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Glessener Höhe & Papstberg

Heinrich Pankratz

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Glessener Höhe & Papstberg

Heinrich Pankratz planned a hike

April 23, 2020

Glessener Höhe & Papstberg

Hard

10:51

41.4km

3.8km/h

330m

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Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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9.24 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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17.4 km

View of Quarzwerke Frechen

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Welcome to the moon! The quartz works in Frechen are closely linked to the city's history. Since 1884, exceptionally pure quartz sand has been mined here for various uses, including …

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22.4 km

Grefrather Marienhang Vineyard

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A few years ago families from Grefrath planted a vineyard here, which is called "Grefrather Marienhang".

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25.3 km

Pope's Hill and Marien Chapel, Marienfeld

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"Three Kings' Way" by the Düsseldorf painter, sculptor and architect Professor Thomas Kesseler.
At the side entrance to the papal hill, Kesseler has set up three 2.20 meter high figures …

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27.9 km

Fürstenberg Maar

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The lake, created in 1982, is located in the middle of a nature reserve. It is a habitat for a variety of plants and animals.

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28.6 km

Old Road in Naturpark Rheinland

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The recultivated nature brings back the old road.

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30.4 km

Forest path in the middle of nowhere

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33.2 km

Grube Carl Industrial Complex

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Enormous, how positively pit Carl has developed in recent decades!

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34.2 km

View of the Cologne skyline from Naturpark Rheinland

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Foresight offers a fantastic view of the bay of Cologne with the cathedral and the Bergisches Land.

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34.6 km

Steep Forest Trail in Naturpark Rheinland

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Here it goes in the direction of the railroad tracks quite steep and technically down - a highlight. You have to fight for the ascent.

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35.8 km

View of Cologne

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Not far from the city a nice green spot to relax a little

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36.8 km

View of Quarzwerke Frechen Open-Pit Mine

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Quartz works Frechen is an owner-managed family business. Quartz, kaolin and feldspar are mined in opencast mines. The topics of renaturation and ecology are not neglected, although of course land is "dredging away".

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