Rest Area by the Lake – Stations of the Cross on Sophienhöhe loop from Stetternich
Rest Area by the Lake – Stations of the Cross on Sophienhöhe loop from Stetternich
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Rest Area by the Lake – Stations of the Cross on Sophienhöhe loop from Stetternich
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13.1km
170m
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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: July 6, 2026
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1.19 km
View of Stetternich and Jülich
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1.93 km
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
2.59 km
View of Forschungszentrum Jülich and Weisweiler Power Plant
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5.26 km
Rest Area by the Lake
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From here you have a beautiful view over the lake. The place is coveted.
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5.57 km
Long Bench Eifel
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5.70 km
Kreuzweg Shelter
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Really well-kept refuge, which is something to be proud of.
Well done 👌🏼👏🏼💚
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5.77 km
Stations of the Cross on Sophienhöhe
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As a result, 5 stopping points or stations were set up for the processions and a wooden cross was carried up to the summit at the events. From year to year the number of participants increased and the religious themes came more to the fore.
In 2002, the children of a school class with their teachers Mr. Lück and Mrs. Grunewald came up with the idea of creating a Way of the Cross on the Sophienhöhe. The company Rheinbraun, now RWE Power AG, supported this idea and donated large boulders from the nearby opencast mine for the planned 15 Stations of the Cross. The children developed the templates for presentations as silhouettes and metal figures for the boulders were made from them at the Jülich Research Center. The Way of the Cross was inaugurated on October 10, 2002. The communion children of the respective year tend the small gardens at the boulders.
Whether as a Good Friday procession, ecumenical Way of the Cross for young people or the Way of the Cross for the family - a number of communities in the area use this path today for processions for religious devotion.
Excerpt from www-euregio-im-bild.de
The first station is missing. It is on the section of the Elsbeerenweg that is not yet part of the H hiking trail. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of it.
euregio-im-bild.de/wandern-discoveren/noerdlicher-eifelrand/die-sophienhoehe/der-kreuzweg-auf-der-sophienhoehe-1.htm
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6.91 km
Picnic Area in the Orchard
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7.60 km
Lake on Sophienhöhe
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13.1 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
12.0 km
587 m
488 m
Surfaces
5.88 km
5.38 km
1.32 km
392 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (240 m)
Lowest point (100 m)
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I can't understand that, as the planned climb consists of a "shortcut" over three natural stairs on which you have to overcome a height difference of 80 meters within a distance of around 250 meters. That's around a 40% gradient.
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