Black Powder Route
- 2: 40 pm
- 9,13 km
- 213 m
- 213 m
- 102 m
- 229 m
- 127 m
- Start: Reisegarten Schöllerhof
- Destination: Schöllerhof Travel Garden
Beautiful hiking trails wind through the Dhünn and Eifgenbach valleys. Few would suspect that this was once a center of the gunpowder industry. Where hikers now seek relaxation, factories stood until 1919, harnessing water power to produce gunpowder in their mills. The observant hiker can discover the remains of these mills, watercourses, and weirs from that era in the Helenental valley.
Powder Route marker
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Directions
- The hike starts at the Schöllerhof farm. The route leads via Loosenau, at the foot of the Dhünn reservoir, to Groß Grimberg and back to the Schöllerhof. Follow the trail marker "P" along the entire route; this marker was formerly used to indicate powder transports.
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Arrival & Parking
- ParkingReisegarten Schöllerhof, Altenberger-Dom-Straße, 51519 OdenthalPublic transportationWaymarker P
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Bergisches Haus GmbH - Bergisches Haus
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 7551429 Bergisch GladbachLicense (master data)
Bergisches Haus GmbH - Bergisches Haus
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