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North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Wermelskirchen

Große Dhünn Reservoir – Great Dhünn Reservoir loop from Dhünntal und Linnefetal mit Seitentälern

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Wermelskirchen

Große Dhünn Reservoir – Great Dhünn Reservoir loop from Dhünntal und Linnefetal mit Seitentälern

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4.7

(406)

1,259

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Große Dhünn Reservoir – Great Dhünn Reservoir loop from Dhünntal und Linnefetal mit Seitentälern

07:20

26.2km

520m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very 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 8, 2026

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Naturpark Bergisches Land

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7.99 km

Panoramic View of Naturpark Bergisches Land

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Distant view over the valleys of the Bergisch.

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8.93 km

View of the Kleine Dhünn forebay

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From here you have a wonderful view of the fore-dam.

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9.16 km

View of the Kleine Dhünn forebay

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The "Dhünn plateau" around the Great Dhünn Dam and the Eifgen Valley is widely known for its impressive and varied landscape in the midst of beautiful nature: characterized by a …

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9.46 km

View of Dhünn Reservoir

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Nature is very beautiful at the Vorsperre "Kleine Dhünn".

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12.5 km

Great Dhünn Valley Reservoir

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The drinking water dam and its banks are protected by law. Therefore, there are hardly any negative effects on nature. Almost the entire hike is off-road. You feel very much for yourself. Pleasant!

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12.9 km

View of the dam at the Große Dhünn forebay

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In the direct catchment area of the Great Dhünn Dam numerous hiking trails invite you to discover. The tours have one thing in common: the relationship to water. Because Dhünn …

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14.5 km

Aussichtspunkt auf Dhünn-Talsperre

Viewpoint

14.9 km

Große Dhünntalsperre

Nature Reserve

19.2 km

View of Bergisches Land

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The Bergisches Land owes its name not to particularly high mountains, but to the historical Counts of Berg, who shaped the region in the Middle Ages. The landscape is characterized …

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Great Dhünn Reservoir

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Here you have a great view of the large Dhünntalsperre, after all Germany's second largest drinking water dam. All around is a lot of nature with many rare and protected species.

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26.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.6 km

4.11 km

2.54 km

1.91 km

Surfaces

11.4 km

5.39 km

5.23 km

3.15 km

679 m

263 m

Elevation

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Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Sunday 23 August

22°C

8°C

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

June 2, 2022,Einmal um die Dhünntalsperre 🙂

Beautiful round, mostly on shady forest paths, with great views of the Dhünntalsperre. @S☀️N🧦A , thanks for the inspiration! 😘

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June 21, 2022,🔁🚶🏼‍♂️ Wermelskirchen • Von Lindscheid um die Große Dhünntalsperre

A nice long loop around the reservoir via the small Dhünn and Great Dhünn dams, as well as the main dam of the Great Dhünn Dam.

We started at the Lindscheidt hiking car park.
🅿️ Lindscheid, 42929 Wermelskirchen

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June 23, 2024,Dhünntalsperre #03 - Runde um die Talsperre 🥾

Great weather, varied paths as well as ups and downs, super beautiful views of the dam, lots of benches.☀️🌲🌳

The parking lot is large, easy to reach, very well maintained and free of charge. 😊

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August 8, 2021,Große Dhünntalsperre ein Drumherum

Great tour but unfortunately got wet again on the last km. But it was still a lot of fun.

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January 8, 2022,Die drei ??? besuchen Kotzberg. 🥾🥶😀

Very, very strenuous tour around the dam, a repetition of the tour from last year in May.
Actually, because of the cold, I already had my coffee after 15km. But the hiking group was able to motivate me to walk through to the parking lot. 😊

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February 21, 2025,Iron Lake Challenge "NRW" - See-Nr. 4: Große Dhünntalsperre

Circumnavigating the Dhünntalsperre in NRW was a lot of fun.
The weather was great, the paths were good and I could see a lot of the dam. After all, it was almost 500 meters in altitude, which was a constant up and down. Nice! 👍

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May 3, 2022,Runde um d. Dhünntalsperre von d. Coenenmühle

Up and down around the dam. In between again asphalt but also many other sections. The view of the dam is always nice 🌞. And rest areas are plentiful. At the end there was a delicious pancake. 😉 (Coenenmühle open during the week from 4 p.m.)

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May 27, 2022,Rund um die Dhünntalsperre🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️👍👍

That was a nice second day. Great paths, great views. Highly Recommended.

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Große Dhünn Reservoir – Great Dhünn Reservoir loop from Dhünntal und Linnefetal mit Seitentälern

Panoramic View of Naturpark Bergisches Land

View of the Kleine Dhünn forebay

View of the Kleine Dhünn forebay

View of Dhünn Reservoir

Great Dhünn Valley Reservoir

View of the dam at the Große Dhünn forebay

View of Bergisches Land

Great Dhünn Reservoir

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