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Gate 9 - Nette Meadows - Bey House

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This route takes you through the water landscape of the river Nette and the Krickenbecker Seen lake area.

moderate

Distance 12 km

2:53 h

9 m

44 m

36 m

You cross the border on the grounds of the former Venlo airbase, in whose forest area ruins of this old use can be found. Along the Nette, you walk on narrow paths and reach the Rohrdommel project observation blind, which offers the opportunity to observe rare bird species.

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Niederrhein Tourismus GmbH

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moderate

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moderate

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Tips and suggestions

- Nature experience area Krickenbecker Seen, city of Nettetal http://www.nettetal.de/C1257520003C9B52/html/65B5945BBB536BFDC125754E0026BCDB

- Biological Station Krickenbecker Seen http://www.bsks.de/

- former airbase Gate 9 Venlo http://www.fliegerhorst-venlo.net/

- Water views http://www.npsn.de/index/lang/de/artikel/1337/

- Textile Museum Die Scheune http://www.textilmuseum-die-scheune.de/

Roadbook

- If you start the route at the parking lot of the Info Center, the path leads along the Hinsbeck swamp to the Secretis swamp forest area.

- Through the forest, you reach the reed area and follow the path between the Nette and the water bodies to the Rohrdommel project observation blind.

- Then continue north along the Nette through low forest to the Venlo airbase and through the Venlo Heath across the border.

- Between the Krickenbecker Seen, you pass by Krickenbeck Castle back to the Info Center Krickenbecker Seen.

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Krickenbecker Seen
Rohrdommelprojekt
Golfanlage Haus Bey
Infozentrum Biologische Station Krickenbecker Seen
Knooppunt 16 / NL

Public transport

By train to Kaldenkirchen, then by bicycle (approx. 6 km)

Directions

On the A 40 to exit 2 - Straelen, continue via the B221 towards Leuth, on the B 509 towards Hinsbeck to the parking lot at the Info Center Krickenbecker Seen (follow signs).

Parking

P1 Info Center Krickenbecker Seen
P2 Restaurant Secretis
P3 Leuther Mill
P4 Gate 9

Coordinates

51.344734, 6.257919

DMS

51°20'41.0"N 6°15'28.5"E

UTM

32U 309034 5691731

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Difficulty

moderate

Overall difficulty

moderate

Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

Distance

12 km

Duration

2:53 h

Ascent

9 m

Descent

9 m

Highest point

44 m

Lowest point

36 m

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