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Wayside Cross in Stockum

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Ruppichteroth

Wayside Cross in Stockum

Recommended by 23 hikers out of 24

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Bergisches Land

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Location: Ruppichteroth, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Derenbach Stream loop from Bröl

21.7km

06:37

640m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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2. Village Square of Winterscheid – Derenbach Stream loop from Bröl

13.7km

03:54

280m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. View of Stockum – Bench With View of the Meadow loop from Honscheid

7.50km

02:02

100m

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

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JakobusPilger

June 1, 2025

During the Stations of the Cross meditation in the year 2000 in the Colosseum in Rome, Pope John Paul II expressed the following thoughts, which may also be of interest to those passing by here in front of this wayside cross, rising in Gothic form:
"Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?" (Luke 24:26). At the end of the traditional Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum, we ask ourselves the same question. (...) Dear sisters and brothers! The people of today need an encounter with the crucified and risen Jesus! Who, if not the divinely condemned One, can fully understand the suffering of the one who is unjustly condemned? Who, if not the mocked and humiliated King, can answer the expectations of the many men and women who are without hope and degraded? Who, if not the crucified Son of God, can understand the pain and abandonment of the many people who despair of life because they have no future ahead of them? (Pope John Paul II)

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Elevation 270 m

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Location: Ruppichteroth, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Wayside Cross in Stockum

1. Derenbach Stream loop from Bröl

2. Village Square of Winterscheid – Derenbach Stream loop from Bröl

3. View of Stockum – Bench With View of the Meadow loop from Honscheid

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