Rheydt Castle – Wickrath Castle Pond loop from Grevenbroich

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Grevenbroich

Rheydt Castle – Wickrath Castle Pond loop from Grevenbroich

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Rheydt Castle – Wickrath Castle Pond loop from Grevenbroich

03:11

50.1km

200m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 28.4 km for 80 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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11.3 km

Quarzitkuppe Liedberg

Nature Reserve

18.4 km

Rheydt Castle

Highlight • Castle

A tour of the castle complex is worthwhile, and a visit to the gastronomy that uses sustainably produced and healthy food is also recommended.

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19.9 km

Hochwasserrückhaltebecken Geneicken (Süd)

Lake

20.6 km

Pond at Zoppenbroicher Park

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The Zoppenbroicher Park is part of a green strip in the east of MG, on the border with the district of Neuss. Numerous benches invite you to take a break.

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21.0 km

Niers Floodplains in Zoppenbroich Forest

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Basically, the cycle path is very nice, but at the moment (3/2022) major construction work is underway (renaturation Niers).

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23.9 km

Bellermühleweiher

Lake

25.7 km

Josef Herzhoff Trail in the Güdderather Bruch Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

This makes cycling even more fun.

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26.2 km

Wetscheweller-Güdderather Bruch

Nature Reserve

27.8 km

Wickrath Castle Pond

Highlight • Lake

The castle pond simply belongs to a castle, like the clouds in the sky.

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28.3 km

Wickrath Castle Fountain and Gardens

Highlight • Castle

A few bridges are required around the moated castle so that one can cross the castle ponds, the carrot (perennial ditch, which was created to relieve the Niers in the …

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29.4 km

Niersbruch Nature Reserve – Riverside Woodland Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Very easy to drive section in the height of Wickrathberg and in the NSG Niersbruch.

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38.6 km

View of the Garzweiler open-pit mine

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Personally, I find it impressive, although the theme of degradation and loss of landscape is very contrary to my attitude

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50.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.7 km

9.93 km

8.74 km

5.86 km

1.89 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.5 km

9.46 km

7.22 km

5.27 km

4.03 km

669 m

Elevation

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Highest point (90 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

15°C

8°C

98 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 30.0 km/h

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Comments

March 10, 2024,Fahrradbuch: Tour 11 Die Schlösserroute

I got the tour from a book from the city library for cycling tours on the Lower Rhine.

It is slightly modified because I live in Uedding, the tour starts in Wickrath and goes past Korschenbroich.

I also took a detour of a few hundred meters to the brown coal opencast mine.

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May 9, 2022,Abenteuerliche Tour am Jüchener Bach und am Niersuferweg entlang 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️ 09.05.2022

This beautiful and varied tour started in Korschenbroich on the sports field. Via the beautiful little town of Liedberg with its great half-timbered houses and the castle, we then always went along the Jüchener Bach to the Garzweiler brown coal opencast mine to the vantage point. But before that we got lost a bit at km 13 and ended up …

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March 6, 2025,Jüchener Bach & die Niers 🚴🏼 🚴🏻‍♂️

Today finally had time for a nice bike ride again, had a quick call with Lothar, the weather was good 👍 got on the bikes and enjoyed a beautiful day 😉👍 I think we did everything right.

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September 19, 2024,Jüchener Bach 🚴🏿‍♀️Tagebau 🚴🏿‍♀️Niers

Today we enjoyed the good weather 🌤️ again and went on a lovely bike ride 🚴🏿‍♀️ with Lopo, with a delicious Bolten 🍺 at the end of the tour. It was lovely.

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July 13, 2023,Weitblick in den Tagebau – Zoppenbroicher Park Runde von Kleinenbroich

Today again a nice tour. From Glehn towards Garzweiler opencast mine, towards Wanlo, Wickrathberg, Wickrath Castle through the green belt of Odenkirchen, Rheydt towards Liedberg, Rubbelrath, Glehn.

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