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North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Wahner Heide Nature Reserve – Altenrath Ponds loop from An der Panzerwaschanlage

Hiking trails & Routes

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Wahner Heide Nature Reserve – Altenrath Ponds loop from An der Panzerwaschanlage

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Wahner Heide Nature Reserve – Altenrath Ponds loop from An der Panzerwaschanlage

01:34

6.00km

40m

Hiking

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: April 29, 2026

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Wahner Heide im Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Wahner Heide

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

50 m

Old Tank Washing Facility and Amphibian Habitat, Wahner Heide

Highlight • Structure

Right next to the old car wash there is an old water pit, in which many amphibians have their home, including water snakes.

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2

154 m

Hühnerbruch in the Wahner Heath

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Here you hike through different vegetation.

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1.06 km

Hühnerbruch Viewpoint, Wahner Heath

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great view. Especially the cut in the nature (heath to meadow-forest)

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1.98 km

Wahner Heide Nature Reserve

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Wahner Heide means blooming heaths next to swamps, moorland and swamp forests, open dune landscape in the vicinity of ponds, ponds and near-natural streams... Around 700 endangered animal and plant species can be found in the second largest and most species-rich nature reserve in North Rhine-Westphalia, which lies between Cologne, Rösrath and Troisdorf is one of their last retreats...

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2.69 km

Altenrath Ponds

Highlight • Lake

Right at the beginning of the Wahner Heide Tour Hühnerbruch you pass these very beautiful ponds.

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6

5.36 km

Panoramic view of Cologne/Bonn Airport

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A nice view of the airport

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7

5.57 km

Wahner Heide Nature Reserve

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wild lilac

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8

5.59 km

View of Cologne Bonn Airport

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The way to the firebreak "November" and the "Herfeld".

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6.00 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.52 km

937 m

474 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.29 km

1.10 km

1.07 km

532 m

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Sunday 10 May

14°C

4°C

92 %

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