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Bürgewald Forest

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Kerpen

Bürgewald Forest

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Bürgewald Forest

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Location: Kerpen, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Bürgewald Forest – Remains of the Old A4 Motorway loop from Heppendorf

13.0km

03:18

40m

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

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2. View of Sophienhöhe – Bürgewald Forest loop from Heppendorf

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3. View of Sophienhöhe – Bürgewald Forest loop from Heppendorf

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Roland

October 5, 2018

The Bürgewald was since the Middle Ages Imperial hunting-Bannwald, but was allowed to be shared by the neighboring 49 places. The deciduous tree population of this damp forest is composed mainly of oaks and hornbeams with winter lime trees.
The Hambacher Forst is the part of the Bürgewald, which is to be cleared by RWE in the course of lignite mining. He led until 1974, the name Bürgewald, like the adjacent forest area in the east (Bürgewald Steinheide), which is preserved in any case. For the first time, at a press conference held by RWE in 1974, it was called "Forst" and no longer "forest".
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerpener_Naturschutzgebiete
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambacher_Forst
goettinger-tageblatt.de/Nachrichten/Politik/Deutschland-Welt/Hambacher-Forst-oder-Wald-Sprache-entlarvt-die-Denkweise

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Location: Kerpen, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Bürgewald Forest

1. Bürgewald Forest – Remains of the Old A4 Motorway loop from Heppendorf

2. View of Sophienhöhe – Bürgewald Forest loop from Heppendorf

3. View of Sophienhöhe – Bürgewald Forest loop from Heppendorf

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