Stinderbachtal Conservation Area – Stinderbach Valley loop from Erkrath
Stinderbachtal Conservation Area – Stinderbach Valley loop from Erkrath
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Stinderbachtal Conservation Area – Stinderbach Valley loop from Erkrath
04:52
18.0km
230m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 15, 2026
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Your route passes through protected areas
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Stinderbachtal
Rotthäuser Bachtal
Morper Bachtal
Düsselauen bei Gödinghoven
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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2.89 km
Stinderbach Valley
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4.46 km
Stinderbachtal Conservation Area
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4.76 km
Stinderbach Valley
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14.8 km
View of the Rotthäuser Bachtal ponds
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The special thing about the valley are its wetlands, the stream that gave it its name, its springs, the numerous fish ponds and extensive reed beds. In addition, there are valuable alder, ash and softwood floodplain forests as well as woodrush beech forests. This creates a diverse and varied landscape in a small area.
The Rotthäuser Bachtal is home to rare animal species such as reed warblers, reed buntings and kingfishers as well as dragonflies such as the "blue-green darter". The flora is also rich in species, including plants that are threatened according to the "Red List", such as giant horsetail and watercress.
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Reservoirs on the Rotthäuser Bach at Gut Papendelle
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"... The name Papendelle as a Low German form of "Pfaffental" refers to former spiritual and ecclesiastical property. Unfortunately, there are no sources that even hint at an ecclesiastical or monastic foundation of the farm. A connection to the Gerresheim monastery, founded before 870, would be obvious. It is also conceivable that Papendelle belonged to the property in the 12th century that King Conrad III confirmed in a document to the Vilich monastery near Bonn in 1144 (Lacomblet, Volume 1, No. 350). According to this, the Vilich monastery in Morp owned five lordly acres of Salland, two mills, a forest and a further 25 ½ peasant acres, which unfortunately are not specified by name. The question of the foundation therefore remains unanswered. ..."
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15.1 km
Gut Papendelle by the pond
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15.5 km
Cows in Morper Bachtal
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16.6 km
Forest path in the Düsselauen near Gödinghoven
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18.0 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
6.05 km
5.87 km
4.00 km
1.59 km
342 m
104 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
6.22 km
5.50 km
3.18 km
1.73 km
1.08 km
225 m
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Elevation
Highest point (160 m)
Lowest point (50 m)
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