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North Rhine-Westphalia

Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Kreis Kleve

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Owl Carving Bench in Kessel – Niers Riverside Trail loop from Kessel

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Kreis Kleve

Goch

Owl Carving Bench in Kessel – Niers Riverside Trail loop from Kessel

Moderate

4.8

(473)

1,306

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Owl Carving Bench in Kessel – Niers Riverside Trail loop from Kessel

02:52

11.3km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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778 m

Owl Carving Bench in Kessel

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For the most beautiful of the three benches - the owls have become really beautiful 🦉

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1.07 km

Renatured Niers River Near Kessel

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Here the original floodplain landscape was at least partially restored.

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2.42 km

Sandy beach at the Mill Ponds in the Niers Oxbows and Mill Ponds Nature Reserve

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Real beautiful nature perfect for a long round walk with the dog

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3.49 km

Graefenthal Monastery

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There is a beer garden with monastery beer on the premises, lots of chickens and peacocks are running around

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5.20 km

Niers Riverside Trail

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Most of the path along the Niers is in beautiful nature - it can get a bit muddy at times.

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9.48 km

Biotope on the River Niers

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Beautiful biotope area almost on the kidney. You can see a lot of small animals here. For example frogs with corpses.

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9.62 km

Path Along the Niers

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It's just a great hike.😁

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10.1 km

View of the Niers River

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Great ... calm nature🌲🌳🌊🌿🍃
Wonderful to switch off, so always worth a visit

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11.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.77 km

3.14 km

818 m

560 m

Surfaces

6.07 km

2.07 km

1.84 km

1.24 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 21 August

21°C

12°C

67 %

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Comments

November 4, 2025,Schwesternmarsch an der Niers/Asperden

After a very successful shopping trip in Kleve and some relaxation in the garden before heading back to Sulzbach, I enjoyed the autumnal atmosphere, the beautiful weather, and the company of my sister.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niers

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June 8, 2024,Niederrhein :Nierswanderweg 🐿️🐿️🐿️vom Spargel-Dorf Kessel

From the car park at the beautiful St. Stephanus Church in Kessel, we walked along the renaturalized Niers.
The path has a few muddy spots due to the heavy rainfall, but is currently easily passable. The Niers meanders merrily through meadows and forests. Sometimes accompanied by a decent croaking concert 🐸 Next to our dogs were great blue-black butterflies 🦋 …

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April 29, 2023,Versunkenes Kloster bei Asperden🤷🏻‍♀️29.04.2023

Beautiful round along the Niers with increasingly beautiful weather.
Varying landscape. We didn't find the sunken monastery 🤷🏻‍♀️
Forest path - path along the renatured Niers with countless hobby canoeists today - past many anglers - too late for a coffee ☕️in the Graefenthal monastery.

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July 17, 2022,Wandelen langs de Niers vanuit Kessel 🇩🇪

We have already walked several tours in the area but somehow this area never gets bored. This 10 km walk starts and ends in the town of Kessel. A really beautiful and varied walk along water and through forest. We start in Kessel and first follow the Niersoevers, then we go through a beautiful dense forest, winding and hilly. Then …

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April 26, 2025,Pfad an der Niers

A beautiful walk along the partially renaturalized Niers River. At Graefenthal Monastery, you can enjoy a refreshing drink at the monastery café. Many chickens of various breeds, ducks, and peacocks roam freely in front of the café, which absolutely fascinated my dog.

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October 7, 2022,Kessel-Niers-Graefenthal-Runde 07.10.2022

Friday, 17 degrees, pure sun 🌞. outdoor weather
I wanted to do my round of Graefenthal a little differently today, not from the monastery car park, but from Kessel. A route used here by a komootler.

What I can recommend is the parking lot at the church in Kessel. Be sure to go to church too ☝️. Unfortunately, I was …

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November 9, 2021,🌟 An der Niers 7 - Kloster Graefenthal & Reichswald

We have already paid a few visits to the Niers and we have enjoyed it everywhere. Today we were in a particularly beautiful section near the village of Kessel. A renatured area alternates with a straightened part of the Niers. The southern path leads quite openly past meadows and fields, the northern path back through a beautiful mixed forest. A …

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February 23, 2022,Nierswanderung von Asperden über Kloster Graefenthal _ GOCH Februar 2022

Niersrundweg 🌲🌳_in the footsteps of OTTO ll._🌳🌲 through the mythical Reichswald past the banks of kingfishers to the Graefenthal monastery 🥾🐾🌲in the land of asparagus, storks and wild gooses.

A beautiful inspirational pre-spring day comes to an end.

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Owl Carving Bench in Kessel – Niers Riverside Trail loop from Kessel

Owl Carving Bench in Kessel

Renatured Niers River Near Kessel

Sandy beach at the Mill Ponds in the Niers Oxbows and Mill Ponds Nature Reserve

Graefenthal Monastery

Niers Riverside Trail

Biotope on the River Niers

Path Along the Niers

View of the Niers River

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