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By the stream

3 places in Cologne

Butzbach© Gordito1869 · CC BY 3.0

Butzbach

A roughly 5.8 km sandy stream that rises in the Wahner Heide and seeps away in the Grengel Bieselwald – part of a protected landscape area in southern Cologne.

Frechener Bach© Travus · CC BY-SA 3.0

Frechener Bach

A small stream that begins at the Frechen sewage works and, after 4.6 km, seeps away in Cologne's green belt near the Militärring – restored on Cologne territory.

Giesbach© Assenmacher · CC BY-SA 4.0

Giesbach

A roughly 8.3 km stream that rises in the Königsforst and finally splits into two arms that seep away in ponds – with a water-treading station at a tri-city point.

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