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North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Erftstadt

View from Glessener Höhe – Erft Cycle Path loop from Erftstadt

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Erftstadt

View from Glessener Höhe – Erft Cycle Path loop from Erftstadt

Moderate

4.0

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View from Glessener Höhe – Erft Cycle Path loop from Erftstadt

03:38

67.3km

330m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.82 km

Erft River near Brüggen

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Here the Erft will soon extend its course by 3km.

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8.11 km

Mündung Mühlengraben in die Erft

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Exciting when one river carries more water than the other.

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8.23 km

Weir on the Erft River

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Old dam wall, well preserved, passable by bike, but narrow and difficult if you have a child trailer with you.

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27.1 km

Königsdorfer Forst

Nature Reserve

32.3 km

View from Glessener Höhe

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Between 1955 and 1970, the Glessener Höhe was heaped up as an external landfill from the masses of the opencast mines north of the forest. On its recultivated slope edge, …

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38.2 km

Bridge Over the Brown Coal Railway

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Connection between Glessener Höhe and Abtsbusch

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46.7 km

Wald und Wiesenflächen zwischen Schloss Frens und Pliesmühle

Nature Reserve

50.2 km

Bürgerpark

Forest

50.7 km

Twin Arch Bridge

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We used to play here as children. We always called it the Twin Bridge.
I still remember how the rail bus ran here from Bergheim to Kerpen and Nörvenich.
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55.7 km

Erft Cycle Path

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Beautiful Erft Cycle Path

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61.5 km

Erft River

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We were walking on the Erftradweg. We liked it so much. The Erft and the Swist are small rivers that wind through meadows and meadows

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67.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.5 km

17.7 km

10.9 km

2.81 km

1.53 km

Surfaces

29.9 km

13.1 km

12.1 km

10.7 km

1.04 km

552 m

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Tuesday 26 May

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View from Glessener Höhe – Erft Cycle Path loop from Erftstadt

Erft River near Brüggen

Mündung Mühlengraben in die Erft

Weir on the Erft River

View from Glessener Höhe

Bridge Over the Brown Coal Railway

Twin Arch Bridge

Erft Cycle Path

Erft River

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