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Kreis Düren

Nideggen

View of the Nideggen Cliffs – View of Nideggen Castle loop from Nideggen

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Kreis Düren

Nideggen

View of the Nideggen Cliffs – View of Nideggen Castle loop from Nideggen

Moderate

4.8

(777)

2,519

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View of the Nideggen Cliffs – View of Nideggen Castle loop from Nideggen

02:31

8.37km

260m

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 29, 2026

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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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1.85 km

River Rur

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beautiful surroundings and wonderful hiking trails

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4.58 km

The Hindenburg Gate is a colorful sandstone rock. The rock was created in the Triassic during the period of Buntsandstein about 220 million years ago from rubble and sand. The rivers that flow into the basins from the mountains brought with them sand, gravel and clay fragments. At that time, medium-sized sandstones as well as piles of various sizes were deposited in a depression, which, after solidification, form today's conglomerate. The sand came from a mountain range in today's central France and was deposited and solidified in the Eifel area. The rock is predominantly red in color. Locally, however, the dyeings go from gruesome to black. The formation of the rock can be thought of as having been washed down by heavy rainfall debris from the hills into the valley - into a depression - and leveled there.

The Eifelverein, Ortsgruppe Nideggen, decided in the meeting on 24.03.1918 the following: "Enthusiasm awakened the suggestion of the chairman, a rock group in the jungholz, a giant gate as towed by Cyklopenhänden, Hindenburgtor to call and so our greatest general a natural monument to dedicate, as it might hardly be found more beautiful and mighty in German lands. "

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5.14 km

Rock formations and viewpoints at Glatte Wand

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Along the way there are several imposing sandstone formations, some of which are as high as a house and are used as climbing areas, which can be easily recognized by the white magnesium powder stains and the embedded hooks.

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5.40 km

View of the Nideggen Cliffs

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Beautiful view of the rocks.

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5.49 km

View of Nideggen Castle

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There are numerous vantage points of the castle and the surrounding area on this beautiful stretch of the route.

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6.19 km

Large Sandstone Rock on the Unraspfad

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The interesting formations formed by the red sandstone cliffs here are not man-made. Nature was the architect, piling up rocks here over the course of Earth's history and partially smoothing them down again through erosion—a perpetual process.

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7.33 km

Nideggen Castle

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The castle ruins on Buntsandsteinfelsen high above the Rurtal is a real highlight of any tour to Nideggen.

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8.37 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.31 km

2.70 km

1.53 km

397 m

333 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.20 km

2.32 km

1.37 km

1.09 km

339 m

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

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Thursday 4 June

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10°C

78 %

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View of the Nideggen Cliffs – View of Nideggen Castle loop from Nideggen

River Rur

Hindenburg Gate

Rock formations and viewpoints at Glatte Wand

View of the Nideggen Cliffs

View of Nideggen Castle

Large Sandstone Rock on the Unraspfad

Nideggen Castle

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