Wasserweg (Water Trail) Streifzug #2

"Where the Wupper runs wild", as the Bergisch folk song goes. At the foot of Hückeswagen's Schlossberg with its historic old town, however, the 115-kilometre-long, central river of the Bergisches Land has been tamed. Since the 1980s, the Wupper dam has been damming the river here to create a long reservoir. This serves to prevent flooding and to "fill up" the Wupper in months with little water.

The Hückeswagen "Water Trail" runs around the largest reservoir of the 25.6 million cubic meter dam. Along the 4.3-kilometre circular tour, richly illustrated information boards explain how the dam works as well as the history of hydropower use in the region. Along the way, you can discover exciting information about a sewage treatment plant as well as the dam of the pre-dam.

Each information board offers interesting information for older hikers as well as child-friendly texts with the mouse from the "Sendung mit der Maus" for little hikers. This STREIFZUG is particularly suitable for a hiking tour with the whole family, not least because of its length and the route along the water. You can also walk the entire trail with a baby carriage.

The trail has a total of five information boards. We would like to thank Joachim Kutzner, who looks after the trail as a volunteer trail patron.