Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein (SGV)

The A8-Odenthal hiking trail is a little over 9 kilometers long and is located very close to the Altenberg fairytale forest. The tour is suitable for anyone who is a good walker and has enough fitness to climb and descend about 140 meters in altitude. In addition to well-worn hiking boots, weather-appropriate

The Odenthal high route is almost 28 kilometers long and should only be hiked in one go by people who are in good shape. You should plan on a hiking time of around seven to eight hours. Hiking equipment includes well-worn hiking boots and weatherproof clothing. You should also have a well-packed hiking

The hiking tour from Altena to the Dechenhöhle is a 17-kilometer one-way tour through the Märkischer Kreis. Experienced hikers with average fitness will need around 5 hours of hiking time. When planning your day, you should also factor in the possible return transfer to the start.

The Trupbacher Heide track is a little over 13 kilometers long and takes you to the Heiden and Magerrasen Trupbach nature reserve. The route is not flat, but is characterized by many ups and downs. Plan at least four hours of pure hiking time, plus any breaks or refreshment stops.

The SGV hiking trail Girkhausen is a little over 11 km long and is well marked with black and white G9 signs. The hiking area is located north of the district of Girkhausen, which belongs to the small town of Bad Berleburg in the southeast of Westphalia. The village has only 900 inhabitants and is located

The SGV Girkhausen G11 hiking trail takes you through the Bergland Wittgenstein nature reserve for a good twelve kilometers. You start in Girkhausen at the Seifen hiking sign and hike via Hallohr, the Grenzweg, the Osterkopf, the Femegericht Freier Stuhl/Sieben Ahorn, the Baukopf and via the Fuchsloch

Solingen is the only city in the world that is protected by trademark law, and has been since 1938. Almost ten years earlier, the new city of Solingen was created through the merger of Solingen, Gräfrath, Höhscheid, Ohligs and Wald. The Sauerland Mountain Association (SGV) took this as an opportunity

If you really want to experience the many facets of the Bergisches Land, you can hike the Bergisches Weg, which runs from the Ruhr in the north through the Bergisches Land down to the Siegtal and then adds a little something to it and finally up to the Drachenfels (321m). in the Siebengebirge, probably

Friedrich Harkort was what is called an entrepreneur. Busy, restless, willing to take risks, driven by ideas. He was less interested in money than in changing the world. Harkort is rightly considered the father of the Ruhr area. Without his commitment to developing the infrastructure in the Ruhr area

Bison is not only found in the USA, but also in Europe. Then they are usually not called bison, but are called wisent. The animals weigh almost a ton and are the heaviest land mammals that are native to Europe. And the first wild bison in Germany for over a hundred years live on the Rothaarsteig, more