"Between golf course and natural paradise"
- 2: 35 pm
- 10,24 km
- 62 m
- 63 m
- 77 m
- 142 m
- 65 m
- Start: Hotel Gronauer Tannenhof, Robert-Schuman-Straße 2, 51469 Bergisch Gladbach (please only if you plan to stop for refreshments) alternatively: Ice rink parking lot, Saaler Mühle 1, 51429 Bergisch Gladbach
Green, greener, Gierath Forest: If you're looking for a quick escape to nature from Cologne, Bergisch Gladbach, or Refrath and want to clear your head on a roughly ten-kilometer hike, then this trail lets you immerse yourself in nature right from the city's edge. Starting at St. Mary's Cemetery in Bergisch Gladbach, the circular route leads you to three nearby lakes and the Grube Cox nature reserve, a former quarry transformed into a green oasis. A wonderful opportunity to simply take a break.
Our recommendations for places to eat and drink:
There is a milk filling station along this route:
Our recommendations for places to eat and drink:
- Restaurant Gronauer Wirtshaus
- Romantic Forest Hotel Mangold
- mediterana - Restaurant Villa Verde
- Am Kaisersch Baach
There is a milk filling station along this route:
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Best Season
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Directions
- Cross Refrather Weg at the traffic lights, turn left onto the cycle/pedestrian path, then take the next path diagonally right into the woods (north). Go straight ahead at the intersection, then take the next opportunity to turn diagonally right, and finally turn left at the T-junction.
- 1 On the Kölnpfad (circle), continue straight ahead at the next intersection until you reach a residential street. Turn left there, cross Refrather Weg, and follow the path along the edge of the buildings. After the right-hand bend, cross Golfplatzstraße, continue along the buildings, and take the next left. Follow the Kölnpfad to the left around Bensberger See, turn left onto Saaler Straße, and then right at the left-hand bend.
- 2 Shortcut parallel to the old railway embankment on the left (to point 6).
- Complete tour: Through underpass, through Lückerather Anger park.
- 3. Turn right (north) onto Am Fürstenbrünnchen street and continue to Gladbacher Straße. Cross Gladbacher Straße, turn right, and then left before the beer garden. Take the next diagonal left (north).
- 4 At the large intersection, turn left, then right (A2).
- 5 Where the path meets the Cologne Trail again, follow it to the left through the former dolomite quarry, cross Bensberger Straße, onto Berzeliusstraße, turn right at the left-hand bend, soon left onto a path through the forest, cross the old railway embankment
- 6 and turn right onto the cycle/pedestrian path. At the next housing development, turn left onto Robert-Schumann-Straße. Follow signs for "N" to keep left and return to the starting point.
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
Flatly
Arrival & Parking
If you plan to stop for refreshments, you can park at the Hotel Gronauer Tannenhof. Alternatively, you can park in the parking lot of the ice rink, Saaler Mühle 1 in Bergisch Gladbach.
Stops Gronau Friedhof, Milchborntal or Frankenforst (tram line 1 runs here)
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Bergisches Haus GmbH - Bergisches Haus
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 75
51429 Bergisch Gladbach
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