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    Siebengebirge - Geowanderung: Leyberg

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    6,1 km
    1:50 h
    206 m
    206 m
    327 m
    121 m
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    Parking lot at the Bad Honnef-Selhof youth hostel (clockwise walk recommended)

    The Leyberg, 358.9 m above sea level, is located in the south of Bad Honnef on the edge of the border with Rhineland-Palatinate. Its rocky summit offers a good all-round view of the surrounding mountains and towards Bonn.

    The view from the Leyberg of the Rhine Valley and the northern and eastern Siebengebirge mountains is one of the most spectacular in the Siebengebirge. The last 80 meters of the ascent are over more or less natural rock steps - evidence of the history of basalt mining. Today, only one route can still be seen on the Leyberg, which runs straight through the forest on the northern slope and is clearly visible on maps and aerial photographs. This track is a relic from the time when the stone from the quarries was brought down to the valley with the help of braking tracks. Brake tracks had two parallel tracks on which trolleys rolled. The wagons were connected by a steel cable in such a way that the full wagons traveling down to the valley pulled the empty ones back up by their weight. There was a braking device to compensate for the considerable difference in weight between the full and empty trolleys. This was used to mechanically regulate the speed of the rope as it ran around several rollers. The braking apparatus was constructed entirely of iron and walled into the ground, in so-called brake cellars.

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    Siebengebirge - Geowanderung: Leyberg

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    Our hike to the Leyberg starts directly at the youth hostel. About 300 meters away we find the Rheinsteig trail, which accompanies us to the rest area below the Leyberg. Here we leave the Rheinsteig trail, which heads towards Rhineland-Palatinate to the Eye of God, and climb up to the Leyberg.

    The ascent to the Leybergspitze, even if it is steep, is well worth it; it is one of the most beautiful views in the Siebengebirge!

    Take the A59 and B42 to Bad Honnef-Zentrum; then follow the signs to the center and continue to Bad Honnef Youth Hostel

    Parking spaces near Bad Honnef Youth Hostel

    DB RE8, RB27 or streetcar line 66 to “Bad Honnef (Rhein)”, then 560 to “Bad Honnef Bergischer Hof”, timetable information at: www.vrsinfo.de

    Hiking guide from Tourismus Siebengebirge GmbH; 6th edition 2019; available in many regional bookshops and the tourist information offices in Königswinter and Unkel

    Hiking map Siebengebirge Nature Park, scale 1:25,000; mr-kartographie

    Information point: Goldfuß-Museum im Steinmann-Institut, für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Nußallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Fon: 0228.733103, www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de, Attention: Please note opening hours

    Parking lot at the Bad Honnef-Selhof youth hostel (clockwise walk recommended)

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    Tourismus Siebengebirge GmbH

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    Rhein-Sieg Tourismus

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