Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: December 9, 2025

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Dellbrücker Heide

Thielenbruch und Thurner Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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849 m

Heather fields in the Dellbrücker Heide

Highlight • Natural

Please note in the Dellbrücker Heide that for reasons of nature conservation only some paths can be used. Unfortunately, this can only be seen on site on the route plans at the entrances. The paths on the lake are taboo!

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1.45 km

Höhenfelder Lake

Highlight • Lake

The Höhenfelder See is a former excavator hole. In 2007 the lake was to be set up as a bathing lake. The district government stopped this project. The area around the lake has been declared a landscape protection area.

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2.03 km

Beach

3.14 km

Carved Wooden Bench in the Königsforst

Highlight • Structure

various very beautiful wood art

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3.21 km

Dünnwald Wildlife Park

Highlight • Structure

When Cologne city center - and with it the grounds of the zoological garden - was in ruins during the Second World War, the "Wildlife Park Dünnwald" was the refuge for the animals that were still alive.

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3.89 km

Wild Boar Enclosure, Dünnwald Wildlife Park

Highlight • Structure

Had a pig today? 😉

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4.04 km

Et Rumpelstilzje Memorial Bench

Highlight • Monument

The late Cologne Büttenredner Fritz Schopps is honored with the bank.

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4.37 km

Owl Bench at Dünnwald Wildlife Park

Highlight • Structure

A large part of the figures and carvings were designed by the forest manager Meinolf Zavelberg (schnitz-art.de) and Dennis Remiger.

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4.43 km

Mutzbach in the Cologne Wildlife Park

Highlight • River

Sometimes the riverbed looks painted, almost like in a fairy tale

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9.55 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.57 km

1.74 km

912 m

338 m

Surfaces

5.06 km

1.49 km

1.36 km

875 m

548 m

232 m

Elevation

Weather

Saturday 27 December

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