The best city hikes and walks around Rotter Lake

Not only children are often discovered here, but also many adults want to experience the "floating" and the power of gravity again (located directly next to the water playground and skate park).

The water playground leaves nothing to be desired for children. While older children can let off steam in the skate park directly across the street, there are plenty of opportunities to discover new things here, even when there's no water on cold days. Tip: Have dry clothes and a towel ready!

The name says it all: This skate park offers plenty of space, especially for older children and teenagers, to try out and practice their tricks. Meanwhile, the younger ones can let off steam at the water playground directly across the street.

From this spot, you have a good view of the old caretaker's house of Haus Rott. Haus Rott was always a residential area and part of the village of Kriegsdorf, which was then incorporated into the municipality of Sieglar in 1969 along with Haus Rott. During the municipal reorganization in 1969, Haus Rott became part of Troisdorf and, since 1999, has been part of the newly formed Rotter See district. The actual old castle and its ruins, however, lie in the small wooded area at the rear within the inner moat, which is still clearly visible today. This was where the main castle stood as a manor house. The clearly visible embankment there is the remnant of the artificial castle mound, the motte. This is a medieval castle type, built primarily of timber construction, whose main feature is an artificially created earth mound with a tower-like building. The associated outer bailey, which was also surrounded by a moat, was located to the north of the motte. The Annonisbach stream fed the moats of Haus Rott until modern times. In a later phase, around 1300, the castle complex was significantly expanded, and the high medieval castle hill was transformed into a late medieval moated castle and manor house. A new stone residential tower was built outside the old moat and enclosed by a wide and a narrow moat. The old motte was not abandoned, but was incorporated into an extensive fortification system with its outer ramparts and ditches. On August 28/29, 1416, Haus Rott was attacked and destroyed by the Archbishop of Cologne and the city of Cologne during the Stiftsfehde (Diocesan Feud). The site of the former castle lay fallow for centuries afterward. In the 17th/18th centuries, the remains of the castle served as the basis for the construction of a new farm complex with barns and stables, as well as the main building and former administrator's building, which are still well preserved today. In a third phase, the inner ditch was re-excavated and filled on three sides to form a modern military entrenchment. The shape of the entrenchment and finds allow it to be dated to 1795/96 (War of the First Coalition), when the Franco-German battle line ran from Wahn via Spich, very close to Rott and past Kriegsdorf, to Troisdorf. In 2023, modern condominiums were built on the site of the former castle and farm complex.

Haus Rott has always been a residential area and part of the village of Kriegsdorf, which was then incorporated into the municipality of Sieglar in 1969 along with Haus Rott. Following the municipal reorganization in 1969, Haus Rott became part of Troisdorf, and since 1999, it has been part of the newly formed Rotter See district. The oldest traces of human presence in the Haus Rott area date back to the Neolithic period. The first castle complex existed as early as the 12th and 13th centuries. The Lords of Rott can be traced back to June 20, 1260, in documents. However, the name Rott (clearing in an uninhabited forest area) points to a much earlier time (10th/11th centuries). In the 12th century, Haus Rott was probably the most important castle complex between Cologne and Siegburg. In 2023, modern condominiums were built on the site of the former castle and farm complex.

Beautiful, natural and well-kept park with several benches and an adjacent playground/basketball court :)

Here is a nice, big, clean playground. There is also one for dogs directly opposite. My real highlight is when the low sun shines through the first tender leaves in spring or through the colorful foliage in autumn (my photos)

Originally a Merovingian settlement