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A must for forest lovers
Around the pretty spa town of Herchen you'll find everything that makes a hiking trip an experience: springs, streams, biotopes and a journey into history. A section runs over wider forest roads – overall, beautiful forest and meadow paths predominate!
Herchen Station
Herchen Station
As soon as you leave the beautiful forest paths above Herchen, after crossing some meadow areas, the first roofs of Stromberg rise up. Back to the Sieg, on its bank stand some centuries-old oaks. Cormorants also fish here and make themselves comfortable in the trees. Into the nature reserve "Wälder auf dem Leuscheid", which is counted among the most beautiful and largest forest areas in NRW. In the beech-oak forest, you reach a mountain peak with a ring wall structure over 1000 years old on a long forest road through the Kesselbachtal. There, a seating area offers a place to rest. Then continue alternately on paths and wider trails, crossing a beautiful stream meadow to the "Studchen" with a cozy resting place and a view. Afterwards, narrow paths take you to a nicely arranged spring, said to have healing properties. The last stretch to Herchen is along natural footpaths winding through open deciduous forest.
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Sturdy footwear and weather-appropriate clothing
Detour to the basalt quarry "Blauer Stein"
A 560 towards Hennef, AS Hennef (Sieg) East – L 333 towards Eitorf, continuing via Stromberg to Herchen.
P&R facility Herchen Station (Sieg), Stromberger Straße 1, 51570 Windeck-Herchen
Herchen Station: RE 9, lines S12 and S19.
Stamp point: Natursteig Bench Leuscheid junction
All stages of the Natursteig Sieg lead from station to station and are fully marked in both directions with the blue Natursteig Sieg logo. The access paths to the quality hosts, town centers and stations are marked in yellow. Panels with overview maps and further information on dining and accommodation options as well as sights can be found at the stations and at the starting points of the stages.
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