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Keltischer Lebensbaumkreis – Sophienhöhe Runde von Hambach

Wolfgang Wille

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Keltischer Lebensbaumkreis – Sophienhöhe Runde von Hambach

Wolfgang Wille planned a hike

July 29, 2021

Keltischer Lebensbaumkreis – Sophienhöhe Runde von Hambach

Moderate

04:29

15.3km

3.4km/h

410m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3.09 km

View of Hambach and the Eifel

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Great view over the Bördelandschaft to the Eifel hills.

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4.47 km

Weather Radar on the Sophienhöhe

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The tower with the new weather radar from Forschungszentrum Jülich on Sophienhöhe rises 34 meters into the sky. The system measures precipitation and wind much more precisely than most previous …

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5.52 km

Stone circle on the Sophienhöhe

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From the hill there is a wide panoramic view of the plain where the mighty columns of water vapor from several power plants are striking.

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5.58 km

Findling Park Eifel

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Huge bench with a view of the large sandpit. Nice place for families where the kids have a lot of fun.

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6.10 km

Celtic Tree Circle, Sophienhöhe

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A sign at the site explains that the Celts considered trees important living beings and attributed special properties to them. The Tree of Life Circle takes up this concept and …

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10.4 km

The tower bears a weather vane inscribed with "Monte Sophia" and, together with the Roman Tower, is one of the prominent viewpoints on the reclaimed Sophienhöhe, which was once used as a spoil heap for the Hambach open-cast mine.

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12.5 km

Sequoia grove on the Sophienhöhe

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Personally, the term "mammoth forest" seems a bit exaggerated to me, as there are a few isolated redwood trees among the other trees. Nevertheless, the path, which deviates from the usual wide paths on Sophienhöhe, was a nice little change.

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