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Obermaubach Reservoir – View of the Nideggen Cliffs loop from Obermaubach

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Düren

Kreuzau

Obermaubach Reservoir – View of the Nideggen Cliffs loop from Obermaubach

Moderate

4.8

(940)

3,083

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Obermaubach Reservoir – View of the Nideggen Cliffs loop from Obermaubach

04:39

16.2km

350m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Start point

Train Station

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168 m

Obermaubach Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

A truly lovely spot for a break. From here you have a wonderful view over the reservoir. For a light snack or a delicious coffee, I recommend Café Fink near the bridge. Listening to the sound of the fish ladder, enjoying a good slice of cake, and a cup of coffee makes for a very relaxing experience.

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2.47 km

Obermaubach Forest Chapel and view over the Obermaubach Reservoir

Highlight • Religious Site

Magnificent view of the Rur Valley and the reservoir.
The forest chapel was built between 1994 and 1996 by the Obermaubach working group and is open to visitors.
This "Eifel-Bick" is a good place for a rest and there are enough benches available.
In the immediate vicinity of the forest chapel there is a memorial stone in honor of Countess Alveradis von Molbach (approx. 1155 to 1222).
The legend of Alveradis can be read in detail on the information board.

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5.27 km

Buntsandstein Cliffs (Rur Valley)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Beautiful rock formations made of red sandstone. The red sandstone cliffs in the Rur Valley have been under nature protection since 1999. Eagle owls have been breeding here again for some time. Every year the eagle owls are counted in the rocks of the Rur valley and the young are ringed. In 2017, five uhu pairs were able to raise ten cubs in the Rur Valley. Source: bund-dueren.de/themen_projekte/buntsandsteinfelsen

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6.40 km

Hindenburg Gate

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Hindenburg Gate is a colorful sandstone rock. The rock was created in the Triassic during the period of Buntsandstein about 220 million years ago from rubble and sand. The rivers that flow into the basins from the mountains brought with them sand, gravel and clay fragments. At that time, medium-sized sandstones as well as piles of various sizes were deposited in a depression, which, after solidification, form today's conglomerate. The sand came from a mountain range in today's central France and was deposited and solidified in the Eifel area. The rock is predominantly red in color. Locally, however, the dyeings go from gruesome to black. The formation of the rock can be thought of as having been washed down by heavy rainfall debris from the hills into the valley - into a depression - and leveled there.

The Eifelverein, Ortsgruppe Nideggen, decided in the meeting on 24.03.1918 the following: "Enthusiasm awakened the suggestion of the chairman, a rock group in the jungholz, a giant gate as towed by Cyklopenhänden, Hindenburgtor to call and so our greatest general a natural monument to dedicate, as it might hardly be found more beautiful and mighty in German lands. "

SOURCE:
geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2P3M2&title=geologie-am-hindenburgtor&guid=baf8a83f-c7f3-4443-88c7-ef838e6eaabb

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6.96 km

Rock formations and viewpoints at Glatte Wand

Highlight • Natural Monument

Along the way there are several imposing sandstone formations, some of which are as high as a house and are used as climbing areas, which can be easily recognized by the white magnesium powder stains and the embedded hooks.

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7.22 km

View of the Nideggen Cliffs

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful view of the rocks.

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8.38 km

Large Sandstone Rock on the Unraspfad

Highlight • Natural Monument

The interesting formations formed by the red sandstone cliffs here are not man-made. Nature was the architect, piling up rocks here over the course of Earth's history and partially smoothing them down again through erosion—a perpetual process.

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10.8 km

River Rur

Highlight • River

beautiful surroundings and wonderful hiking trails

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15.4 km

Staubecken Obermaubach einschließlich Einmündungsbereich der Rur

Nature Reserve

16.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.60 km

4.36 km

2.73 km

1.67 km

758 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.93 km

4.81 km

4.71 km

898 m

553 m

258 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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Obermaubach Reservoir – View of the Nideggen Cliffs loop from Obermaubach

Obermaubach Reservoir

Obermaubach Forest Chapel and view over the Obermaubach Reservoir

Buntsandstein Cliffs (Rur Valley)

Hindenburg Gate

Rock formations and viewpoints at Glatte Wand

View of the Nideggen Cliffs

Large Sandstone Rock on the Unraspfad

River Rur

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