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On the trail of old borders — kids on Tour

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On the trail of old borders — kids on Tour

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(180)

598

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On the trail of old borders — kids on Tour

01:45

6.56km

70m

Hiking

It starts at the old Köpfchen border crossing. You can reach it by public transport, but there is also a car park. To start with, you hike a loop through the Aachen forest with your kids. You cross the German-Belgian border several times.

Through meadows and forests, sometimes light, sometimes…

by Ostbelgien

Last updated: May 31, 2024

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4.10 km

Värkenskull (Ferkenskull)

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

At the Ferkenskull (dialect: Värkenskull), here in the field name area. Translated, Ferkenskull means pig cow or pig wallow. Pigs were probably kept here and they stood in the mud or wild boars gathered here. Who knows?

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4.47 km

Rest area with a view of the pasture

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A great rest area with a bench, table and a beautiful view. There are also horses, what more could you ask for?

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5.64 km

Dragon's Teeth (Westwall Anti-Tank Barriers) in Aachen Forest

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Historical highlight. Wonderful to see how nature reclaims everything.

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5.92 km

Hanging Art Installation in the Forest

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Here small houses dangle upside down from the tree. A real eye-catcher!

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6.56 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.76 km

1.83 km

895 m

605 m

319 m

127 m

Surfaces

2.74 km

1.89 km

1.27 km

278 m

186 m

165 m

Elevation

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Highest point (310 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Tuesday 11 August

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Comments

August 21, 2022,Sur les traces des anciennes frontières — Randonner en famille dans l'Est de la Belgique

We start from a convenient parking lot, on the corner of Augustinerstrasse, at the entrance to Köpchen, just next to the Aachen woods in the south of the city. In the middle of a magnificent forest of several km², there are many possibilities for trails where you can discover beautiful beech trees with deformed trunks and gigantic pines that flirt …

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April 24, 2022,Sur les traces des anciennes frontières

Short hike crossing the Belgian-German border several times with beautiful forest passages.
You will also pass by an anti-tank defense line made up of large conical concrete blocks. Looking closely, you can see that these constructions extend for several hundred meters in the countryside along the border.

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July 21, 2023,Westwall – Zyklopensteine - Aachener Wald boucle au départ de Hauset

Superb ride, the weather was simply part of it 💟

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May 7, 2023,Westwall – Zyklopensteine - Aachener Wald boucle au départ de Hauset

Superb walk often in the woods, and the weather was there!👍👍👍👍

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July 4, 2022,KuKuK-Runde Köpfchen Aachen/Belgien

Nice round on the German-Belgian border (Köpchen) near Aachen

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April 19, 2022

It starts at the old Köpfchen border crossing. You can reach it by public transport, but there is also a car park. To start with, you hike a loop through the Aachen forest with your kids. You cross the German-Belgian border several times.
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Through meadows and forests, sometimes light, sometimes dense

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On the trail of old borders — kids on Tour

Värkenskull (Ferkenskull)

Rest area with a view of the pasture

Dragon's Teeth (Westwall Anti-Tank Barriers) in Aachen Forest

Hanging Art Installation in the Forest

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