Bike route Wahner Heide & Königsforst

41.98 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: easy
Condition: very easy
Great panorama
Cycling
  • 2:50 h
  • 41.98 km
  • 142 m
  • 155 m
  • 50 m
  • 115 m
  • 65 m
  • Start: Porz-Wahn station
  • Destination: Porz-Wahn station
Easy circular route around Cologne/Bonn Airport along the Königsforst and Wahner Heide

This junction route is an easy circular route and just right for anyone seeking a nature-oriented break. It circles around Cologne-Bonn Airport along the Königsforst and Wahner Heide. The Wahner Heide is one of the most important heathland landscapes in Europe and also the richest in species among nature reserves in NRW. At the visitor portals Gut Leidenhausen and Burg Wissem, you will learn much interesting information about the special features of this landscape. The short detour to the Turmhof portal is also worthwhile. Those seeking inspiration beyond the natural experience should also not miss the picture book museum at Burg Wissem and the former water castle Eulenbroich.

Good to know

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Junction points: 46 - 17 - 18 - 95 - 31 - 32 - 25 - 24 - 23 - 46 

More about the junction system and how it works: www.radregionrheinland.de/knotenpunktnetz

Tour information

  • Loop Road

Directions & Parking facilities

S12 and S19

If you don’t have your own bike, the recommended start is at Troisdorf station where rental bikes are available.

You can also shorten the route at the following stops:
Köln Rath/Königsforst (KVB line 9), Rösrath (RB 25), Troisdorf (RE9, RE8, RB27, S12, S19) and Spich (S12, S19)

Author

Naturregion Sieg

Organization

Rhein-Sieg Tourismus

License (master data)

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Safety guidelines

The Wahner Heide is a former military training area and a nature reserve, FFH, and EU bird protection area. Special rules therefore apply. Please never leave the paths, keep your dogs on a leash, and take your rubbish with you. Group tours with more than 8 people must be registered. More information can be found here

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Contact

Bike route Wahner Heide & Königsforst
51147 Köln