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Erftstadt

Lake Franziskus – Donatus Lake loop from Erftstadt

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Erftstadt

Lake Franziskus – Donatus Lake loop from Erftstadt

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Lake Franziskus – Donatus Lake loop from Erftstadt

03:20

12.8km

90m

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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Naturpark Rheinland

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2.97 km

Lake Franziskus

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Lake Franziskus is one of more than two dozen bodies of water in the "Ville" region between Brühl and Liblar, offering hikers wonderful variety during walks in the woods. Historically, …

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4.33 km

Untersee (Ville Lake Chain)

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Unter -, Mittel- and Obersee Ville is a chain of three lakes separated by narrow dams in the large forest-lake landscape of the Ville. They are part of the subsequent …

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6.05 km

Forest path in Naturpark Rheinland

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If you like walking on small paths and not on wide hiking trails, this is the place for you.

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8.55 km

Bench with a view of Villenhofer Maar

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For me, the Villenhofer Maar is the most beautiful Ville lake. Large areas of the maar are overgrown with water lilies. Dragonflies settle here. There are many large fish in …

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9.58 km

Donatus Lake

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The Donatussee belongs to the Villeseen area in the Rhineland Nature Park and is the deepest of all Villeseen. The chain of villas was created from the remaining holes in …

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10.9 km

View of the Untersee

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From up here you have a great view of the Untersee!

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11.2 km

Bench with a View of the Mittelsee

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The already rather wobbly bench has now tipped over and is no longer usable...
Access to the lake is still there...

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11.3 km

Wooden dock at Mittelsee

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In addition to a small bench, there is also this wooden footbridge on the Mittelsee, which invites you to linger.

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12.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.41 km

2.59 km

629 m

144 m

Surfaces

8.02 km

2.35 km

1.17 km

726 m

510 m

Elevation

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Sunday 23 August

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Comments

April 20, 2024,Die Ville - Naturpark Rheinland

April does what it wants. Today it's wet from all sides, so this beautiful circular route in the Rhineland Nature Park is perfect. There are lakes every few meters, but the Obersee has a particularly idyllic atmosphere. I found this tour, whose route looks like a butterfly, as an April tip here at komoot. It goes from the Brühl climbing …

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May 14, 2023,Eifelverein Brühl: Tag des Wanderns, Rund um die Brühler Ville-Seen

Today on the day of hiking with the motto "Wanderzeit Brühl" my guided hike went around 8 Brühl Ville lakes.
11 participants, including 7 guests, set off from the Maiglerwiese.
It went past the Pingsdorfer See, Villenhofer Maar, Zwillingssee, here a short break at the Zwillingssee Hütte and at the Donatussee to the Huttanus Hütte.
Here we took a longer …

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October 10, 2021,Mittelsee – Obersee Runde

The beautiful autumn weather yesterday tempted people to go hiking in the area. This tour went from Brühl to the Ville Lakes (former lignite opencast mines in the first half of the 20th century) in the vicinity of Brühl, of which not all but some were visited. From my point of view a varied tour with a lot of mixed …

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March 16, 2025,Tisch 4 Wandergruppe 🥳 in Brühl

...we've known for a long time that we'd cover a few kilometers here at the various lakes today, and thanks in part to the great weather, it was another fantastic ride. We finished at the Brühler Wirtshaus by the train station... Thanks so much for the organization, Manu, and see you at the next Table 4 tour in August at …

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November 26, 2025,Eifelverein Brühl: Runde um 8 Brühler Ville-Seen

Today, 13 hiking enthusiasts joined us for our monthly half-day hike through the autumnal Ville region.

Starting from the water tower, we passed Lake Pingsdorf, Villenhofer Maar, and Lake Donatus.

We took a short break at the Zwillingssee Hut.

From there, we enjoyed a great view of the Zwillingssee (Twin Lake), which can only be appreciated in autumn and winter.

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September 15, 2024,NRW - Naturpark Rheinland - Runde von Brühl-West

Relaxed and easy hike with no elevation gain (but unfortunately also no places to stop for refreshments). The length of the route can be extended or shortened as desired, depending on how many lakes you want to hike to...
There are easily over 20 lakes in the Rhineland Nature Park (even if I didn't count them all). Here, nature is …

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June 1, 2022,7 Villeseen - Wanderung im Wechselbad von Weg und Pfad

Circular hike past seven Villeseen.
Hiking trails and paths alternate. Due to the vegetation on the path at Pingsdorfer See (bramble hedges), I advise against wearing shorts. However, this path can be circumvented.
A great varied hike.

Beginning at the Brühl water tower, the path leads past the Maigler meadow with free running areas for dogs in the direction of …

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June 30, 2023,30.06.2023 Wanderung in Liblar mit Blick auf den Obersee - Mittelsee - Franziskussee - Untersee - Pingsdorfer See - Villenhofer Maar und zum Abschluß noch den Donatussee

The start of our Ville hike begins in the parking lot of the train station in Liblar. From here we turn left along the railway line until we reach it after about 500 m. Under the underpass, turn left onto the Schwarzer Weg. Our path then leads us along the left side of the Obersee and from the Mittelsee left …

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Lake Franziskus – Donatus Lake loop from Erftstadt

Lake Franziskus

Untersee (Ville Lake Chain)

Forest path in Naturpark Rheinland

Bench with a view of Villenhofer Maar

Donatus Lake

View of the Untersee

Bench with a View of the Mittelsee

Wooden dock at Mittelsee

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