Hengebach Castle – Rursee loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Düren

Heimbach

Hengebach Castle – Rursee loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

Hard

4.4

(10)

441

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Hengebach Castle – Rursee loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

03:50

35.3km

520m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

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After 828 m for 109 m

After 3.61 km for 22 m

After 3.70 km for 105 m

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882 m

Hengebach Castle

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Very nice castle with good gastronomy.

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2.73 km

Panoramic view of the Rur from the boardwalk

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The boardwalk is really great.

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3.62 km

View of Heimbach Power Station

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You pass the old hydroelectric power station.

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3.75 km

View over the Rur River

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Passing there in the morning in the fog

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5.23 km

View of the Rursee

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The Rursee offers so much ... especially good relaxation

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8.50 km

Viewpoint

13.0 km

Gelände Akademischer Yacht Club

Forest

22.5 km

Rursee

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Hiking trails around the Rursee are beautiful, even for cycling
just great.

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33.6 km

Wooden boardwalk at the Heimbach Reservoir

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The Heimbach reservoir is not actually a dam, but a so-called compensation basin. It serves to compensate for the fluctuations in the water level caused by the intermittent operation of the peak current power plants in the Urft and Rurtalsperre. These two hydropower plants usually only produce electricity when larger demand peaks are expected or measured in the general high-voltage network, which is usually the case in the mornings of working days. In the rest of the time the machines are idle and therefore no water inevitably flows into the reservoir. The usable space of the reservoir is therefore filled with water within a few hours when the power plants are in operation. Then the storage volume is dosed and drained in such a way that the underflow of the river bed of the Rur is continuously exposed to an amount of water that meets the ecological requirements of the flowing water and the requirements of other requirements. Source: nationalparktor.de/nationalparkstadtheimbach/wasserinfos/wasserinfos.html

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