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Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Viersen

Niederkrüchten

View of the Hariksee (Lake Harik) – The Schwalm at Borner Mill loop from Raderveekes und Lüttelforster Bruch

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Viersen

Niederkrüchten

View of the Hariksee (Lake Harik) – The Schwalm at Borner Mill loop from Raderveekes und Lüttelforster Bruch

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View of the Hariksee (Lake Harik) – The Schwalm at Borner Mill loop from Raderveekes und Lüttelforster Bruch

04:58

19.4km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Schwalm-Nette

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161 m

View of the Hariksee (Lake Harik)

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The Hariksee is a magnet for guests because of its location and its good restaurants.

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848 m

Hariksee

Lake

1.35 km

Hariksee (Harik Lake)

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Simply beautiful, on foot (premium hiking trail W3), but also by bike. There are great places to stop for a break and pedal boat rental to take the Patschel across the lake.

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3.70 km

The Borner Mill in the municipality of Brüggen was a water mill with three undershot water wheels at times. It is located on the right side of the Schwalm in the district of Born in the municipality of Brüggen in the Viersen district.
The history of the mill is a bit too long for here, please read it on the following website or on Wikipedia
deinlexikon.de/wiki/Borner_M%C3%BChle

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5.30 km

Brüggen Mill

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Brüggen is always worth a visit, just not at the weekend.

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5.37 km

Path Between the Branches of the Schwalm

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A really great way.

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10.6 km

Great Dahmensee (Brüggen)

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Bathing is forbidden, but who is surprised that on a morning with 30° the people thirst for the cool water. As long as it is parked sensibly everywhere and, above all, there is no grilling at the moment...

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17.0 km

Bridge Over the Schwalm

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You can find out more about the Schwalm here:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwalm_(Maas)

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17.1 km

Schwalm River

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Very nice little river with a nice bike path from the source near Tüschenbroich and with the confluence near Schwalmen NL in the Maas.

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19.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.0 km

2.93 km

2.26 km

2.14 km

Surfaces

11.3 km

2.73 km

2.59 km

1.74 km

967 m

< 100 m

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Friday 10 July

31°C

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Comments

March 1, 2026,🌿 De Schwalm bij de Borner Mühle – Mijn eigen variant door NSG Raderveekes & Lüttelforster Bruch (22,3 km)

Sometimes you discover a place that was so close all along, yet you'd never really seen it before. That happened to me on this route around Brüggen and Niederkrüchten in Germany. Although I'd been to Brüggen before, I'd never discovered this beautiful nature reserve.
Normally, I also walk on Saturdays, but all my planned routes this weekend took me quite …

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July 14, 2024,Durch das NSG Schwalmtal und eine Kreuzfahrt 🤩

If the Erkelenz local history society invites you on an interesting tour, I'm happy to go.

Margarete has planned a very attractive tour:
We start with 13 people in sunny, not too warm weather at the Mühlrather Mühle and hike through an area with forest, swamp, small lakes, green meadows and accompany the largely natural Schwalm on its way through …

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July 14, 2024,Wanderung vom Heimatverein Erkelenz 🥾 😊

A beautiful hike, led by Margarete from the Erkelenz local history association, with nice people, a "cruise" over the Hariksee and a delicious iced coffee to finish.
Perfect 👍🌞😊

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March 23, 2024,schön abwechslungsreich, Dilborner Benden, Tantelbruch, Schwalm ab Brüggen

A nice, varied round, a bit through the forest and along the Schwalm past meadows and fields

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October 9, 2025,Brüggen, Seen und... Mühlen

Today I was out hiking with two hiking buddies in the beautiful Brüggen area, including Lake Borner, Lake Dahmen, Oebeler Bruch, and the wonderful Schwalm-Nette Nature Park and Tantelbruch Nature Reserve.

I've already hiked this way for one of my favorite projects and decided it's worth repeating. At the end, fries with Joppie sauce and the Frikandel special near the …

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March 7, 2026,❤️-Projekt Schlaue Löffel, KM-Sammeln T4 // Brüggen sehen und Seen

After yesterday's tour, today was father-daughter time, so we embarked on this wonderful loop starting in Brüggen. Afterwards, we treated ourselves to a delicious reward at Nini's gluten-free café ;-)

This tour also contributes to my charity project this year, benefiting "Schlaue Löffel e.V." (Smart Spoons). You can find the details here:

komoot.com/de-de/tour/2750774763

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April 25, 2023,❤️-Projekt Tafel Willich, KM-Sammeln T21 // Brüggen, Seen... & Mühlen

This time not "See Bruges... and die?", but "Bruges, Lakes & Mills". 😉

And thus more KM for my donation project.

Because with big steps it is currently going to the home stretch for my ❤️ project in favor of the Tafel Willich e.V.! On April 30, 2023, collecting KM for a good cause will come to an end and …

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June 25, 2024,Brüggen mit Schwalm, Hariksee und Borner See

After an extensive breakfast buffet in the Torschänke, we first went around the castle to warm up.
Then we took a slightly longer detour along the Schwalm and then towards Hariksee.
There you could enjoy food and drink or spend time on the water.
Finally, we took the 2-lakes path to Borner See and back to Brüggen Castle.
And yes, …

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View of the Hariksee (Lake Harik) – The Schwalm at Borner Mill loop from Raderveekes und Lüttelforster Bruch

View of the Hariksee (Lake Harik)

Hariksee (Harik Lake)

The Schwalm at Borner Mill

Brüggen Mill

Path Between the Branches of the Schwalm

Great Dahmensee (Brüggen)

Bridge Over the Schwalm

Schwalm River

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