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Giesbach Stream – Pioneer Basin 3 (Former Gravel Pit) loop from Wahner Heide

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Giesbach Stream – Pioneer Basin 3 (Former Gravel Pit) loop from Wahner Heide

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Giesbach Stream – Pioneer Basin 3 (Former Gravel Pit) loop from Wahner Heide

01:25

5.50km

30m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

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Wahner Heide

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494 m

Tünnes und Schäl sign on the Köln Trail, Wahner Heide

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Along the Cologne Trail through the Wahner Heide (the second largest nature reserve in North Rhine-Westphalia), there are several of these Tünnes and Schäl signs (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCnnes_und_Sch%C3%A4l), which mean that the Wahner Heide should not be misused as a garbage dump.

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499 m

Kurtenwaldbach

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nice babbling brook in the NSG

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1.66 km

Giesbach Stream

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The Giesbach is a small, near-natural forest stream in the Königsforst forest east of Cologne.

Its source lies in the eastern Königsforst in the Rösrath/Forsbach area, where it is fed by several damp forest hollows.

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2.09 km

Giesbach in the Wahner Heide

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The Giesbach is a stream approximately 8.3 km long that rises in the Königsforst forest north of Forsbach at the eastern end of the Brück-Forsbacher-Weg trail.

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2.20 km

Bench with a view of Pionierbecken 3

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A spell that everyone should heed, someone scratched into the bank. "Do not make a capodd"!

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2.42 km

Pioneer Basin 3 (Former Gravel Pit)

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Pool 3 is a former gravel pit that has been filled with water and is now part of a nature conservation project. Sea cans grow here and rare dragonfly species find a favorable habitat there.

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2.45 km