Heider Berg Lake – Heider Berg Lake loop from Brühl

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Heider Berg Lake – Heider Berg Lake loop from Brühl

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Heider Berg Lake – Heider Berg Lake loop from Brühl

02:26

9.46km

50m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

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Naturpark Rheinland

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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377 m

View of Heider Bergsee — East Bay

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Beautiful wide view over the entire length of the lake

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386 m

Bench With a View of the Lake in Naturpark Rheinland

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There are benches everywhere to relax and look out over the lake.
What I miss, as a dog walker, are trash cans, because no one walks around with a dog bag for long.

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549 m

Heider Bergsee lakeshore (Heide district)

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Beautiful views of the lake

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1.82 km

Heider Berg Lake

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Around the lake leads a well-navigable path in any weather.

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5.58 km

View of the Franziskussee and its two islands

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The two small islands on the Franziskussee are a paradise for water birds

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7.74 km

Bench with a view of the Schluchtsee

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The brand new bench with a view of the gorge lake invites you to linger.

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8.63 km

Heider Berg Lake

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Depending on your condition and time, the Heider Bergsee can be circumnavigated on a short walk of around six kilometers or combined with other waters in the Villeseen landscape on a longer hike.

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9.46 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.61 km

3.82 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.10 km

280 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 19 October

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Comments

August 24, 2025,Heider Bergsee – Heider Bergsee Runde von Brühl-West

A beautiful 10 km hike around Heider Bergsee, with beautiful views of the lake at every turn.
If you want to get closer, simply leave the normal path and head down to the shore. 😊

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November 23, 2024,Runde um Heider Bergsee und Franziskussee

It actually looks as if nature has reclaimed the area at the Ville Lakes. Tiny goldcrests buzzed in the tops of a conifer, a buzzard took off from the shore for a flight over the lake... but then there were always places where white or rusty-brown water came out of the ground and you realised that the scars from the …

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May 25, 2022,Tour d'Akelei

On May 25th, 2022, 12 members of the Eifelverein local group Brühl met at Heiderbergsee.
With excellent weather, our path led on the right side of the lake to the gorge lake. Here we turned right to Franziskussee. First we used the hiking trail to admire and photograph the flowering columbines. The further path led us along the bank to …

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May 18, 2022,Tour zu den Akeleien 18.05.2022

This is the pre-hike for the 5/25/22 hike, which has been changed with minor routing changes due to safety concerns on my part. (see Tour d'Akelei)

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