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Heimbach – Staubecken Heimbach Loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

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Heimbach – Staubecken Heimbach Loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

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May 22, 2021

Heimbach – Staubecken Heimbach Loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

Moderate

03:12

11.6km

3.6km/h

180m

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Overview

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

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Start point

Train Station

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203 m

Hengebach Castle (Heimbach)

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Beautiful, well-kept place with a great castle and beautifully located restaurants.

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2.31 km

Wooden boardwalks at Heimbach Reservoir

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Beautiful footpath, partly over wooden footbridges, in the immediate vicinity of the shore.

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3.35 km

Heimbach Art Nouveau Hydroelectric Power Station

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The hydropower plant from 1905 draws its water from the Urft Dam and was once the largest storage hydropower plant in Europe. The power plant building is now a listed building and can be viewed on guided tours.

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4.37 km

Viewpoint at the Heimbach Reservoir

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A short hike around the Heimbach reservoir is worth it 👍not forgetting a visit
Beer garden by Franz Pütz

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4.90 km

View of the Heimbach Reservoir from the Herbstbach rest area

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"... The Herbstbach is a right tributary of the Rur in the Heimbach dam near Heimbach, a town in the Düren district in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Herbstbach rises southwest of …

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5.41 km

Heimbach Weir

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The dam in Heimbach serves to regulate the fluctuating water level on the Rurstausee and the Urftstausee. From here you have a nice view of the Heimbacher reservoir.

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9.85 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 …

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11.1 km

Violinist sculpture on the Rur Bridge in Heimbach

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Since 2008 "" The Geiger "" by Heimbach artist Luise Koett-Gärtner has held its place at the Rur Bridge.
The scarf is not one of them - someone has probably …

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11.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

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3.67 km

3.44 km

3.34 km

1.15 km

Surfaces

5.87 km

2.48 km

1.25 km

1.14 km

785 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

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Heimbach – Staubecken Heimbach Loop from Heimbach (Eifel)

Hengebach Castle (Heimbach)

Wooden boardwalks at Heimbach Reservoir

Heimbach Art Nouveau Hydroelectric Power Station

Viewpoint at the Heimbach Reservoir

View of the Heimbach Reservoir from the Herbstbach rest area

Heimbach Weir

Wooden boardwalk at the Heimbach Reservoir

Violinist sculpture on the Rur Bridge in Heimbach

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