Bridge & Ford over the Dhünn – Small fish pond loop from Purder Bachtal

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Wermelskirchen

Bridge & Ford over the Dhünn – Small fish pond loop from Purder Bachtal

Moderate

4.5

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Bridge & Ford over the Dhünn – Small fish pond loop from Purder Bachtal

04:08

14.9km

260m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 6, 2026

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Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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564 m

Purderbach Valley

Highlight • Forest

A wild - romantic path, sometimes with grazing cattle.

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3.01 km

Purder Mill

Highlight • Historical Site

... invites you to linger ... 👍👍👍

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3.60 km

Purder Bachtal Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

You can go hiking there wonderfully. A beautiful area.

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9.91 km

Purder Brook

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Very nice area, dogs can go to the stream almost any time.

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12.6 km

Purder Bachtal

Nature Reserve

13.5 km

Große Dhünn and Purder Bach Meadows

Highlight • Natural

"... Das Naturschutzgebiet Purder Bachtal und Nebenbäche liegt auf dem Gebiet der Stadt Hückeswagen im Oberbergischen Kreis.
Das etwa 85,5 ha große Gebiet, das im Jahr 2006 unter Naturschutz gestellt …

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13.6 km

Bridge & Ford over the Dhünn

Highlight • River

beautiful paths in the valley of the Great Dhünn

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14.1 km

Small fish pond

Highlight • Lake

Pretty pond in an idyllic landscape. Beautiful to look at.

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14.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.2 km

1.32 km

260 m

156 m

Surfaces

10.5 km

2.03 km

1.26 km

667 m

474 m

Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

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Thursday 12 November

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Comments

November 12, 2023,Exkursion im Purder-Bachtal

Because it is so beautiful in autumn right now, we had to use today to penetrate even deeper into the mountains. We ran yesterday but it was just too tempting.
We joyfully walked through the Purder-Bachtal and marveled at the forest and the surrounding area in their autumnal garb. Absolutely beautiful!
I'm so glad we did this today. I'm already …

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July 28, 2025,Überquerung der Großen Dhünn – Kleiner Fischweiher Runde von Häcken, 28.07.2025

A very beautiful, nature-oriented hike, although some of the paths are a bit overgrown. Long pants recommended.

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June 18, 2022,Am Purder Bach entlang - von der Quelle bis zur Mündung

Right and left along the Purder Bach from the headwaters near Westhoven to the confluence with the Große Dhünn.

The nature reserve Purder Bachtal and side streams (14 streams and Siefen) is about 85.5 hectares in size and was placed under nature protection in 2006. It extends southwest of the core town of Hückeswagen along the Purder Bach.

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March 10, 2026,Hin und her im Purder Bachtal 💦, mit Einkehrschwung im Café Scheideweg ☕️🍰

The Purder Bach is a roughly six-kilometer-long tributary of the Große Dhünn, which later flows into the Wupper near Leverkusen.

I've been to the Purder Bach valley several times before, but never as extensively as this time.

This hike has been on my to-do list for a while, and I finally got around to it.

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