Die schönsten Sommertouren 2023

Essen, the green capital of Europe. In 2017, Essen received this title from the European Commission, which honored the structural change from the former coal and steel metropolis to the greenest city in North Rhine-Westphalia.



The project office “European Green Capital Essen 2017”, together with the Essen… voir plus

For the 75th birthday of the Lörmecke waterworks, the aquatic themed hiking trail Fliesswege was created in 2010, which the Sauerland Mountain Association has signposted with a blue W on a white background, the design of which corresponds to the sign of the Sauerland forest route.



The name of the hiking… voir plus

Le sentier des martins-pêcheurs explore la vallée de Naafbach depuis Neunkirchen-Seelscheid sur le plateau de Mucher, une réserve naturelle d'environ 850 hectares qui devait être inondée pour un barrage dans les années 1930, mais heureusement cela ne s'est jamais produit. Aujourd'hui, le Naafbachtal… voir plus

The leisure and local recreation region up on the Volme in western Sauerland offers themed hikes with the so-called Volme treasures, with which you can explore the area beautifully. One of these volme treasures is dedicated to the dams in the Sauerland, or as one could say flowery: the South Pacific… voir plus

The Hohe Mark Steig leads for around 150 kilometers through the Hohe Mark Nature Park, whose area is located in the northern Ruhr area and southern Münsterland. At the eastern end there is an alternative route in addition to the main route, the so-called water route. The waterway as an alternative route… voir plus

This round, which is marked as Volmeschatz, starts in the mountain and valley community of Schalksmühle at the transition from the Ebbegebirge to the Bergisches Land. The Volmeschätze are a group of new circular hiking trails that have been created in the tourist region Above the Volme. All of these… voir plus

Le sentier de randonnée circulaire W4 commence à l'office du tourisme de Willingen (près de la patinoire et de la piscine lagon). Il mène à la réserve naturelle de Neuer Hagen, la plus grande zone de haute lande contiguë d'Allemagne, située dans les hautes terres de Winterberg.



Montez d'abord l'Ettelsberg… voir plus

This little circular hike - actually more of a walk - leads us to the Great Dhünntalsperre, the largest drinking water barrier in West Germany. The start of the circular hiking trail marked by the Sauerland Mountain Association (SGV) with the identification D8 is in Neschen, one of the villages of Oberodenthal… voir plus

The dam trail recommended by the local SGV department starts in Ennepetal-Voerde. The dam path is not signposted uniformly, but uses existing paths. The starting point is the Aldi car park on Hagener Straße, where you can park well (there are specially designated hikers' parking spaces where you can… voir plus

Nous sommes dans le parc naturel Hohe Mark, dans le district de Wesel, et voulons explorer aujourd'hui un morceau de la forêt de Diersfordt. La forêt de Diersfordt est une réserve naturelle depuis les années 1930 et est située dans les quartiers des villes de Hamminkeln et Wesel. La route nationale L… voir plus

Water states: that sounds kind of like Waterkant. And the term actually comes from northern Germany and describes a water management system that ensured hydropower as an energy supplier for industry (in Freudenberg mainly: hammer works) regardless of the weather.



An adventure hiking trail has now been… voir plus

The Sorpesee is the third largest lake in the Sauerland: It covers an area of 330ha and is only surpassed in this respect by the Möhnesee (1,087ha) and the Biggesee (876ha). This makes the Sorpesee the tourist flagship of the region around Sundern in the Hochsauerland.



The circular route around the Sorpesee… voir plus

From the Lantenbach car park there is a beautiful circular hike that leads from the Aggertalsperre up to the observation tower on the Unnenberg (506m) and to the Genkeltalsperre. The circular hiking trail is marked as A 2. The Lantenbach hiking car park is almost directly on the road from Gummersbach… voir plus

The last stage of the Sauerland forest route starts in Helminghausen directly at the foothills of the Diemelsee. The center of the small tourist community is dominated by the chapel of St. Mary of Perpetual Help, built in 1906-07. After the Second World War, a new bell tower with bells made of silicon… voir plus

Franz Heat, born in Olpe in 1851 and died in Bad Nauheim in 1921, was a Catholic clergyman and politician of the Center Party. Heat is considered to be one of the most influential social politicians in Germany and a contributor to today's social security system.



The Franz-Wärme-Verein was founded in 1996… voir plus

Krombacher is the beer brand Pilsner Brauart that most often runs down German throats. Every tenth Pils in Germany comes from the brewery in Siegerland. And even if you don't drink beer: The brand is still known to almost every German, as Krombacher has been a good friend in your living room for decades… voir plus

The Schlade near Bergisch Gladbach is a dry valley that dates back to when the Bergisch Land was an ocean. Due to its geological importance and the extraordinary vegetation, the Schlade is today designated as a nature reserve, ground monument and one of 77 national geotopes.



The Bergisch Gladbach Geoppath… voir plus

The Hohenstein is part of the Witten green belt. It ends at the Berger monument on a more than 100 m high rugged rock face, which is responsible for the naming. This short round trip, which is marked consistently as A1 by the Sauerland Mountain Association (SGV), starts at the parking lot at Hammerteich… voir plus