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Water pavilion of Villa Anna, RoisdorfPhoto: Walter Kuhl, Community
Note: The Bornheim spring trail described below will be completed in spring 2022.
The Bornheim Spring Trail - a journey through time
In the southern part of Bornheim, numerous more or less well-preserved facilities for water supply from different eras can still be found.
Did you know that running tap water has only been available for just over one hundred years, and that until then people had to get the precious water from available springs and streams, and that this only changed when electrical energy and machines were available for water distribution? If not, then simply embark on an exciting journey through the history of water supply from Roman times to today. The Bornheim Homeland and Eifel Association has established the theme hiking trail “Bornheimer Quellenweg” for this. With sturdy footwear, you can get started right away.
The approx. 11 km long circular hiking trail leads to the witnesses of the early history of water supply and the current facilities. Here, the joy of hiking is fascinatingly combined with historical visual instruction.
At eight representative stations, information boards provide details about the objects and their historical backgrounds. Marking signs with a green "Q" on a white background lead to the individual stations. These include the Roman Trajan spring of the Roisdorf mineral spring, a running fountain, spring captations for stately villas, old and new water reservoirs, the Brenig water tower as well as a historic hand pump. The trail passes through the districts of Roisdorf, Botzdorf and Brenig as well as partly over the Ville plateau. Along the way, you will also be rewarded with magnificent views over the Rhenish Bay for the efforts of the climb. Other highlights along the route are the fruit blossom landscape on the Ville plateau, the observation tower “Fietzeks Weitblick”, the nature reserve in the former quartz pit, the Wolf Gorge and the Wolfsburg castle.
For interested citizens, as well as school and kindergarten groups, the Bornheim Homeland and Eifel Association offers guided hikes. Inquiries at www.eifelverein-bornheim.de.
Author’s recommendation
You should have some provisions and drinks in your backpack, as unfortunately there are no more opportunities to stop along the way. Suitable places for picnics are available.
The hiking map used is WK 6 "Rheinbach, southern Ville" of the Eifel Association.
Track types
Safety information
Sure-footedness should be present, as there are some relatively steep and sometimes slippery passages when wet.Roadbook
- Let's go: Start and end point is the information board at the Roisdorf mineral spring (Station 1)
- 80 m uphill on Schussgasse to the first path on the right
- Turn right here and follow the field path to Lindenberg
- Turn left into Lindenberg and continue uphill on Oberdorfer Weg
- Opposite the street "Am Dietkirchener Hof" Station 2, running fountain
- Continue uphill, turn left at the cross and go down again to Schussgasse
- Turn right uphill into the field path, then follow the path left and right again to Station 3
- Continue uphill, keep right and go to the cross path
- Follow it uphill, at the next cross path turn right to the hollow path on the left
- Follow the hollow path uphill about 80 m to Station 4
- Continue uphill to Brombeerweg (paved), go right there
- Take the next path on the left (Alfterer Hufebahn)
- Next path again right and always straight ahead to the end
- Turn left here and at the end right again to Neuweg (paved)
- Go left along it to the next right turn (paved) and to its end
- Now right and immediately left again to the end
- Turn left here and follow the path along the edge of the forest to the paved road
- Follow this road down right to the pond
- Left again uphill to the 3rd path right (Rücksgasse)
- Follow this to the street "Schornsberg"
- Detour about 100 m to the left to the water tower (Station 5)
- From here back and through Schornsberg and Vinkelsgasse to Ploon
- Sharp right into Bergkreuzweg there
- Follow Bergkreuzweg to the former pumping house
- From there back and first path right downhill to "Kummenberg"
- Turn right here and via Zentwinkelsweg to Hasenkreuz
- Now left and take the next path right
- After about 150 m turn right onto a narrow path to the Botzdorf water reservoir (Station 6)
- Straight ahead over Blutpfad to the first left turn
- Down there to the first right turn (narrow steep path)
- A few meters straight ahead at the bottom to Station 7
- Now take the path down through the Wolf Gorge to Haus Wrede (thaw weather)
- A few meters left and then immediately right down to the stream
- There right past Wolfsburg to Siegesstraße
- Cross this to Station 8, historic hand pump
- Continue straight ahead along the stream to Brunnenallee
- Here right to Brunnenstraße
- Now right again to Station 1; You made it!
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Arrival by public transport:
Deutsche Bahn: Walk via Brunnenallee to Brunnenstr. (Station 1)
Tram line 18: Walk to Roisdorf-Bornheimer-Bach and then left to Brunnenallee and Brunnenstraße
Bus: Line 633: Stop at station and then walk via Brunnenallee to Brunnenstraße
Directions
Deutsche Bahn: Cologne-Bonn line, Roisdorf stop
Tram line 18: from Cologne, Brühl or Bonn, Roisdorf West stop
Bus line 633: from Bonn-Duisdorf or from Sechtem, Roisdorf station stop
Car: Highway 555, exit Bornheim, Roisdorf, Alfter
L183 from Bonn or Brühl
Parking
There are few parking spaces in the lower Schussgasse. More parking spaces are available opposite the small Brunnenpark in Brunnenallee.Coordinates
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Equipment
Sturdy footwear is highly recommended.Localization
User Questions
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