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Amazon Tour Nivelstein-Alt Merkstein

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Städteregion Aachen

Herzogenrath

Amazon Tour Nivelstein-Alt Merkstein

Moderate

4.1

(70)

188

hikers

Amazon Tour Nivelstein-Alt Merkstein

02:22

8.91km

100m

Hiking

This circular hike, which starts at Herzogenrath Alt-Merkstein train station, runs through the wild meadow landscape of the Wurm directly on the German-Dutch border. After a visit to the Church of St. Willibrordus, it's off into the countryside. You pass the nature park Worm-Wildnis and then hike on to the Nivelsteiner Sandwerken. A viewing platform offers you an impressive overview of the works and the surrounding landscape.

Then it gets really wild and natural, because the floodplain forests of the Wurm are waiting for you. The water rushes, frogs croak in the ponds and you can discover beaver tracks along the way. Other rare animal species such as the kingfisher also live in this sanctuary. You walk along the river to the Baalsbrugger Mühle, and then follow the Mühlenweg back to the starting point of the circular hike.

by Städteregion Aachen

Last updated: June 6, 2024

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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270 m

St. Willibrord Church, Alt-Merkstein

Highlight • Religious Site

Merkstein is first mentioned in 1123. At that time a wooden church in honor of St. Willibrord 658-739 was already more than 400 years old. According to tradition, the wooden church was built in 701.

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3.18 km

Nivelsteiner Sandwerke Viewing Platform

Highlight • Viewpoint

The sand mined here is used, for example, for glass production. A viewing platform gives you a deep look down into the pit. Next to it is an information board.

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4.91 km

Finkenrath Memorial Stone

Highlight • Monument

The clearing place originated between 1200 and 1300 on a forest clearing along the worm. The castle owner of the Rimburg settled there unfree farmers
The demolition of the 18 houses of the former village Finkenrath took place between July 1949 and 1963 under Dutch administration.

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5.54 km

Wurm Bridge

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Bridge over the Wurm (and the border), in beautiful natural surroundings.

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5.74 km

Flaschenweiher and Wurmauen

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful fishing pond just across the border at Eygelshoven close to the river Wurm.

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8.91 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.67 km

3.59 km

385 m

258 m

Surfaces

3.33 km

2.11 km

1.44 km

1.42 km

383 m

120 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 9 July

29°C

14°C

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Comments

April 28, 2025,Wanderung ab Alt - Merkstein entlang der Worm durch das Wurmtal nördlich vonHerzogenrath.

Our first hike didn't go as we're used to. We started with the highly praised parish church of St. Willibrord in Merkstein, as the visit is unfortunately only possible for two hours on Wednesdays. Then there were the fact that some highlights were either not found at all or at completely different points along the way. I wouldn't have been …

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February 26, 2025,Amazonastour Nivelstein-Alt Merkstein

We had to change the original hike from komoot in terms of the starting parking lot (only 2 hours with a parking card) and the partial closure by the RWTH (due to a test track for self-driving trucks). We then did the tour in the opposite direction. That was a good decision. We quickly got through the
rather unattractive and …

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July 31, 2023

This circular hike, which starts at Herzogenrath Alt-Merkstein train station, runs through the wild meadow landscape of the Wurm directly on the German-Dutch border. After a visit to the Church of St. Willibrordus, it's off into the countryside. You pass the nature park Worm-Wildnis and then hike on

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Amazon Tour Nivelstein-Alt Merkstein

St. Willibrord Church, Alt-Merkstein

Nivelsteiner Sandwerke Viewing Platform

Finkenrath Memorial Stone

Wurm Bridge

Flaschenweiher and Wurmauen

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