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Beautiful hiking trail, very idyllic.

The climb behind the Vischelbach valley is overgrown in the upper part. Here, you must look for an alternative.

It's really beautiful, unfortunately a construction site: no water, no complete circuit because of dam work

The trail itself is beautiful, but you are constantly slowed down by fallen trees.

02.2025 Lots of mud and fallen trees, better to avoid by road/path

The Iron Man is an iron stele that protrudes approximately 1.20 m from the ground and measures 15 x 15 cm. It is 2.18 m long in total, with the buried end being T-shaped to ensure better anchoring in the ground. It is believed to be a surveying point, a boundary marker, or a memorial. The stele was first mentioned in documents in 1625 and for a long time served as a landmark for the border between the communities of Heimerzheim and Alfter. A 1978 investigation indicates that it is made of charcoal pig iron that was poured into an open earth trough in the form of an ingot. This is a technique that was used in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, but not yet in Roman times. The precise alignment of the line of sight from Augustusburg Palace in Brühl and its baroque garden to the Iron Man is remarkable. The Iron Man may have been relocated in 1727, when a new trail system for par force hunting was also being created in the Kottenforst forest. Several forest and hiking trails intersect at the Iron Man. The Roman Eifel aqueduct to Cologne also runs nearby. It is a popular meeting and resting place. Seating and a shelter are located in its immediate vicinity. Source: Wikipedia

Or a beautiful descent to the “Bridge of Death”. 🤔

Very nice, not too difficult trail.