• 9,33 km long
  • Flatly
  • Difficulty: medium
  • regional hiking trail
  • 2: 40 pm
  • 9,33 km
  • 191 m
  • 191 m
  • 342 m
  • 408 m
  • 66 m
  • Start: Hiking parking lot Lingese, L97 / Linger Straße, 51709 Marienheide
A culinary tour with beautiful cafes around a lake.
A truly enjoyable hike includes scenic trails as well as the inviting cafes, huts, and restaurants along the way that beckon you to take a relaxing break. This hike around the Lingese Reservoir leads you to two unique cafes in the Bergisches Land region. Starting from the northern edge of Marienheide, the trail initially heads right around the reservoir. After about two kilometers, you can stop for a break at Café Kaffeekännchen, located in a charming Swedish-style house.

Afterwards, you can walk off the cake on the slightly hilly path along the slopes at the edge of the reservoir, so you have room for more treats at the Pagnia coffee roastery. A good ten kilometers await you here in total.

Our recommendations for places to eat and drink:

Best Season

suitable
depending on the weather

Directions

  • From the parking lot on Linger Straße, take the Bergischer Panoramasteig trail uphill towards Moosberg. At the edge of the settlement, turn left, keep right at the fork, and after passing the summit, turn right downhill onto a wide path and follow it to the right. At the T-junction, keep left.
  • 1 Turn left at the next intersection and follow signs for "A6" down to Talsperrenstraße. Turn right onto Talsperrenstraße and drive through the village of Linge, passing the Hofcafé. At the intersection with the parking lot, turn left onto Wernscheidstraße (follow signs for A6 and A9). In Lambach, turn left at the parking lot. Take the next left again. Continue along the shore.
  • 2 A few meters past the end of the campsite, turn right following the signs for "A9" (shortcut: continue straight ahead on the A6 until you reach the dam at point 7). At junctions, continue straight ahead following the signs for "A7" until you reach the road.
  • 4 Turn left immediately onto A2. Keep left in the hamlet of Dorn. Soon turn left again following the "A2" sign.
  • 5 Turn right at the junction, then follow signs for "A9". At the intersection, turn left onto the Bergischer Panoramasteig trail.
  • 6 Turn left onto this path, then right down to the dam.
  • 7 (Coffee roastery 200m straight ahead) Down to the dam and across it to the other side of the valley. There, follow the Bergisches Panorama Trail along the left bank and past the campsite back 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

  • Bathtubs

  • refreshment possibility

  • Nature highlight

  • Flatly

Arrival & Parking

Parking
Hiking parking lot Lingese L97/ Linger Straße 51709 Marienheide
Public transportation
Bus stop: Schmitzwipper (800 m walk to the dam)

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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White facade of a building with the word "coffee roastery" written on it under a blue sky.
A cozy red wooden house with white windows, surrounded by green trees and a red parasol.