Bensberg Castle – Grube Cox Lakes loop from Hardt

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Bergisches Land

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Bergisch Gladbach

Bensberg Castle – Grube Cox Lakes loop from Hardt

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Bensberg Castle – Grube Cox Lakes loop from Hardt

04:19

15.9km

230m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Bergisches Land

Gierather Wald

Grube Cox

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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411 m

Bensberg Castle

Highlight • Castle

A former hunting lodge built in the 18th century, which is now used as a hotel with a nice ambience.

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4.78 km

Lake Bensberg (west bank)

Highlight • Lake

The area around the Saaler Mühle lake literally goes back to a medieval grain mill. Since the mill was no longer in operation at the beginning of the 20th century, …

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4.99 km

Bensberg Lake

Highlight • Lake

The Bensberger See is popularly known as the Saaler Mühlenteich. The lake is a former lignite opencast mine. A dam was built at the outflow and the lake was dammed up as a rainwater retention basin.

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7.38 km

The former "Cox" dolomite mine is located in Bergisch Gladbach. In 1969 a dolomite deposit was discovered here in the Lerbach Forest. Mining continued here until 1985. In 1996 the Cox pit was declared a nature reserve.

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9.31 km

Gut Lerbach Milk Station

Highlight • Rest Area

There are also fresh eggs, cheese, sausage and jam. You can pull everything yourself from the machine! With cash or even with a credit card.

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10.3 km

St. Rochus Chapel, Sand

Highlight • Religious Site

Nice little chapel. Unfortunately not open. The building served as a model for the pumping station at the old Dombach paper factory.

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12.2 km

Nature Friends House Hardt

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Great place in the forest for a short stay with coffee and cake or a real meal ... You can also rent a room / terrace and a beer tent …

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15.0 km

Milchbornbach Stream

Highlight • River

A very nice spot, unfortunately there is no bank here to linger.

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15.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.09 km

3.14 km

2.25 km

1.39 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.26 km

3.19 km

2.55 km

2.54 km

2.26 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Monday 2 November

9°C

4°C

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Comments

June 26, 2023,Bergisches Land - Schloss Bensberg - Grube Cox – St. Rochuskapelle

Traveling in the Bergisches Land is always different, but varied. Even if the path is disappointing, small and large highlights are convincing. Today from Bensberg, the castle 🏰 quickly in view and also directly hiked through, the first route leads through the village to the well-known wellness temple Mediterana. Through small wooded areas, past ponds and ponds with and without …

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January 18, 2026,Saaler Mühle🍀 - Grube Cox⛏️ ab Bensberg🏰🥾🥾

Meine zweite Wanderung🥾🥾 dieses Wochenendes führte mich vor die Tore der Domstadt Köln, wo ich von der „Schlossstadt“ Bensberg aus eine vielseitige Runde unter die Füße nahm⭕️. Nachdem ich zu Hause von Temperaturen um den Gefrierpunkt überrascht worden war, sanken diese bis ins 300 Meter tiefer gelegene Aggertal auf -2,5°C ab🥶. So war ich froh, dass sie sich beim Startpunkt …

March 18, 2025,Spaziergang zum Schloss Bensberg

If you want to combine a walk with a visit to Bensberg Castle, this route is perfect. It's easy to walk, varied, and offers several places to stop for refreshments.

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December 26, 2021,Naturschutzgebiet Grube Cox – Milchtankstelle Runde von Bensberg

Repeat hiking tour on 2.
Christmas holiday. The landscape was okay, the sun didn't show up, but it stayed dry.
Movement is especially good for you. And enough kilometers to discuss all the important things.
Merry Christmas everyone!

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March 23, 2025,Kölnpfad Etappe 8: von Frankenforst bis Bensberg

Today we set off on the 8th stage of the Cologne Path. We started at the Frankenforst tram stop and passed Bensbergersee, Grube Cox, and the Schlosshotel Lerbach. The 🏰 is currently a construction site, and unfortunately, you can only see it from a distance. ☹️The path is also the Bergischer Weg. This was the first stage that included a …

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October 5, 2022,Von Bensberg nach Frankenforst, Kölnpfad- Etappe 5 🌳🌞

Indian summer - hike in October at 21 degrees... from Bensberg with its Bergisches Museum for mining, crafts and trades, its castle and the beautiful Milchborntal further east towards Herkenrath, from there via a large western loop back along the Rochuskapelle, below Bergisch Gladbach along in the direction of Saaler Mühlenteich...with the terminus in Frankenforst. A wonderful hike..

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April 26, 2025,Kölnpfad Etappe 08: Thielenbruch bis Bensberg

Today I finally started the hiking season. I also went on the Cologne Trail again and tackled what was, for me, the next stage (No. 8). At 16km, it was relatively long, but very beautiful. There was even some elevation gain and a relatively high proportion of trail for the Cologne Trail. Apart from that, the route mostly went through …

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