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Große Tour Naturschutz und Seen rund um Viersen/Nettetal/Schwalmtal

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Große Tour Naturschutz und Seen rund um Viersen/Nettetal/Schwalmtal

Michael B and kerstinchen planned a gravel ride

October 12, 2019

Große Tour Naturschutz und Seen rund um Viersen/Nettetal/Schwalmtal

Hard

05:03

67.2km

13.3km/h

300m

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Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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11.6 km

Vorster Busch Quarry Lake Nature Reserve

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NSG

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13.2 km

Hardter Forest

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Very nice forest stretches, where I like to spend time when it's hot.

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14.3 km

Fox Den

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The best chicken and "füchschen" (beer from Dusseldorf) on tap. Always worth a stop!

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22.0 km

Molzmühle: Historic Mill and Restaurant

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I have known this mill since 2001 and come here every now and then.
The hiking trail "41844 Wegberg Schwaam: SCHWALM BETWEEN MOLZMÜHLE AND LÜTTELFORST" has grown out of my …

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23.7 km

Gasthof Timmermans

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cozy stop for the first break

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23.8 km

Past beautiful thatched roof houses

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It is unusual that there are several of these houses here.

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24.9 km

Venheyde Farm Trail

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A bit muddy after rainy weather, otherwise easy to drive on. An alternative is the parallel street, about 500m further west.

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26.2 km

Drawbridge on the Schwalm

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I wouldn't use them today 😉

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26.7 km

Beautiful trail along the Schwalm

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Great path right next to the Schwalm.

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27.2 km

on the Schwalm

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Very nice here and very quiet

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27.6 km

Lüttelforster Mill

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Great place to stop when open.

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27.9 km

Rapids on the Schwalm

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The Schwalm is simply beautiful.

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27.9 km

Confluence of the Liplaken and Schwalm

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Gladly visited by 🐕🐕. Since it is nice and flat there and man and dog can cool down their feet there, without it suddenly gets deep. But beware! There is a lot going on here in the summer. 🐕🐕🐕

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28.2 km

Bolten Farm Café

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Great cafe with good cakes and a beautiful garden with old trees.

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28.6 km

Along the Schwalm

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Always nice along the Schwalm.

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28.6 km

View of the Schwalm River

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Great path through the Auwald along the Schwalm 👍

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29.0 km

Pannenmühle and Spanish Cottage (Spansch Hüske)

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The Spanish house also belongs to the breakdown mill. The "Spansch Hüske" (Spanish little house) in half-timbered construction comes from the 17th century Pannenmühle near Niederkrüchten and was the former …

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29.0 km

Pannenmühle

Restaurant

30.0 km

Radermühle

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Apart from the view from the street, you can unfortunately not see that much of the mill. Private reason!

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30.0 km

Radermühle Watermill

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Unfortunately without a mill wheel but a mighty building,

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32.0 km

Brempter Mühle

Watermill

32.1 km

Café Landei

Café

32.5 km

Tino's Eiscafé

Café

32.6 km

Tino's Italian Ice Cream Café

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Delicious ice cream, but apparently many people know.

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33.5 km

Hariksee (Harik Lake)

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Simply beautiful, on foot (premium hiking trail W3), but also by bike. There are great places to stop for a break and pedal boat rental to take the Patschel across the lake.

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34.3 km

Early in the morning

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a bench with the most beautiful view of the lake invites you to rest and maybe to a small breakfast picnic

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34.9 km

Schwalm River

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Very nice little river with a nice bike path from the source near Tüschenbroich and with the confluence near Schwalmen NL in the Maas.

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35.3 km

Wooden Bridge Over the Schwalm

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Wooden bridge for hikers and cyclists.

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35.7 km

Narrow Trail Along the Schwalm

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Nice way off the busy route.

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36.6 km

View of Borner See and St. Peter's Church from the Sing- und Musizierplatz

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Natural relaxation with great views of Born. Rest area for a picnic.

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36.6 km

Borner Lake

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I've been on the hiking trails between Niederkrüchten and Brüggen on Lake Born several times and I've always enjoyed taking a break here. Others have already written a lot of …

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37.4 km

Gravel path in Naturpark Schwalm-Nette

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At Brüggen / Born it is quite narrow on the way, but here it goes again. Can be driven well without a double-decker handlebar, but of course it is cooler 😎

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38.3 km

Am Heidweiher

Restaurant

38.3 km

Heidweiher Lake Terrace

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Especially when it comes to outdoor catering, it is very nice to sit right by the lake.

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40.7 km

Shelter

41.6 km

Heidehaus

Restaurant

44.4 km

Hotel zum Schänzchen

Restaurant

44.4 km

Hotel & Restaurant Zum Schänzchen

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With a very large free parking, which can be used as a starting point for hiking.

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45.6 km

Bench with a view of Breyeller See

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The Breyeller See is part of the Schwalm-Nette Nature Park. The Nette was partially dammed, resulting in several lakes, which were also enlarged by peat extraction.

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48.4 km

Lake Windmühlenbruch

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At all times of the year a nice view 😍, unfortunately there is often also garbage around.

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49.0 km

Trail along the Nette River

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Very nice corner for cycling and hiking.

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49.5 km

Ferkensbruch Fish Pass

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It is good to see that more and more fish ladders are being found in our waters.

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49.7 km

Lüthemühle

Restaurant

49.9 km

Sassenfelder Lake

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Anglers have their friends here too.

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50.0 km

St. Rochus Plague Chapel, Sassenfeld

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The chapel is in the middle of the junction. You can't miss it.

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51.4 km

Picnic Area

51.8 km

Former railway line between Grefrath and Kaldenkirchen

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The beautiful road is the old railway line between Kempen and Kaldenkirchen. Great route for cyclists.

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54.0 km

Picnic Area

58.1 km

Elevation

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59.3 km

Wooden bench in Naturpark Schwalm-Nette

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Nice place to take a break right on the trail - just let your soul dangle 🥰

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62.3 km

Johannes Steffes Memorial Cross

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On the edge of a forest path very close to the Irmgardiskapelle there is a small grave or memorial cross made of basalt lava.

It bears the inscription:

Anno 1729 den
16 Dag May
Johannes Steffes
G .T. D. S.

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64.0 km

Bench

67.2 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.2 km

12.9 km

10.8 km

9.45 km

7.70 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

27.2 km

17.3 km

16.0 km

5.91 km

500 m

212 m

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