The best traffic-free bike rides around Kupfersiefer Tal

Very nice for cycling 🤙

@Michael Beyond ☮️ For decades, the Wahner Heide was used as a military training area and restricted zone, including by the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) and previous armed forces. Various military installations, training grounds, and firing ranges were established there. Many of these concrete structures are no longer in use but are preserved for historical reasons or left as memorials. They serve as reminders of the area's eventful history.

Eulenbroich Castle was built around 1200 as a moated castle and is located in the Sülz river valley, very close to the center of Rösrath. Over the centuries, the building has served many different purposes: as a grand bourgeois villa, as the mayor's residence, and as a retirement home. Since 2003, the Eulenbroich Castle Cultural Association has managed the castle. Today, Eulenbroich Castle is open to the public for concerts, corporate events, markets, seminars, conferences, weddings, communion celebrations, and birthday parties.

https://www.roesrath.de/freizeit-kultur/kultur-partner/stolpersteine/#accordion-1-2 In October 2023, three Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) were laid in front of the historic town hall in Hoffnungsthal at the initiative of the local history society. The report and image were taken from the City of Rösrath's website.

One of the more than two dozen "Bergische Streifzüge" (number 18) is titled "Farm Trail" and starts in Lohmar (although, as is the nature of a circular route, you can theoretically start anywhere and walk it either clockwise or counterclockwise). The short description on the recommended website reads: "On this 12.6-kilometer circular route around Lohmar, you'll learn a lot about life on a farm. The information panels offer adults and elementary school children alike a wealth of information about farm animals, such as the local black-and-white or red-and-white cows, typical crops, and the work of farmers in bygone eras. Today, more and more farmers are diversifying their operations and discovering clever ideas like farm shops, Christmas tree sales, and biomass power plants." ``` For further information, please follow this link =>> https://www.bergisches-wanderland.de/bergische-streifzuege/alle-streifzuege/18-bauernhofweg-lohmar-126-km

What will happen to the Kirchsiefen ponds near Altenrath? https://www.heideterrasse.net/was-passiert-mit-den-kirchsiefen-teichen-bei-altenrath,829,10.html

"Altenrath was first mentioned in 1117, when the Romanesque church of St. George was likely already standing. Until the second half of the 18th century, the parish extended across almost the entire heath terrace and encompassed several smaller villages (the parish of Altenrath was under the jurisdiction of the Porz district office, the Volberg bailiwick, and the Scheiderhöhe district). The parish church of St. George in Troisdorf-Altenrath dates back to the 12th century. It was built in the Romanesque style with a hipped roof; it was remodeled in the 17th/18th century." (Alexandra Lehmann / LVR Environmental Agency 2003) "The Altenrath cemetery lies directly south and east of the church. North of the church, towards Flughafenstraße (Airport Road), are numerous older gravestones, which, according to their inscriptions, originate from the former village of Sand, abandoned around 1915 due to the expansion of the military training area. The gravestones may have been relocated here." " (Christoph Boddenberg / Franz-Josef Knöchel, LVR-KuLaDig Editorial Team, 2011) https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/O-16167-20110908-14

A pleasant climb and also a good descent. There was little traffic.