Forest-water-wool-way

Show mapNavigatePrintDownloadEdit
Advertisement
Advertisement
20.6 km
438 m
04h07
Extreme

View on interactive map

Route information

3 views | Public | DutchFrenchGerman

Last verified: 11 January 2025
Translated by OpenAI

Description by the author

Radevormwald has belonged to the County of Berg since 1380 and was already a significant metropolis of cloth making in its early years. The entire tour (20.5 km) is marked by the hiking trail sign "Ra" and starts at the town hall parking lot in the center of Radevormwald. You cross the historic marketplace and reach Espert through the romantic Wiebachtal. Walking through old mixed forest areas on the Wupperweg - marked by a diamond with the number 6 - you will pass through the villages of Berg and Heidersteg before reaching the banks of the Wupper dam, passing lush wet meadows where the still elusive heron eagerly looks for newts, grass frogs, or the harmless rare grass snake. Soon you arrive in Krebsöge, which was divided into two parts by the construction of a dam, with the southern part submerged in the waters of the reservoir. Along the banks of the Wupper and on the Bergische Nature and Museum Route "Straße der Arbeit", the path leads through Wilhelmstal past the former cloth factory, through the forest to Dahlhausen with its museum train station, and to Vogelsmühle, where former workers' apartments and buildings of a former cloth factory bear witness to the heyday of the local textile industry. More awaits at the next bend in the river in Dahlerau at the Wülfing Cloth Museum. Afterwards, you climb up to Obergrunewald and Herkingrade with its restaurant "Zur schönen Aussicht". Across hilly terrain, past the Uelfe swimming pool, Germany's smallest reservoir, and past the Rococo garden house from 1772, you now approach the town center of Radevormwald. Directly opposite the town hall is the local history museum, showcasing the city's history.

Advertisement

Route origin

Route description

Region

Statistics

Difficulty level: Extreme (97/100)

Length: 20.6 km

Duration: 04h07


Total ascent: 438 m

Maximal slope: 9.2 %

Average slope: 2.1 %

Net ascent: -1 m

Total descent: 439 m

Roads and subsoil

Paved roads: 9.99 km (49 %)

Cobblestones: 0 m (0 %)

Scenery

Car free roads: 9.42 km (46 %)

Noise pollution

Amount of traffic


Natural area

Urban area

Water rich area

Characteristics

    Themes

      Groups

        Start and end of the route

        Navigate to starting point

        Places of interest

        1. Radevormwald Plateau

          0 · POI
          The Radevormwald Plateau is a natural unit with the serial number 338.130 on parts of the urban …
          Wikipedia
        2. Radevormwald

          0 · Municipality
          Radevormwald ; Kölsch: Radefürmwald) is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North …
          Wikipedia
        3. Radevormwald Museum of Local History

          0 · Forest
          The Radevormwald Museum of Local History is located on Hohenfuhrstraße directly opposite the town …
          Wikipedia
        4. Reformed Church

          0 · Church
          In 1050 Radevormwald was first described as a possession of the abbey of Werden. The parish church …
          Wikipedia
        5. Coffee pot

          0 · Municipality
          Kaffeekanne is a place of residence in the town of Radevormwald in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the …
          Wikipedia
        6. Sieplenbusch

          0 · Municipality
          Sieplenbusch is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cologne, in North …
          Wikipedia
        7. Geilensiepen

          0 · Municipality
          Geilensiepen is a farmstead in Radevormwald in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North …
          Wikipedia
        8. Espert

          0 · Municipality
          Espert is a farmstead in Radevormwald in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North Rhine-Westphalian …
          Wikipedia
        9. Wiebachmühle

          0 · Mill
          The Wiebachmühle, also Wiebachhammer, Wiebeckerhammer or Wiebach for short, was a mill complex and …
          Wikipedia
        10. Heathen

          0 · Heath
          Heide is a municipality in the district of Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, …
          Wikipedia
        11. Mountain

          0 · Mountain
          Berg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Oberbergischer Kreis, in North …
          Wikipedia
        12. Kräwinkel

          0 · Municipality
          Kräwinkel is a municipality in the district of Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, …
          Wikipedia
        13. Nagelsberg

          0 · Municipality
          Nagelsberg is a farmstead in the south-east of the town of Remscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia, …
          Wikipedia
        14. Obernfeld

          0 · Municipality
          Obernfeld is a village and a former municipality in the district of Oberbergischer Kreis, in North …
          Wikipedia
        15. Wuppertal Dam

          0 · Lake
          The Wuppertalsperre is located in the city triangle of Remscheid, Radevormwald and Hückeswagen. It …
          Wikipedia
        16. Krebsögersteg

          0 · Municipality
          Krebsögersteg is a village in the town of Radevormwald in the Oberbergischer Kreis in the North …
          Wikipedia
        17. Wilhelmstal

          0 · Municipality
          Wilhelmstal is a municipality in the district of Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, …
          Wikipedia
        18. Dahlhausen dam

          0 · Water
          The Dahlhausen dam in Radevormwald-Dahlhausen in the Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, …
          Wikipedia
        19. Dahlhausen Museum Station

          0 · POI
          The Dahlhausen Museum Station is a railway museum on the Wuppertal Railway in Dahlhausen , a …
          Wikipedia
        20. Hardtbach

          0 · Water
          The Wupper is a right tributary of the Rhine in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. …
          Wikipedia
        21. Hardtbach

          0 · Municipality
          Hardtbach is a village in the municipality of Dahlhausen, Oberbergischer Kreis, North …
          Wikipedia
        22. Vogelsmühle

          0 · Watermill
          Vogelsmühle is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cologne, in North …
          Wikipedia
        23. Niederdahl

          0 · Municipality
          Niederdahl is a village and a former municipality in the district of Oberbergischer Kreis, in …
          Wikipedia
        24. Wülfing Museum

          0 · Museum
          The Wülfing Museum is a textile technology museum located on the site of the former cloth factory …
          Wikipedia
        25. Dahlerau train disaster

          0 · Story
          The Dahlerau train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on May 27, 1971, in Dahlerau, a …
          Wikipedia
        26. Lowest mill

          0 · Mill
          Unterste Mühle is a village in Radevormwald in the Oberbergischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, …
          Wikipedia
        27. Leimholer Mill

          0 · Mill
          Leimholer Mühle is a village and a former municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North …
          Wikipedia
        28. Uelfetal with side valleys

          0 · Forest
          The Uelfetal nature reserve with side valleys is located in the area of the town of Radevormwald …
          Wikipedia
        29. Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium

          0 · POI
          The Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Radevormwald is a general education grammar school in the town of …
          Wikipedia
        30. Hermannshagen

          0 · Municipality
          Hermannshagen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cologne in North …
          Wikipedia

        Interesting products for your trip

        Advertisement

        Comments

        Activities

        Nearby

        Routes nearby

        Lodging nearby

        Services nearby

        Radevormwald Plateau
        Radevormwald
        Radevormwald Museum of Local History
        Reformed Church
        Coffee pot
        Sieplenbusch
        Geilensiepen
        Espert
        Wiebachmühle
        Heathen
        Mountain
        Kräwinkel
        Nagelsberg
        Obernfeld
        Wuppertal Dam
        Krebsögersteg
        Wilhelmstal
        Dahlhausen dam
        Dahlhausen Museum Station
        Hardtbach
        Hardtbach
        Vogelsmühle
        Niederdahl
        Wülfing Museum
        Dahlerau train disaster
        Lowest mill
        Leimholer Mill
        Uelfetal with side valleys
        Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium
        Hermannshagen
        Plus
        500 m

        © 2006-2025 RouteYou - www.routeyou.com