Kleiner Rheinhäuser See – Neptunsee Oberhausen loop from Waghäusel

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Kleiner Rheinhäuser See – Neptunsee Oberhausen loop from Waghäusel

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Kleiner Rheinhäuser See – Neptunsee Oberhausen loop from Waghäusel

03:21

13.2km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

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Wagbachniederung

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.41 km

Entrance to Wagbachniederung Nature Reserve

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You can see the access from the bike path.

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2.60 km

Birdwatching Hide Wagbachniederung

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In the Wagbachniederung you can see many birds nesting during the breeding season.
The cottage does not necessarily need it, but you can sit in it for watching.

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3.14 km

Wagbachniederung

Nature Reserve

3.46 km

Bench With View of Wagbachniederung

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Nice rest area. In spring there is a lot going on here due to the breeding season of seagulls and other bird species

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3.98 km

Gull Colony in Wagbachniederung

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It was very quiet here in August. But nice area.

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4.12 km

View of Neptunsee (Wagbachniederung)

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You should definitely cross the jetty. Great view of the lake.

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4.19 km

Rest Area at Wagbachniederung with Lake Access

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Here it is easy to endure to have peace

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8.40 km

Kleiner Rheinhäuser See

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The Kleiner Rheinhäuser See is a quarry pond in Oberhausen-Rheinhausen.
According to our research, the water contains fish species such as perch, pike, carp, roach, rudd and tench and is …

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9.68 km

Neptunsee Oberhausen

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A visit should definitely be combined with a visit to the Wagbachniederung right next to it.

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12.6 km

Eremitage Waghäusel

Castle

13.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.3 km

968 m

597 m

335 m

Surfaces

4.31 km

4.15 km

3.31 km

938 m

433 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

17°C

11°C

15 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

October 9, 2022,Waghäusel Eremitage, Klosterkirche und ganz viele Seen

On the way back from our Allgäu vacation, we had to add another tour, of course, because of the great hiking weather.
First we looked at the beautifully maintained Waghauser Hermitage and then the very impressive pilgrimage church "Mother with the Kind Heart" and the associated monastery.
Then it went through the 225 ha large wetland and nature reserve Wagbachniederung. …

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October 9, 2022,Waghäusel: Rheinhäuser Seenrunde und Eremitage

On the way back from the Allgäu, of course, we had to make a short hiking stop. I quickly copied a lake circuit near Waghäusel from Komoot, which I should have taken a closer look at. We started behind the absolutely beautiful park of the Hermitage, which, however, borders directly on the industrial area. Passing the great pilgrimage church and …

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January 6, 2022,Neulußheim: Wagbachniederung, Erlichsee und viele Seen mehr 💦🦢🐟

Today we were hoping for the sun☀️ and followed my walking friend's tip and followed her tour.
It must be very interesting for ornithologists in the Wagbach lowlands, because there were a lot of people with large cameras, tripods and binoculars. Every now and then you have heard a bird or seen a pair of ducks, but mostly you had …

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February 13, 2022,*Wagbachniederung - Erlichsee - Runde von Waghäusel* - schöne Runde zur Vogelbeobachtung 📷

since the sun was announced today, we were drawn to the water again 😅

We started from the parking lot opposite the pilgrimage church "Mother with the Kind Heart" in Waghäusel.

Even if the "yield" of birds to be observed was not quite as large as in the Pfungstädter Moor or on the Binsfeld lakes, this is still a very …

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February 8, 2023,☀️Waghäuseler Seenplatte🤩 💙🦆🌱🦉🐟⛵🪺⛱️💚 & Eremitage ⛪

Oh dear, all the pictures are wildly mixed up and without assignment on the map 😐😔 no idea what was going on there 🤷

On the way in frosty but beautiful winter weather through the NSG Wagbachniederung and along the Erlichsee, which like many other lakes in the Rhine valley was created by gravel extraction.
The Wagbachniederung, a former moor …

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March 24, 2022,Wasser- und Vogelparadies "Wagbachniederung"

For today we had planned a hike through the Wagbach lowlands (near Waghäusel). We did almost the same tour almost a year ago (but only at the end of April instead of the end of March) and at the time I was totally amazed by the wild screeching and confusion of the countless waterfowl that were looking for food there …

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April 6, 2025,Erlichsee und Wagbachniederung

Today, we hiked with the PWV Insheim-Impflingen through the Wagbachniederung nature reserve. Old sewage ponds from a former sugar factory and the remains of a moorland form a diverse landscape here. 270 different bird species, some threatened with extinction, use the Wagbachniederung as a breeding or resting place. A beautiful lake tour in the bird paradise of Lake Erlich. Halfway …

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April 6, 2025,🚶🏼‍♀️In der Wagbachniederung mit dem PWV Insheim

Today I was privileged to accompany the Palatinate Forest Association of Insheim on a beautiful hike through the Wagbach lowlands. We stopped for a break about halfway through, and @🇺🇦Schlofwandler🕊️ gave us a wonderful short talk explaining the origins of the nature reserve. The diversely structured wetland at the edge of the Rhine lowlands is characterized by the sewage ponds …

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