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Rhine Riverbank in Cologne – Langel on the Rhine loop from Merkenich

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Rhine Riverbank in Cologne – Langel on the Rhine loop from Merkenich

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Rhine Riverbank in Cologne – Langel on the Rhine loop from Merkenich

01:18

5.13km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

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Rheinaue Langel-Merkenich

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310 m

St. Amandus Church (Cologne-Rheinkassel)

Highlight • Religious Site

It may have been founded by the Amandus Monastery in Elno, today's Saint-Amand-les-Eaux. Charles the Simple confirmed this monastery in the year 899 possessions on the Rhine. Monasteries such as the parish church share the patronal feast of St. Amandus of Maastricht. In 1156 there was a settlement for the ownership of the parish church between the monastery Knechtsteden and the Cologne monastery St. Gereon.

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355 m

River Dynamics and Human Interaction Story Station (Wassererlebnispfad Pulheim–Rhein)

Highlight • Trail

This storytelling station is part of the water adventure trail, which is around 25 kilometers long. There are a total of four anchor points that provide information about the water adventure trail and its main themes, and 31 storytelling stations.

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2.05 km

Rhine Riverbank in Cologne

Highlight • Beach

I did not think that we have so much beach along the Rhine. Here you can spend a beach day with the whole family on a nice summer day. wonderful

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2.54 km

Fritz Middelanis Ferry Cologne-Langel – Leverkusen-Hitdorf

Highlight • Bridge

Always a pleasure to watch the boats on the Rhine. The constant back and forth can be observed particularly well in Langel. Here the ferry departs several times a day, 362 days a year and chauffeurs cars, two-wheelers and pedestrians from Cologne to Leverkusen. You can either sail over there yourself (very well suited for a circular tour by bike, for example) or you can watch the hustle and bustle from the terrace of the bistro "Zur Fähre" opposite.

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2.66 km

Langel on the Rhine

Highlight • River

Rural district located directly on the Rhine ferry to Hitdorf

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4.09 km

Langel Pumping Station with Water Lily Facade

Highlight • Monument

This pumping station on Kuhlenweg is also a visible sign of flood protection.
Aluminum profiles have been printed with a water lily motif on the long side, and the narrow sides of the profiles are monochrome in orange.
Due to the arrangement of the profiles, a constantly changing facade was created - sometimes with a picture and sometimes without a picture, depending on the perspective of the viewer. Due to the movement of the viewer, the facade or the picture appears to be in motion.
For this there was the Cologne Architecture Prize 🏆

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4.84 km

Statue of St. Gereon in Rheinkassel

Highlight • Monument

The one who is always posing on the pedestal ready for battle is none other than St. Gereon, formerly a full-time martyr, † around 304 (?).
The relationship between St. Gereon and Rheinkassel is explained in a few words on the front of the base.

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5.13 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.08 km

1.52 km

371 m

144 m

Surfaces

2.54 km

1.56 km

954 m

< 100 m

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Thursday 9 July

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Rhine Riverbank in Cologne – Langel on the Rhine loop from Merkenich

St. Amandus Church (Cologne-Rheinkassel)

River Dynamics and Human Interaction Story Station (Wassererlebnispfad Pulheim–Rhein)

Rhine Riverbank in Cologne

Fritz Middelanis Ferry Cologne-Langel – Leverkusen-Hitdorf

Langel on the Rhine

Langel Pumping Station with Water Lily Facade

Statue of St. Gereon in Rheinkassel

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