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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Heinsberg

Waldfeucht

View of the Countryside – Berghoes loop from Haaren

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Heinsberg

Waldfeucht

View of the Countryside – Berghoes loop from Haaren

Easy

4.3

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View of the Countryside – Berghoes loop from Haaren

00:52

3.37km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

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105 m

Kluser Pappmule Monument

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Bronze - 1997 - Christel Claßen Braunsrath
The Haaren Carnival Society was founded in 1951/52 and named itself after this old nickname for the people of Haaren. They wrote in their chronicle about the name:
Referring to the "Alte Klus" (Old Hermitage), the people of Haaren in the Heinsberg region were called the "Kluser" for short. In many houses, there was a simple milk dish, the Kluser Papp, served in the morning or evening.

This is why the people of Haaren were mockingly called "Kluser Pappmule."

Thus, the nickname became a trademark of the Haaren Carnival.
Even today, Violet Tuesday is offered at the end of the season by the "Kluser Papp" fanfare corps.

And the president's scepter is a Pappläepel (laepel = spoon).

waldfeucht.de/projects/sehenswuerdigkeiten/historische-bauten-und-ortssymbole

The village symbols of Waldfeucht, Haaren, and Bocket are bronze sculptures intended to characterize their respective villagers. They humorously reflect what the residents of the surrounding villages were known for in the past.

- the Waldfeucht "Vöchter Schörskaarschörjer" (Waldfeucht wheelbarrow pushers)
- the Haaren "Kluser Pappmule" (Haaren milk soup swillers)
- the Braunsrath "Röer Sennengsbük" (Braunsrath whey bellies)

The Waldfeuchter owe their name primarily to the fact that the town has always had many narrow streets. The wheelbarrow was the most important and indispensable means of transport for all farmers and tradespeople in the town. The "Vöchter Schörskaarschörjer" (Vöchter Schörskaarschörjer) can be found on Brabanter Straße at the roundabout.

The "Kluser Pappmule" (Papp Mule) on Brauereistraße in Haaren tell the story that the people of Haaren ate their "Papp" – a hearty milk soup with various ingredients – every day.
- The Braunsrath "Roer Sennengsbük" (Römer Sennengsbük) allegedly drank whey – a byproduct of butter production – out of excessive thrift.

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St. Germanus (Haaren)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Germanus is a listed church building in Haaren, a district of the city of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2024, it has belonged to the Aachen-North/East/Eilendorf Pastoral Area and previously formed a pastoral community with St. Martin and St. Hubert in Verlautenheide, in which the priests shared responsibilities across parish boundaries. The current church building is dedicated to St. Germanus of Auxerre.

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423 m

Émilie Schneider

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Émilie Schneider (born Juliana (Julie) Schneider on September 6, 1820, in Haaren near Waldfeucht; died March 21, 1859, in Düsseldorf) was a German nun of the Daughters of the Holy Cross who worked in poor relief and nursing. She is considered a mystic in the Roman Catholic Church. After Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte, then Archbishop of Cologne, initiated the process for her beatification in 1926, Pope Benedict XVI bestowed upon her the honorary title of Venerable Servant of God on July 6, 2007.

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