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Liewerfrauenweg – Solingen

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Liewerfrauenweg – Solingen

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Liewerfrauenweg – Solingen

04:13

15.7km

190m

Hiking

Solingen, like neighboring Wuppertal and Remscheid, were centers of early industrialization in Europe. Knives, tools and weapons were produced here and the Wupper and its many tributaries provided the energy for hammer mills and grinding shops. Since the Middle Ages, people have been producing in the Bergisch city triangle for…

by Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein (SGV)

Last updated: July 26, 2024

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Train Station

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331 m

Start of the Liewerfrauenweg

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This is where the Liewerfrauenweg starts, one of the Bergische forays. The path is a memorial to the women who, up until the 1920s, transported half-finished or finished steel goods …

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3.32 km

Pilghauser Valley

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Beautiful section on our hike.

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5.33 km

Nacker Bach Riverside Path

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A narrow path leads along the Nacker Bach for a few hundred meters

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7.46 km

Wipperkotten Grinding Mill

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The Wipperkotten was already mentioned at the beginning of the 17th century. It was rebuilt after the fires of 1783 and 1858 and has been a listed building since 1994. …

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10.5 km

Liewerfrau Wooden Sculpture

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I was happy to meet a lover woman on the new path!

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12.2 km

Half-Timbered House With Colorful Murals in Untenfürkelt

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UNTENFURKELT Colorful plaques on the facade depict the Christmas story. Half-timbered house from 1750 exudes Bergisch charm.

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13.3 km

Weinsberger Bach

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In the 1920s, the Weinsberg stream was converted into a sewer and its upper reaches were piped. As dewatering takes place in Solingen in the mixed water system, the open …

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15.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.75 km

3.18 km

2.59 km

2.08 km

624 m

507 m

Surfaces

5.15 km

3.52 km

2.69 km

2.02 km

1.23 km

850 m

271 m

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Weather

Monday 13 July

29°C

19°C

39 %

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Comments

January 3, 2023,Bergischer Streifzug 25 - Liewerfrauenweg

Today there was a mother-daughter tour at the start of the year. A really nice path, with many narrow paths, old farmsteads and some huts. Surefootedness is an advantage. Unfortunately, all rest stops along the way were closed. Behind the station there is parking and the general cargo, where we then let the day end. 😊

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September 26, 2024,🚶‍♀️🥾 Liewerfrauenweg

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Until the 1920s, the "Liëwerfrauen" carried semi-finished or finished steel goods in a basket on their heads from the cottage by the stream or the Wupper uphill to the Solingen merchants' offices. In doing so, they transported 15 to 25 kilograms of weight up to 10 kilometers.

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November 22, 2023,Liewerfrauenweg Solingen + Tintenfischpilze gesehen

Today we hiked the new Bergisch foray in Solingen and even saw squid mushrooms for the first time in my life. (Near Wipperkotten)
Little tip: Don't touch the mushrooms, the black slime smells extremely like dog shit...🤣

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May 30, 2026,🥾🚶🏻Liewerfrauenweg

It went along the Liewerfrauenweg, down to the Wupper and the Kotten and back to Zwilling

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November 6, 2024,Liewerfrauenweg Solingen 💪💪

In February I was on the Liëwerfrauenweg with EV Brühl. I really enjoyed the tour and it was so much fun that I forgot about the bad weather.
This time I was on the tour with @Sasa 🥾🌳🌻🐝 and the weather gods weren't kind to us again. But they couldn't spoil our fun.
Sasa described the tour wonderfully.
komoot.de/tour/1947038002?ref=atd

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February 17, 2024,Liewerfrauenweg - Streifzug #25

Today we walked the Liewerfrauenweg in Solingen in the most beautiful, miserable weather. We started from the parking lot at the technology center. The first 1.5 km didn't really feel like hiking as it only went through residential streets. From Oberpilghausen onwards it got really nice. At least as long as you were on the forest roads and paths. The …

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February 24, 2024,🦁 Bergische Streifzüge - Auf den Spuren der Liewerfrauen

On this tour you follow in the footsteps of the Liewer women who carried the blades from the grinding cottages on the Wupper to the city of Solingen. Anyone interested in history is well served here. If you're only looking for a natural idyll, it's probably not because it also goes through urban areas.

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August 3, 2024,Liewerfrauenweg Solingen

Great themed trail that begins in Solingen-Grünewald. In the former delivery office, which is located in the former Herder steel goods factory, you can find out about the work of the delivery women in a small exhibition area (pay attention to the opening times).

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June 29, 2023

Solingen, like neighboring Wuppertal and Remscheid, were centers of early industrialization in Europe. Knives, tools and weapons were produced here and the Wupper and its many tributaries provided the energy for hammer mills and grinding shops. Since the Middle Ages, people have been producing in the

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Liewerfrauenweg – Solingen

Start of the Liewerfrauenweg

Pilghauser Valley

Nacker Bach Riverside Path

Wipperkotten Grinding Mill

Liewerfrau Wooden Sculpture

Half-Timbered House With Colorful Murals in Untenfürkelt

Weinsberger Bach

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