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Hindenburg Gate

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Kreis Düren

Nideggen

Hindenburg Gate

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Hindenburg Gate

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Location: Nideggen, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Nideggen Castle – Hindenburg Gate loop from Nideggen

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2. Hindenburgtor – View of the Nideggen Cliffs loop from Nideggen

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3. Hindenburg Gate – Nideggen Castle loop from Zerkall

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Silke mit Yuna & Yomi

October 31, 2015

The Hindenburg Gate is a colorful sandstone rock. The rock was created in the Triassic during the period of Buntsandstein about 220 million years ago from rubble and sand. The rivers that flow into the basins from the mountains brought with them sand, gravel and clay fragments. At that time, medium-sized sandstones as well as piles of various sizes were deposited in a depression, which, after solidification, form today's conglomerate. The sand came from a mountain range in today's central France and was deposited and solidified in the Eifel area. The rock is predominantly red in color. Locally, however, the dyeings go from gruesome to black. The formation of the rock can be thought of as having been washed down by heavy rainfall debris from the hills into the valley - into a depression - and leveled there.

The Eifelverein, Ortsgruppe Nideggen, decided in the meeting on 24.03.1918 the following: "Enthusiasm awakened the suggestion of the chairman, a rock group in the jungholz, a giant gate as towed by Cyklopenhänden, Hindenburgtor to call and so our greatest general a natural monument to dedicate, as it might hardly be found more beautiful and mighty in German lands. "

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Dirk B.

November 1, 2015

Hindenburg Gate on Buntsandsteinroute near Nideggen .... great route with a very nice view ... highly recommended!

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Oliver🌍

April 18, 2020

This highlight is a bit off the main path, if you are not careful you can walk past it

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Location: Nideggen, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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