Owl Head Path
The Eulenkopfweg is a hiking trail with a total length of 42 kilometers in North Rhine-Westphalia in the cities of Wuppertal , Wülfrath and Haan . It has a stylized owl's head ( Stringocephalus burtini ) as a signpost , a key fossil of the Central Devonian reef limestone .
The hiking trail provides information on geological, biological, industrial and local history aspects of the northwestern edge of Wuppertal and was created in the second half of the 20th century based on an idea by C. Brauckmann with the participation of a working group from the Fuhlrott Natural History Museum in Wuppertal .
Attractions
The owl head path, marked in the form of four touching circular paths, touches the following sights:
- Lime funnel furnace Wuppertal am Eskesberg
- Hof Beek
- Pharmaceutical research center of Bayer AG
- Gut Steinberg (first mentioned in 1050)
- Kaiser Wilhelm Monument
- Aprath Castle
- Aprather mill
- Crossroads in the Baroque style of 1762
- The village of Düssel with the ev. Church (1873), the cath. Church (1050) and the Düssel moated castle (1182).
- Geological outcrop Tillmannsdorfer Sattel
- Limestone quarries, including the Oetelshofen quarry
- The village of Schöller with the Schöller knight's castle , Gut Schöller , the Schöllermühle and the Schöller parish church
- Stream of the Düssel
- Euroga art sculptures on the Alte Kölnische Landstrasse
- Dolines in the Krutscheid nature reserve
- Simonshöfchen correctional facility
- Osterholz forest area
- Limestone quarry and nature reserve Grube 7
From 2003 to 2008 a marathon , the Eulenkopflauf, took place annually on New Year's Eve on the Eulenkopfweg . In 2009 it will take place on the last Sunday of the year.
literature
- Paul Reising, Der Eulenkopfweg - The history of stones, plants, animals and people on the north-western edge of the city of Wuppertal , Hammer Verlag, ISBN 3-87294-282-4
- Paul Reising, News from the Eulenkopfweg - The history of stones, plants, animals and people on the north-western edge of the city of Wuppertal , Born Verlag, ISBN 3-87093-068-3
