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Gierather Forest Nature Reserve – Gierather Wald Nature Reserve loop from Thurn

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Gierather Forest Nature Reserve – Gierather Wald Nature Reserve loop from Thurn

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Gierather Forest Nature Reserve – Gierather Wald Nature Reserve loop from Thurn

02:34

9.90km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 29, 2025

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135 m

Thielenbruch Forest and Stream

Highlight • Forest

A great piece of nature on the outskirts of Cologne

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437 m

Thielenbruch

Forest

1.84 km

Gierather Forest Nature Reserve

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The Gierather Forest is a forest area crossed by meandering streams and has large wetlands with peat moss. In accordance with the natural conditions, this forest area is mainly composed …

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2.47 km

Hasselbachteich in Gierather Wald

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The Gierather Forest is a particularly important nature reserve. In the middle is the Hasselbachteich with its grass frogs.

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8.37 km

Gierather Forest Nature Reserve

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The Gierather Forest nature reserve attempts to permanently protect the typical deciduous forest areas, through which natural streams flow, and larger wet areas rich in peat and moss, as well …

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8.85 km

Gierath Mill

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The oldest document on a mill on the Strunde in Bergisch Gladbach is from 1345. It describes that the Cologne priest Jakob Keye sold the survivors of Hermann von Gierath, …

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9.06 km

Confluence of Strunde and Umbach

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The round rises from the general view of a karst spring about 100 meters northeast of the Herrenstrundener parish church.

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9.33 km

Umbach Trail in the Thielenbruch Nature Reserve

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A beautiful hiking section along the stream on narrow paths

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9.90 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.00 km

1.92 km

1.80 km

615 m

396 m

139 m

Surfaces

3.17 km

2.76 km

2.01 km

930 m

861 m

139 m

Elevation

Weather

Monday 2 February

5°C

1°C

88 %

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Gierather Forest Nature Reserve – Gierather Wald Nature Reserve loop from Thurn

Thielenbruch Forest and Stream

Gierather Forest Nature Reserve

Hasselbachteich in Gierather Wald

Gierather Forest Nature Reserve

Gierath Mill

Confluence of Strunde and Umbach

Umbach Trail in the Thielenbruch Nature Reserve

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