Verken het terrassenlandschap – Nationaal Park De Meinweg
Verken het terrassenlandschap – Nationaal Park De Meinweg
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Verken het terrassenlandschap – Nationaal Park De Meinweg
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13.3km
40m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: August 14, 2024
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2.36 km
Waalsberg Observation Tower
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3.19 km
Sheep Herd on the Heath in De Meinweg
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5.96 km
Fairy Lake (De Meinweg National Park)
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6.53 km
Galloway Grazing Area in De Meinweg
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11.1 km
The Iron Rhine (Abandoned Railway in De Meinweg National Park)
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The name Iron Rhine was originally used for the Cologne–Aachen trunk line of the Rhenish Railway Company between Cologne and the Herbesthal border station as part of the connection to Antwerpen-Berchem from Cologne via Düren, Eschweiler, Aachen, Verviers, Liège and Louvain, and later became more common the printout for the route via Mönchengladbach and Roermond.
The term Iron Rhine was coined by Ludolf Camphausen, who wrote in his 1833 memorandum on the railway from Cologne to Antwerp:
"Belgium, wedged between France's mercantile system, between the so bitterly offended Holland, and Prussia's liberal commercial policy, where will it find its natural ally?"
Without a doubt, the answer to this rhetorical question is: in Prussia.
"The road (railway) to Antwerp, which will ensure mutual supplies to both Prussia and Belgium, is the first thread that the German commercial state stretches out to the North Sea."
It goes on to say:
“But this free passage has an unmistakable impact on all conditions of navigation on the Rhine, and ends Holland’s monopoly of intermediate trade. Germany remained tributary to Holland for the use of the Rhine for two centuries, and so it is today. It is in the nature of things that the payment of this tribute ends with the first carriage rolling on the free track from Cologne to Antwerp, that Holland will be forced to offer German trade everything that the new, the iron Rhine affords them .”
Further information on the history, route description etc.:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiserner_Rhein
krefeld.de/de/stadtplanung/eiserner-rhein-7600137
vrt.be/vrtnws/de/2021/06/16/die-niederlaender-oeffnen-sich-komm-dann-doch-neues-leben-in-d
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8.02 km
4.88 km
270 m
103 m
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Surfaces
8.42 km
3.36 km
923 m
423 m
201 m
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https://youtu.be/f0_h7v3_D6o?si=txcoX8WFePkY1X_S A bit too much water after the rain but still a nice hiking area.
You can see the tour on my YouTube channel...My Hiking Day
walk across the heath, the leaves are off the trees. As a result, you can clearly see the Bosbeek between the trees. Around the Elfenmeertje and the Slenk, pruning has been done. Pines and other trees have been removed to prevent overgrowth. By keeping the area open, this is good for adders, frogs and lizards, etc.
Dear followers, I follow a speed walking course in the Maas valley every Tuesday. You could already see the beautiful surroundings in some reports as well as this walk. For my transplant friends I organize under the guidance of the trainer + former champion of the Netherlands - an introduction to speed walking and Nordic walking explained in the second slide on 25/5 at the Wissen in Stokkem-Dilsen (Belgium). If you feel like participating, that is possible. It will certainly benefit you. It helps me with my tendon problems and both for walking and running. That way we can also get to know each other...! After the coming weekend we will close the registrations and a few places are still open. Let me know soon at lodewijkpas@gmail.com . Contribution to training costs 7€. Catering at your own expense.
Beautiful non-strenuous heath tour without particular difficulty. Very interesting when the heather is in bloom.
Today I walked the second part of the Msinvennen. With an extra loop so that I also went to the Elfenmeertje and the Kombergen. Loop is not completely on komoot due to a small error. Beautiful route especially because the heather is in bloom everywhere, there were also many people on the road.
Purple, purple, purple…..beautiful purple. Purple all around me this morning in De Meinweg National Park. How beautiful the heath is in August. I'm early today, it's still nice and quiet. Enjoy that silence and the beautiful morning light.
Mönchengladbach (Borussen Hotel) came to Wuppertal and what could be more obvious than a hike in the border region between Germany and the Netherlands. Bog and marshland, sandy paths, almost no incline.