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Naturschutzgebiet Grube Cox – Aussichtspunkt Grube Cox Runde von Heidkamp

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Naturschutzgebiet Grube Cox – Aussichtspunkt Grube Cox Runde von Heidkamp

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October 16, 2022

Naturschutzgebiet Grube Cox – Aussichtspunkt Grube Cox Runde von Heidkamp

Easy

01:17

4.74km

3.7km/h

70m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

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320 m

Information board Bensberger Schlossweg (French cemetery)

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"The hiker is immersed in the history of the old castle [Bensberg Castle] during the Franco-Prussian Wars when visiting the French and Prussian-Austrian military cemeteries in the neighboring Hardt Forest," …

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3.00 km

Grube Cox Lakes

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The former "Cox" dolomite mine is located in Bergisch Gladbach. In 1969 a dolomite deposit was discovered here in the Lerbach Forest. Mining continued here until 1985. In 1996 the Cox pit was declared a nature reserve.

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3.23 km

View of Grube Cox

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In the former Cox quarry, dolomite was mined from 1969 to 1985. In 1996, the approx. 22-hectare area near Bergisch Gladbach was declared a nature reserve, in which special animal and plant species feel at home.

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3.64 km

View of Grube Cox Pond

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Unfortunately now too overgrown, green oasis between Bensberg and Bergisch Gladbach.

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4.03 km

Austrian Soldiers' Cemetery (Österreichischer Friedhof)

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The so-called Austrian Cemetery is located in the Milchborntal along the Bensberger Schlosswanderweg. A memorial there is intended to commemorate the Austrian soldiers who died en masse of typhus during …

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4.74 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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3.36 km

1.16 km

185 m

Surfaces

2.55 km

1.56 km

415 m

108 m

< 100 m

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Naturschutzgebiet Grube Cox – Aussichtspunkt Grube Cox Runde von Heidkamp

Information board Bensberger Schlossweg (French cemetery)

Grube Cox Lakes

View of Grube Cox

View of Grube Cox Pond

Austrian Soldiers' Cemetery (Österreichischer Friedhof)

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