for amphibians, water birds, butterflies and reptiles,

because of its well-developed plant communities

because of the well-developed biotope complex

because of the valuable alluvial forest and the valuable Bachaue

In the long term, it is planned to redesign the entire Murmelbach in a natural way, to dismantle the pipework and to drain the artificially created ponds. Because the continuity of the Murmelbach is of great importance for the structure of the water and the flora and fauna.

Source: wuppertals-gruene-anlagen.de/naturerlebnisse/murmelbachtal

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

Murmelbach Pond Heckinghausen

1. Viewpoint over the Vorwerk pond – Murmelbach Stream loop from Heckinghausen

2. Murmelbach Stream – Murmelbach Valley loop from Lichtenplatz

3. Murmelbach Stream – Murmelbach Pond loop from Wuppertal-Oberbarmen

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