"Sound Trail, Castle and Pancakes"

  • 8,85 km long
  • Flatly
  • Difficulty: medium
  • regional hiking trail
  • 2: 27 pm
  • 8,85 km
  • 152 m
  • 146 m
  • 247 m
  • 342 m
  • 95 m
  • Start: Pfannkuchenhaus restaurant, Hauptstraße 60, 51588 Nümbrecht (Parking: e.g., Gouvieuxstraße, Lindchenweg) Alternative starting point: Hotel Derichsweiler Hof, Jakob-Engels-Straße 22, 51588 Nümbrecht Alternative starting point: Homburg Castle, 51588 Nümbrecht
A culinary discovery tour through Nümbrecht.

A pancake house, charming restored half-timbered houses, and a small town center that invites you to stroll: Nümbrecht is a gem in the heart of the Bergisches Land region. This tour combines exploring the town, visiting the graceful Homburg Castle, and a section of the Bergisches Panorama Trail. A great combination for a weekend getaway or an after-work hike.

Our recommendations for places to eat and drink:

Good to know

Best Season

suitable
depending on the weather

Directions

  • From the pancake house, head downhill on the main road to the roundabout, turn left onto Jakob-Engel-Straße, and follow the signs marked with an "O". At the edge of the forest, turn left and continue to Ödinghausen.
  • 1 Turn left onto Ödinghauser Straße. Turn left onto Ödinghauser Straße, then right after 50 meters, and then take the next left. Back on Ödinghauser Straße, turn right and then immediately right again (A3, V5). After the left-hand bend, turn right at the intersection, then take the second right uphill onto A3/V5.
  • 2 (Tip: for a detour to the observation tower, turn left here.) At the end of the second meadow, turn diagonally right onto the Sound Trail (white "21" on a red background). After 550 meters, turn sharply right, then at the end of a meadow, turn sharply left and follow the Spreitger Bach stream downstream. Pass two ponds, then turn left uphill to Spreitgen. Continue straight ahead in the village.
  • 3 Leave the sound trail shortly before Schloßstraße and turn diagonally right following the Δ marker to Homburg Castle.
  • 4 Across the road, turn left uphill following the "G" marker. At the top, cross the path. Continue downhill to Bahnhofstraße (Station Street), turn right, and shortly after, turn left onto Friedhofstraße (Cemetery Street). Follow the "G" marker through the cemetery, turn left onto Gouvieuxstraße, then right onto Dorfplatz (Village Square Street) until you reach the main road. Turn right onto the main road and return to the starting point.
The exact description and the numbers mentioned in the text can be viewed in the illustration "Directions".

Route markers

The culinary tours follow marked hiking trails almost exclusively, but are not marked with a specific logo. Therefore, we recommend bringing along the route description, a map, and/or a GPS track. The tours can also be found on komoot. https://www.komoot.com/de-de/collection/1411904/wandern-mit-regionalem-genuss-denn-das-beste-kommt-zum-schluss

Tour features

  • refreshment possibility

  • Good connection to public transport

  • Culturally interesting

  • Flatly

Arrival & Parking

How to find us
Take the A4 motorway to the Gummersbach exit, then turn left towards Wiehl/Nümbrecht. At the first roundabout, take the first exit; at the second roundabout, take the first exit; and at the third roundabout, take the third exit. Follow the road past the Wiehl stalactite cave and through the Bierenbach valley. Approximately 385 meters after leaving the town, turn left onto Schloßstraße. In Nümbrecht, take the second left (Höhenstraße). At the T-junction, turn right onto Lindchenweg and continue to the parking lot on the left.
Parking
Parking lot at Lindchenweg, 51588 Nümbrecht
Public transportation
Take the regional train 25 to Ründeroth station, then continue with bus line 312 to Nümbrecht town centre (on Sundays to Dieringhausen station and from there with bus line 302 towards Waldbröl to Nümbrecht town centre).

author

Bergisches Haus GmbH - Bergisches Haus
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 75
51429 Bergisch Gladbach

License (master data)

Bergisches Haus GmbH - Bergisches Haus
License: no copyright required (public domain) (no copyright)

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