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Buntsandstein Trail Below the Cliffs (Rur Valley, Eifel)

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Buntsandstein Trail Below the Cliffs (Rur Valley, Eifel)

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Buntsandstein Trail Below the Cliffs (Rur Valley, Eifel)

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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Location: Nideggen, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. View of Nideggen Castle loop from Abenden

13.9km

04:15

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2. View of Nideggen Castle loop from Nideggen

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3. Bench by the Rur – Half-Timbered Houses in Blens loop from Zerkall

21.8km

06:23

560m

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Friedel 🏕

February 27, 2022

Rest area with two benches and box seat overlooking evenings

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Stephan N

June 28, 2024

Very beautiful rock formations!
The rust-red rock bastions along the valley slopes dominate the landscape in the Rur valley. But how did these impressive rock walls and towers come into being?
The rocks are made of rubble and sand that was formed by weathering in a hot, desert-like landscape in the early Mesozoic during the Triassic period, more precisely in the formation of the "Buntsandstein" around 240 million years ago. Weathering under tropical climatic conditions is also the reason for the red color of the rocks. In these deserts there were violent storms from time to time, which transported the sand and rubble masses via large rivers into depressions and deposited them there. During transport in the river, the larger stones were ground down into rounded pebbles. Today, embedded in the sand that has solidified over millions of years, they can be clearly seen in the rocks. In geology, these types of rocks are known as "conglomerates".
When the Eifel gradually rose millions of years later, having eroded into a low-lying plain, the larger rivers, such as the Rur, cut deeper and deeper into the sedimentary rocks, particularly during the ice ages, thus exposing the rock formations that can be seen today.
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Gaby

June 11, 2023

Great nature trail until evenings. I can only recommend

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Downhill 80 m

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Location: Nideggen, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Buntsandstein Trail Below the Cliffs (Rur Valley, Eifel)

1. View of Nideggen Castle loop from Abenden

2. View of Nideggen Castle loop from Nideggen

3. Bench by the Rur – Half-Timbered Houses in Blens loop from Zerkall

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