メッケンハイムのおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

Yes, it's useful—or, if you prefer that word, practical—to know a hiking parking lot as a starting point for your tour, or to find it here in the komoot system when planning. However, I personally imagine something more beautiful as a true "highlight" that would actually deserve the name, especially since the forest chapel located here, which is worth seeing, is listed as a standalone highlight in the komoot system. See =>> https://www.komoot.com/de-de/highlight/180096

From and around the Tomburg: a magnificent view of a diverse settlement, culture, and landscape area, from the Ville and Börden landscape in the west, across the 'Middle Rhine Gate', where the Rhine Valley widens, to the Siebengebirge on the horizon, and further into the Wachtberg region with Landskron Castle in the south. 😎👌

Sit comfortably and enjoy the wonderful view.

This striking tree is a feast for the eyes

"The stream originates as the Gräbbach on the eastern outskirts of Todenfeld in the Voreifel region at an elevation of 357 m above sea level. From here, it flows predominantly northward. Shortly below the parking lot at the forest chapel, the stream divides into an eastern branch (Eulenbach) and a western branch (Gräbbach). The Cistercian monks of Himmerod probably had the branch dug in the 13th century to power mills with this water. After crossing the Rheinbach urban area, the two stream branches merge again in the northeastern section of the bypass road (Bundesstraße 266). From here, the stream is called Eulenbach. Before this, the western branch (Gräbbach) takes in the Stiefelsbach, which also flows northward, on the left bank of the city park on the southern outskirts of Rheinbach. After crossing under the Bundesstraße 266 and the Bundesautobahn 61, the stream flows The Eulenbach continues north and passes Ramershoven. A few hundred meters before its own confluence, the Eulenbach joins the Hochbach. The stream then flows into the Swist on the left bank at the southern edge of Morenhoven at 146 m above sea level. Before its confluence, the Eulenbach used to flow parallel to the Swist for about a kilometer further west, flowing only shortly before the Wallbach. The original course can be traced along the largely still existing streambed. As part of the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, numerous measures are to be taken with the aim of achieving a more natural design and natural development, especially along its course north of Rheinbach. South of Rheinbach, above and below the Waldkapelle (forest chapel), the stream feeds several ponds, such as the Alten Weiher (Old Ponds) and the Pilgerpfadsweiher (pilgrim's path ponds), which are of great importance for local recreation. However, the latter have been in poor condition for some time. This is due not only to dilapidated dams but also, above all, to the droughts of recent years and their associated droughts. Water shortages, silting, and silting up. However, remediation is proving difficult because, in addition to the remediation costs, the special protection status of the Rheinbach municipal forest as a Natura 2000 area under the European Fauna-Flora-Habitat (FFH) Directive must be taken into account. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulenbach_(Swist)

Quiet road through fields

Beer garden Kottenforst train station

Hardly possible to walk, lots of mud and bushes in the way.