Rest Area by the Lake – Inselsee on the Sophienhöhe loop from Hambach
Rest Area by the Lake – Inselsee on the Sophienhöhe loop from Hambach
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Rest Area by the Lake – Inselsee on the Sophienhöhe loop from Hambach
01:06
3.92km
80m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: May 6, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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38 m
Hambach Trailhead (Hambach Hiking Car Park)
Highlight • Parking
There are some information boards about Sophienhöhe here. With a bit of luck, the displays also contain a hiking map of the area, which is quite extensive. There are also information brochures about the Sophienhöhe nature trail. Interesting for young and old!
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618 m
Soil Display and Rock Pile on Sophienhöhe
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The northern region in the district of Düren is a clear example of the far-reaching landscape and structural change caused by opencast mining.
The Sophienhöhe was created by opencast mining. On this former spoil heap there is now a well-developed network of hiking and cycling trails, which invites you to leisurely walks as well as longer and more demanding hiking and cycling tours. On the route to the highlights of the Sophienhöhe are the Römerturm, the Höller Horn, the Lebensbaumkreis, the weather radar and the stone compass (tourismus.kreis-dueren.de/wandern/alle-wanderwege/a -to-the-highlights-on-the-sophienhoehe)
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766 m
Soil Layers Educational Display
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772 m
Soil Exhibit at Hambach Open-Cast Mine
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At peak times, the up to 411 meter deep opencast mine produced so much lignite for the company's own power plants that it covered five percent of Germany's total electricity requirements. Coal mining in the Hambach opencast mine will end in 2029 as part of the statutory phase-out of coal. Several major regional planning, mining law and water management approval procedures are currently underway. They will determine what the landscape of a large lake and lots of forest that the open pit mine will leave behind will look like. The Hambach lignite plan is currently being changed. In a few weeks, a planning approval process will begin that prepares the design of the opencast mining lake in detail. At the same time, another lignite plan procedure secures the route for the outlet of the future opencast mining lake (rwe.com/der-gruppe/laender-und-standorte/tagebau-hambach/neue-landschaft-nach-dem-tagebau-hambach )
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1.29 km
Rest Area by the Lake
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From here you have a beautiful view over the lake. The place is coveted.
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1.46 km
Inselsee on the Sophienhöhe
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2.23 km
Hazel Dormouse Information Station (Haselmauspfad, Sophienhöhe)
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3.29 km
Woodland tipi on the Sophienhöhe nature trail
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3.92 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
2.98 km
904 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
2.47 km
1.39 km
< 100 m
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