Heimbach

Worth seeing in and around Heimbach

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Eifel National Park

   The Eifel National Park is the 14th national park in Germany and the first in North Rhine-Westphalia. The park was founded in 2004, and is classified as a "national park in development".

   4 km · national park in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Rur Dam

   The Rur Dam is a 77.2 metre high dam located in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was built in 1939 and impounds the Roer to form the Roer Reservoir which is 7.83 km2 in area.

   3 km · dam in Städteregion Aachen, Kreis Düren · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Kermeter

   The Kermeter is an upland region, up to 527.8 m above sea level, which is part of the Rureifel within the North Eifel in the districts of Aachen, Düren and Euskirchen in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The Kermeter ridge is covered by a forest, some 33 km² in area, that is one of the largest contiguous, deciduous forests in the Rhineland.

   5.1 km · ridge in the Eifel National Park, Germany · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Sonnen-Berg

   The Sonnenberg, near Heimbach in the county of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, is a hill, 393.3 m above sea level, in the Rur Eifel, a northern part of the Eifel mountains in Germany.

   1 km · mountain in Germany · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Verbrannter Berg

   The Verbrannter Berg near Wolfgarten in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is a hill, 516.2 m above sea level, in the Kermeter, a ridge in the Eifel mountains, in the region of Rur Eifel; at the same time Verbrannter Berg is the name of a parcel of land.

   3.1 km · mountain in Germany · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Urfttalsperre

   The Urft Dam is a 58.50 metre high dam in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was built in 1905.

   5.7 km · reservoir and dam in the Eifel · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Blens Castle

   Blens Castle stands at a height of 205 m above sea level on the eastern edge of Blens, a town quarter of Heimbach above the River Rur in the county of Düren, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

   2.9 km · castle · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Wildbretshügel

   The Wildbretshügel, at 525.3 m above sea level, is the third highest hill in the Kermeter, an upland region which is part of the Northern Eifel. It is located near Gemünd and Hasenfeld in the counties of Euskirchen and Düren in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

   4.7 km · hill in Germany · Wikipedia

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Getting to Heimbach

Airports

Cologne Bonn (CGN), 53 km · Maastricht Aachen (MST), 59 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 76 km

• Köln (Cologne) → Heimbach

  45 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · €6–9
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• Düsseldorf → Heimbach

  69 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · €9–13
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