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North Rhine-Westphalia

Mettmann

Ratingen

Dickelsbach Trail – Sandy Path at Dickelsbach loop from Baulofsbruch

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Mettmann

Ratingen

Dickelsbach Trail – Sandy Path at Dickelsbach loop from Baulofsbruch

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588

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Dickelsbach Trail – Sandy Path at Dickelsbach loop from Baulofsbruch

01:40

6.38km

40m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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459 m

Dickelsbach Trail

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Relaxing trail without special challenges. The few roots and terrain levels can also be avoided.

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1.21 km

Bridge at the confluence of Leversberger Bach and Dickelsbach

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The Dickelsbach rises in the Höseler park Fernholz and flows after about 38 km at some picturesque meandering course in the Rhine.

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1.54 km

Sandy Path at Dickelsbach

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Feels like the dunes on the North Sea. Amazing.

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2.02 km

Wooden Bridges Over the Dickelsbach

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"... The Dickelsbach is a body of water on the right Lower Rhine. It rises in the Ratingen-Höseler Fernholz green park in the silicate foothills of the Bergisches Land.
The 21.88 km long river takes its course via Lintorf, Duisburg-Süd and flows into the Rhine at Duisburg-Hochfeld.
On its way from the source to the mouth, its structure changes very frequently. It runs both through indigenous forest areas in an almost natural river bed and as a deeply straightened and not very dynamic water body on the edge of settlement.
A natural redesign was carried out in a section near Duisburg. However, there has been increasing siltation.
The Dickelsbach owes its name to the small summer dike (Dickel: small dike) that accompanies its lower course. This dike protected the area in front of Duisburg's old town from flooding. Until the great Rhine breakthrough at Essenberg and the subsequent slow silting of the Rhine bed in front of Duisburg's old town, the river flowed into the Rhine west of the city. Then the Dickelsbach used the old arm of the Rhine as a drainage bed and flowed into the Ruhr. Today it flows back into the Rhine, albeit with pipes. ... "
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickelsbach

Document: "The Dickelsbach - From the source to the mouth"
lintorf.de/dokumente/Dickelsbach.pdf

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2.07 km

Path Along the Dickelsbach

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3.09 km

Lintorfer Mark Resting Forest

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"Tall beeches painted white conquer the view; we guess sun protection, but at the same time they decoratively illustrate the area of the Lintorfer Mark rest forest.
We have already walked through some peace forests, this quiet forest may not quite live up to its name acoustically, but otherwise fascinates with a visual calm and a peaceful atmosphere. Right in the middle is a meditative group of seats, which we ignore and walk further south into the Ratinger Stadtwald on An den Hanten.”

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