Die schönsten Herbsttouren 2023

The Grafenberger Wald is located north of the Gerresheim district of Düsseldorf and is a popular recreational area. One destination for visitors is, for example, the wildlife park in the Grafenberg Forest, which was laid out in 1927 on an area of 10 hectares. But it is also worth hiking around the wildlife… voir plus

Le sentier de randonnée H1 s'étend sur 16,8 kilomètres autour de Hirschberg, le long de la lisière de la forêt. Le quartier avec ses 1 700 habitants appartient à la ville de Warstein et est situé directement dans le parc naturel de la forêt d'Arnsberg. En raison de la longueur et des nombreuses pentes… voir plus

On the Rothaarkamm in the small hamlet of Jagdhaus belonging to Schmallenberg, the final stage begins on the Wilhelm-Münker-Weg, marked as the main hiking trail X10, which leads from Warstein in the Arnsberg Forest to Hilchenbach in the Siegerland.



From Jagdhaus it goes first to the southern flank of… voir plus

Solingen, comme Wuppertal et Remscheid voisins, étaient des centres d'industrialisation précoce en Europe. Des couteaux, des outils et des armes y étaient produits et la Wupper et ses nombreux affluents fournissaient l'énergie pour les broyeurs à marteaux et les ateliers de meulage. Depuis le Moyen… voir plus

The Bad Sassendorf Wildlife Park, officially: Freiherr-von-Wintzingerode-Park, is almost 16 hectares in size, two thirds of it consists of deciduous forest and one third of orchards and a pure meadow area. It was set up in 1960 by its namesake, Baron von Wintzingerode, former chief district director… voir plus

The Margarethenhöhe in Essen is considered to be the first German garden city and is based on a foundation by Margarethe Krupp from 1906. During the time of its construction, like the garden city of Dresden-Hellerau, it was exempt from all building regulations by a government decree. The first houses… voir plus

Witzhelden is located in the northwest of the urban area of Leichlingen in the Bergisches Land. There are two prominent landmarks that make Witzhelden visible from afar, they are two Telekom radio towers: one 134m high, the other even 229m and therefore easy to see from Cologne and Düsseldorf.



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With the identifier N1, a small circular hiking trail is signposted in Nehden near Brilon in the Sauerland. Nehden achieved national fame as an important archaeological site for dinosaur bones. In the 1980s, bones of the Iguanodon, an 8m long and up to 5m high dinosaur, were discovered near Nehden.



You… voir plus

The municipality of Ascheberg is located in the south of the Münsterland and the Herbern district is in the very south of the municipality. The last wild wolf in Westphalia was shot here in Herbern in 1835. That was probably such an important event that the last Westphalian wolf brought it to the Natural… voir plus

Valbert, today a district of Meinerzhagen in the Ebbegebirge (Sauerland), has a long past and it has something to do with freedom and self-defense. Valbert used to be in the border area between the Duchy of Westphalia and the County of Mark. There were often skirmishes and arguments.



Since it was mostly… voir plus

Mills used to play an important role in the Bergisches Land and did their part to ensure that the Bergisches Land was one of the leading industrial regions in Germany as early as the 19th century. In the Sülztal hiking region around the municipality of Kürten, mills also provided some prosperity in the… voir plus

Entre les quartiers Dortmund de Scharnhorst et Kurl, la grande ville de la Ruhr montre son côté vert. La réserve naturelle d'Alte Körne s'étend le long du Körnebach, un petit affluent du Seseke.



Dans les années 1920, le Körnebach a été transformé en égout pour évacuer les eaux usées de l'exploitation… voir plus

The Biggesee is also the main tourist destination in the southern Sauerland, along with the Atta cave. There are numerous leisure facilities around the lake, from camping sites to beaches to sailing and surfing schools. The lake is also a worthwhile destination for hikers with beautiful views. This is… voir plus

Today Dotzlar is a district of Bad Berleburg in the Wittgensteiner Kammer, the northern part of the Wittgensteiner Land. The place itself is one of the oldest in the Wittgensteiner Land and is said to go back to a settlement from the Celtic era, which is suggested by the remains of a castle wall and… voir plus

Elfringhauser Schweiz is a popular hiking area between the Wupper and Ruhr, which is framed by the valleys of the Deilbach (west) and the Felderbach (east). To the north is Hattingen, to the south of Wuppertal. And in the middle there is silence.



The hills rise partly steeply from the valleys to around… voir plus

The Medebacher Bay is often called the Tuscany of the Sauerland. Here it rains only about half as much as on the western Rothaarkamm around the Kahler Asten (842m). Therefore, the vegetation in the Medebacher Bucht is different to the other regions of the Sauerland.



The red-backed shrimp, predatory citizens… voir plus