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Boardwalk Through Bragphenn Raised Bog

Boardwalk Through Bragphenn Raised Bog

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Boardwalk Through Bragphenn Raised Bog

Recommended by 114 hikers out of 116

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Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Location: Ormont, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Die_Ute

September 17, 2021

The wooden walkway leads you cleanly and safely through the Bragphenn high moor. The Bragphenn south of Ormont is a saddle rain high moor, which was probably formed 7000 years ago and whose sensitive wet areas can be passed over a footbridge. Peat used to be extracted there.
Numerous rare and interesting plants thrive in the small moor, from the Atlantic bell heather, cranberry, orchid, swamp blood-eye to sundew, from pointed rush to spotted orchid.
The moor and the meadow landscape around it are already an experience - but a very special and unusual magic emanates from the small forest that is located in the middle: It is a stock of Carpathian birch that grows in the
In the course of their lives not only change their color, but also form strangely twisted stems. As if they had no desire to grow up in a straight line.

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R.Bungartz

January 21, 2023

Almost like in the High Fens in Belgium, we walk here on a beautiful wooden footbridge through the high moor near Ormont. The Bragphenn is definitely a worthwhile hiking destination.

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Hannah

March 21, 2021

Fairytale setting. Definitely worth a visit!

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