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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen
Blankenheim

View of Ripsdorf and the surrounding meadows

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen
Blankenheim

View of Ripsdorf and the surrounding meadows

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View of Ripsdorf and the surrounding meadows

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    Location: Blankenheim, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    1. Kalvarienberg Trail (Alendorf) loop from Ripsdorf

    13.6km

    03:48

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

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    2. Lampertstal Nature Reserve – Lampertstal loop from Ripsdorf

    13.8km

    03:47

    220m

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

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    3. Lampertstal – Kalvarienberg Trail (Alendorf) loop from Ripsdorf

    7.64km

    02:07

    130m

    130m

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

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    June 18, 2022

    From here you have a beautiful view of Ripsdorf, the destination of our hike on the Eifel trail "Tuscany of the Eifel".

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      September 6, 2021

      From here has my nice overview of Ripsdorf.
      About the place itself: Ripsdorf was built on the site of a Roman estate. Graves from the Merovingian period bear witness to this early Frankish settlement. Ripsdorf was first mentioned in documents when it was handed over to an ancestor of the Counts of Are in 1121. The village of Ripesdorp at that time already had a parish church, the patronage of which lay with Steinfeld Abbey. 1203 one finds the name Rypstorf, 1316 then Rypstorp and in the 15th century Rüpstorp. Gerhard von Loen, Lord of Jülich and Count of Blankenheim, bought Ripsdorf in 1457.

      The property, with the exception of Vellerhof, remained in the hands of the Dukes of Jülich until 1725. Through an exchange with Bleibuir, it then came to the House of Manderscheid-Blankenheim, to which it belonged until the French Revolution. In the 16th century, the Metternich family was enfeoffed with goods in Ripsdorf. When Ripsdorf was under French rule, it belonged to the Mairie Dollendorf in the canton of Blankenheim. The castle house of the Lords of Ripsdorf, mentioned as early as the 13th century, perished early.

      On July 1, 1969, Ripsdorf was incorporated into Blankenheim.

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        August 19, 2023

        Again and again there are far-reaching views in all directions behind Ripsdorf, often of juniper bushes.

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          Location: Blankenheim, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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