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Poppelsdorf Palace – Hunter's Hut in the Kotten Forest loop from Bonn Hauptbahnhof

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Poppelsdorf Palace – Hunter's Hut in the Kotten Forest loop from Bonn Hauptbahnhof

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4.5

(69)

743

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Poppelsdorf Palace – Hunter's Hut in the Kotten Forest loop from Bonn Hauptbahnhof

01:46

43.7km

210m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Naturpark Rheinland

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915 m

Poppelsdorf Palace

Highlight • Castle

The Poppelsdorf Castle is the successor of a destroyed in the Truchsess War in 1583 Gothic moated castle and was planned from 1715 (cornerstone laying 21 August) to 1740 and built. Architect was the Frenchman Robert de Cotte. Builders were the Cologne Elector Joseph Clemens and his nephew and successor Clemens August, who had it extended to plans by Balthasar Neumann. After its builders, it was also called Castle Clemensruhe.

Today, in the castle next to the rebuilt Mineralogical Museum of the University of Bonn various scientific institutions such as parts of the Steinmann Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology, the Institute of Zoology and the Institute of Molecular Physiology and Developmental Biology. There were temporarily housed parts of LIMES (Life and Medical Sciences Bonn), which, however, moved to this in 2010 after completion of its own building. In the courtyard, the Poppelsdorf Palace Concerts, which are performed by the Classical Philharmonic Orchestra Bonn under the baton of Heribert Beissel, take place every Saturday in the summer season.

(Https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppelsdorfer_Schloss)

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16.2 km

Hunter's Hut in the Kotten Forest

Highlight • Historical Site

The hunter's house is 150 meters away from the most impressive tree in the whole of Kottenforst. It served as a relay station during the par force hunt and you could change horses here, for which a horse stable was located in addition to the lounge. Today the small building is a listed building. The regional forest authority Rhein-Sieg-Erft restored it and has been using it ever since.

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18.0 km

Green Tunnel Pathway in Naturpark Rheinland

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Nice way out of Bonn

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18.4 km

Kottenforst

Nature Reserve

21.4 km

Forest Path to Volmershoven

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Here you have to be careful where you drive, the road surface is extremely bad!

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22.0 km

View Across Open Fields to Volmershoven TV Tower

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In the midst of the endless fields, such a civilizing building protrudes in between, which is also ideally suited as a navigational reference point that is visible from afar. With the speed that you can get here on the nicely paved dirt roads, that's really important!

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