Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Mimei planned this outdoor adventure with komoot!

Discover your own fun with the #1 outdoor app.

Mimei

Saved routes

Ansicht Burg Hengebach – Staubecken Heimbach Runde von Heimbach (Eifel)

Mimei

Saved routes

Ansicht Burg Hengebach – Staubecken Heimbach Runde von Heimbach (Eifel)

Mimei planned a hike

February 25, 2022

Ansicht Burg Hengebach – Staubecken Heimbach Runde von Heimbach (Eifel)

Moderate

02:42

10.0km

3.7km/h

130m

Embed

Comments

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

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.

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

789 m

Rur River in Heimbach

Highlight • River

From Heimbach, a paved but shady path along the Rur River leads toward Schwammenauel and the dam. During the summer months, you can board the Rurseebahn, which runs to Schwammenauel.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

896 m

View of Hengebach Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice castle located above Heimbach.
The castle was first mentioned in 1106 as the property of the lords of Hengebach. The castle later fell to the Count of Jülich. …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

1.88 km

Wooden boardwalk at the Heimbach Reservoir

Highlight • Trail

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 …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

2.24 km

Wooden boardwalks at Heimbach Reservoir

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

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

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.33 km

Heimbach Art Nouveau Hydroelectric Power Station

Highlight • Monument

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.

Translated by Google •

Tip by