The best walks and hikes in the Seven Hills

Many of these houses date from the 17th to 19th centuries and have been preserved or restored over generations. They are testaments to traditional building methods and rural life. A guided walk among the half-timbered houses is like a journey back in time 👍🏼

A sunken lane is a path that, through centuries of use by carts and livestock, as well as runoff from rainwater, has cut itself up to 10 meters deep into the surrounding terrain. Here you can clearly see the resulting embankment to the right and left of the path.

Dear visitors, the meadow orchard belongs to the BNS (https://naturschutz-siebengebirge.de). Harvesting (including picking apples) is considered theft and will be reported to the police! Best regards from the board.

"Along with Chief Mining Officer Heinrich von Dechen, Franz Schultz was one of the great patrons of the Siebengebirge. The preservation of the Löwenburg ruins is particularly thanks to him. The bronze relief on a viewing terrace on the circular path around the Löwenburg commemorates Franz Schultz. A stone with a metal relief depicting Schultz's head in profile is set into the front wall of the terrace. Below it, in raised letters, is SCHULTZ * 1831 † 1926. The inscription on a bronze plaque below it reads: Franz Schultz - born February 15, 1831, Zerbst/Anhalt - died March 4, 1926, Cologne - Dedicated Preservationist of the Löwenburg Ruins. Schultz was born on February 15, 1831, the only child of Ludwig Ferdinand and Wilhelmine Schultz on the princely domain of Zerbst (Saxony-Anhalt), of which his father was the tenant. In addition to his After receiving his education from a private tutor, he worked in a metalworking shop and subsequently studied mechanical engineering in Berlin. As an engineer, he worked for several years for the Berlin-Hamburg Railway before moving to Cologne in 1856, where, among other things, he oversaw the construction of the iron roof structure of Cologne Cathedral. This was a sensation at the time because, until then, only wooden structures had been known. In 1863, Schultz joined the Charlier & Van der Zypen wagon factory, becoming a partner. In 1896, he sold his shares and, as a wealthy private citizen, undertook numerous trips around the world. In 1959, the company was absorbed into the Cologne-based engine, commercial vehicle, and locomotive manufacturer Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (see link 3 for the Wikipedia article on this topic). In 1898, Schultz founded a committee with Bismarck friends that promoted the erection of the Bismarck Column, which, inaugurated in 1903, still stands today at the junction of Cologne's Bayenthalgürtel and Rheinuferstraße. Franz Schultz died on March 4, 1926, at the age of 96, in his house in Cologne, which later fell victim to bombing. Until his death, his passion was the preservation of nature in his native Siebengebirge near Bonn, where a square was named in his honor. Text source: Zerbst Local History Calendar 1999

Drachenburg Castle is a castle on the Drachenfels in Königswinter with a stunning panorama of the Rhine. Built between 1882 and 1884 in the Neo-Gothic and Neo-Renaissance styles.

Very nice, small section at Drachenfels.

€12 ticket for the ascent and descent. The railway is the oldest cog railway in Germany.

From here you have your first view of the Drachenburg - very impressive.