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Wallonie

Source of the Göhl River

Natural Monuments

Wallonie

Source of the Göhl River

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Source of the Göhl River

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Réserve naturelle agréée de Plombières

Location: Plombières, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

October 13, 2024

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The most striking source of the Göhl is a natural spring lake in the forest, about 300 meters north of the official Via Gulia starting point. Several small tributaries converge here, quickly joining to form a lively stream, thus symbolizing the end of the source zone.

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July 24, 2023

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The source area of the Geul is located at the foot of the Aachener Wald, between Köpfchen and Lichtenbusch, on the border between Germany and Belgium. There, countless streams join …

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

October 8, 2021

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"The small river has its source at Hebscheider Heide near the German-Belgian border and after 20 kilometers it crosses the border to the Netherlands, where it flows into the Meuse after another 40 kilometers. The water of the Göhl was very important for them in earlier times Economy of the surrounding villages. In Raeren and Eynatten, for example, the potters benefited from their water and in Kelmis and Plombières it was used for washing when mining the Galmeierz. The name "Göhl" comes from the Germanic word "Galia", which means so much like a narrow, winding river. "
www. Grenzrouten.eu/pdf/3_-_Bleyberg.pdf

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