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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Bergisches Land

Alder Swamp Forest (Eller Forst Nature Reserve)

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Bergisches Land

Alder Swamp Forest (Eller Forst Nature Reserve)

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Alder Swamp Forest (Eller Forst Nature Reserve)

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

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Angelina Kuhlmann

February 7, 2022

Hiking

The Eller Forest was declared a nature reserve (NSG) as early as 1935, making it the oldest NSG in the city of Düsseldorf. What was a vast wetland hundreds of years ago is still home to a number of bird species that breed there. AAs a hiker you can go there through the beautiful forest area where you will find many bridges. From them you can throw great views of the wet meadows. A great natural area on the outskirts of Düsseldorf.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

December 16, 2019

Hiking

The whole area tells us that this is an area that was purely marshy in the past.

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

June 7, 2021

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In the interior of the Eller Forest, special forest forms - the so-called alder swamp forests - have been preserved on marshy soil. It is known from old records that …

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