Towpath at the Zonser Grind – Zons Old Town loop from Stürzelberg

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Dormagen

Towpath at the Zonser Grind – Zons Old Town loop from Stürzelberg

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Towpath at the Zonser Grind – Zons Old Town loop from Stürzelberg

03:13

12.8km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. 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 17, 2026

Tips

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Zonser Grind

Rheinaue Zons-Rheinfeld und Altrheinschlinge Zons

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.91 km

Towpath at the Zonser Grind

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Great hiking trail along the Rhine

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7.49 km

Urdenbach–Zons Ferry

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Ferry from left to right bank of the Rhine

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7.91 km

Rhine Tower, Zons

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The Archbishop of Cologne, Friedrich von Saarwerden, had the customs tower built in 1388.
The building of the Rhine Tower is directly adjacent to the customs house and the Chapel …

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7.99 km

Zons Old Town alleys

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The Rheinstraße in Zons invites you to take a break with its ice cream parlors and restaurants

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8.13 km

Zons Old Town

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City of Zons is an ideal destination on the beautiful Rhine. Today it belongs to Dormagen.
Zons was first mentioned in a document in the middle of the 7th century. …

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8.23 km

Historic houses in Zons Old Town

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A walk in and around Zons is always worthwhile.

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8.39 km

Zons town walls

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The city walls of the Zons fortress were built between 1372 and 1388 due to increasing conflicts between the citizens of Neuss and the Archbishop of Cologne, as well as …

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8.45 km

The pig well records the historical occurrence of the so-called "Zons swine feud" from 1575/1577, in which soldiers of the then Archbishop of Cologne, Salentin von Isenburg, stole the Zons swine herd consisting of 50 pigs.

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12.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.12 km

3.37 km

2.97 km

170 m

121 m

Surfaces

6.95 km

4.06 km

1.70 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

16°C

9°C

43 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

April 16, 2023,🔁🚶🏼‍♂️ Dormagen-Stürzelberg • Zonser Grind – Feste Zons

It's not going so well this year... Now that the Corona epidemic had caught us, after three weeks of recovering and unfortunately still suffering from bronchial congestion, we went on our first easy walk again in the flat land on the left side of the Lower Rhine. Nothing really exciting, but it was enough for a start. I'm really hoping …

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March 13, 2022,Zonser Grind – Runde von Stürzelberg

Round on the doorstep: Zonser Grind. The sun 🌞 as a talkative companion was with us. The campsites are still empty because the season doesn't start until April. The silence is broken by the chirping of birds and the humming of tankers. Beautiful tour along the Rhine. Annoying then only the piece from Zons back to Stürzelberg. I walked on …

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August 10, 2026,10.08.2026 Zonser Grind

Through Zons to the Rhine. Wanted to go to the other side of the Rhine, but the ferry is not running due to low water levels, so I walked along the Rhine through Zonser Grind to Stürzelberg.

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January 17, 2024,17.01.2024 Zonser Grind

It was supposed to snow 😃.
To enjoy the snowy landscape, I took the bus to Stürzelberg.
From here on the snow-covered asphalted and paved paths through the Zonser Grind, along the Rhine to the Zons Fortress.
Took the bus home here.

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September 25, 2021,Runde durch Zons von Stürzelberg

After we took part in the night run "7 miles from Zons" yesterday and were already enthusiastic about this beautiful place in the moonlight, we went on a hike through Zons today.

First we went along the Rhine, initially under a cloudy sky, but hardly arrived in Zons the sun was shining and we enjoyed our time in the medieval …

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February 27, 2022,Zu Fuß durch den Zonser Grind

Not on the bike today and it's even become 10 km...

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December 9, 2023,Rhein:NSG Zonser Grind zum Nikolausmarkt in Zons 🎄🎅🎄

Today we started in Stürzelbach and walked to Zons to the St. Nicholas market. This only takes place today and tomorrow in the old Friedestrom castle complex. The entire castle complex invites you to the medieval Christmas market. At the entrance you are greeted by the knights en various delicacies including handcrafted and regional products.
We went back along the …

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February 28, 2022,Burg🏰Friedestrom

Finally on the Rhine🥾 Friedestrom Castle near Dormagen-Zons.
The end, through the old town at the castle and the beginning ~ 4 km along the Rhine, were great, the rest just asphalt 🤦🏼 ♂️ So basically not recommended.
But we still enjoyed the wonderful 🌞 weather.

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