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Bötchenteich in Blücher Park – Knechtsteden Abbey loop from Köln Süd

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bötchenteich in Blücher Park – Knechtsteden Abbey loop from Köln Süd

Moderate

4.6

(60)

286

riders

Bötchenteich in Blücher Park – Knechtsteden Abbey loop from Köln Süd

03:37

68.1km

210m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 65.1 km for 60 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.36 km

Bötchenteich in Blücher Park

Highlight • Lake

A beautiful local recreation area with boats, beer garden and free drinking water point. Lots of space for games and sports in summer.

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14.1 km

Stöckheimer Lake

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

Nice car-free route along the lake

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14.8 km

Baadenberger Senke, Stöckheimer See und Große Laache

Nature Reserve

17.5 km

Wüstung Altenhof

Forest

19.3 km

Path Between Wheat and Rapeseed Fields

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

One of the more beautiful connections of Auweiler and Sinnersdorf.

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27.5 km

Chorbusch

Nature Reserve

28.9 km

Giant sequoias in Chorbusch

Highlight • Forest

To see sequoias here (if there are really some, at least they are similar to them) surprised me positively 🤙

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32.7 km

Knechtsteden Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

The monastery is home to the Norbertgymnasium NGK, a Catholic school where prayers are still held in the morning. Both Christian denominations are taught here. Outside the monastery walls there …

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34.1 km

Knechtsteden forest nature reserve

Highlight • Forest

The Knechtstedener Wald is a forest area west of Dormagen, which includes the parts Mühlenbusch, Knechtstedener Busch and Chorbusch. It is a flora-fauna-habitat area and headwaters of the Pletschbach. Species …

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65.5 km

Clarenbach Canal and Lion Fountain

Highlight • River

It's more relaxed here at night and with the lighting it's also a cool photo motif (even though I didn't have a photo with me last night😊)!

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65.6 km

Rautenstrauch Canal

Highlight • River

Through the green to almost the center of Cologne.

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68.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.4 km

6.96 km

5.34 km

5.04 km

2.89 km

538 m

Surfaces

26.2 km

24.1 km

12.5 km

2.52 km

2.47 km

360 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 16 July

28°C

16°C

35 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

July 6, 2023,Roaar Gravel | A Lotta Schotter Recon Ride

@ROAAR The most beautiful northern gravel tour anywhere! Kudos to the Scoutin/Scouter! 👌

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June 30, 2026,🇩🇪 Cologne: Auf Gravel nach Knechtsteden

Today I took a different direction: North-West. Once to the Knechtsteden monastery, preferably on gravel.

Out of Cologne through Neu-Ehrenfeld and Ossendorf to the Pescher See. Then past Sinnersdorf and shortly thereafter plunged into the Chorbusch.
I based the route planning on a suggestion from Komoot. And those who ask for gravel also get narrow paths presented ;-). Some so …

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Bötchenteich in Blücher Park – Knechtsteden Abbey loop from Köln Süd

Bötchenteich in Blücher Park

Stöckheimer Lake

Path Between Wheat and Rapeseed Fields

Giant sequoias in Chorbusch

Knechtsteden Abbey

Knechtsteden forest nature reserve

Clarenbach Canal and Lion Fountain

Rautenstrauch Canal

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