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Cologne South

6 places in Cologne

Kulturpfad Porz

A four-part cycling and walking trail through Cologne's Porz district, linking wayside crosses, churches, historic farmsteads and housing estates across four themed routes.

Am Godorfer Hafen

since 1991
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A 23-hectare nature reserve beside the Godorf harbour in southern Cologne — a grassland-and-scrub mosaic that grew out of an old gravel deposit and now shelters rare animals and plants.

Kiesgrube Wahn

since 1988

A fenced-off Cologne nature reserve on a former gravel pit in Porz, home to species-rich wetland and aquatic habitats that may not be entered.

Kiesgruben Meschenich

since 1991

A species-rich Cologne nature reserve on a former gravel pit on the southern edge of Meschenich, with excavation lakes, reed beds and valuable bare-ground habitats.

Kiesgruben Paulsmaar

since 1991
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A fenced-off Cologne nature reserve with three former gravel-pit lakes southeast of the city, leased to an angling club and closed to the public.

Langeler Auwald

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A Cologne nature reserve along a Rhine river bend in the Langel district, with remnants of floodplain forest, a flood dyke and a breeding ground for numerous rare bird species.

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