© Maren Pussak / Das Bergische

Cave trail (Bergisch scout trail #14)

Short facts

  • start: Bahnhofstraße, 51766 Engelskirchen
  • destination: Bahnhofstraße, 51766 Engelskirchen
  • medium
  • 8,44 km
  • 2 hours 34 minutes
  • 242 m
  • 263 m
  • 139 m
  • 40 / 100
  • 60 / 100

best season

Höhlenweg - Ein Streifzug durch die Welt der Höhlen

2019 witnessed the discovery of a century for more than just the Bergisches Land: in Mühlenberg near Ründeroth, over the last 20 years researchers had searched high and low for an entrance to what they suspected was a cave, but once they found a way in to the Windloch they discovered an incredible underground realm of extraordinary crystals, limestone features and impressive caves of unimagined dimensions in which no humans had ever set foot before. Measurements taken in the first few months indicated that, at more than 8,000 metres long, the Windloch is the largest cave in North Rhine-Westphalia and one of the 10 largest anywhere in Germany.


Ten information boards spread out along this roughly 8.4 kilometre route offer lots of detail about the work of the speleologists. You can also see sinkholes and karst springs, and can finally visit the Aggertal Caves as part of a guided tour.


You can listen to the scientists report enthusiastically about their discoveries at two audio stations.

Pavings

  • Street (10%)
  • Hiking Trail (70%)
  • Path (20%)

Weather

Good to know

Next steps

It appears that you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer as your web browser to access our site.

For practical and security reasons, we recommend that you use a current web browser such as Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, or Edge. Internet Explorer does not always display the complete content of our website and does not offer all the necessary functions.