ニデッゲンの洞窟・トップ20

Very beautiful view over the valley of the Nideggener Bach, to the other side with the village of Nideggen and the castle situated on the mountain spur.

Very beautiful view from the Riesentor viewpoint over the valley of the Nideggener Bach, to the other side with the village of Nideggen and the castle located on the mountain spur.

Beautiful old houses on the bike path 👍👌

Beautiful little town with many half-timbered houses.

History On July 1, 1969, Kommern was incorporated into Veytal. Before this incorporation, Kommern was an independent municipality that took on its current form under the long-time municipal director Norbert Leduc (in office from 1953 to 1969): In 1958, Kommern was chosen as the site of the Rhenish Open-Air Museum. Since the 1960s, Kommern has been a climatic health resort. The Mühlensee lake also dates from this period. It dams the Bleibach stream in the form of a small reservoir. This allows the lead sludge that the stream brings from the lead mine where it originates to settle harmlessly. Previously, the stream flooded the meadows along its banks in the spring, which regularly caused livestock to become ill due to the lead content of the grass. On 1 January 1972, the municipality of Veytal (with the exception of the district of Schwerfen, which became part of the town of Zülpich) was incorporated into the municipality (now the town) of Mechernich.

In addition to the many events, the castle also has a history. Experts consider it to be the best preserved moated castle in the Rhineland in its original structure, a gem of Rhenish castle building and a monument to aristocratic culture and way of life. Setzvey Castle is a typical moated castle, such as those built by the ministerial nobility in the 14th and 15th centuries in the lowlands, while the high nobility built hilltop castles that were difficult to conquer. The lack of a mountain as a natural obstacle for attackers had to be replaced by moats that were difficult to overcome. For this reason, moated castles were usually built on two islands and were almost always located near a stream that supplied the moats with water. The more heavily fortified main castle was therefore additionally protected by the outer castle on the second island.

Heimbach, with 4,500 inhabitants the second smallest town in North Rhine-Westphalia, is located in the Rureifel in the Eifel National Park. There is a lot to discover around the town of Heimbach. In 1959, Heimbach received city rights due to its historical past. Through the connection to the railway network and the construction of the Urfttalsperre in 1903 and 1904, Heimbach gradually became a center of tourism in the North Eifel.

Seen from several sides during the walk