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There are a lot of leisure-time facilities along our line. We especially recommend:
Dieringhausen
- Dieringhausen Railway Museum (Sorry, German only!)
The Dieringhausen Railway Museum is a complete depot with roundhouse, turntable, steam, Diesel and electric
locos. The "Bergischer Löwe" (Sorry, German only!) is run as a joint project with the Dieringhausen Railway Museum,
phone: +49-(0)2261-77597 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.).
Osberghausen
- Branch-off station for the Wiehltalbahn and near to the Wiehltal Reservoir. Hiking route via the former
"Kohlmeier" quarry to Weiershagen halt.
N.B. This station is not served by the DB trains from Cologne, only the Wiehltalbahn trains stop there.
Weiershagen
- Hiking route to the “Hohe Warte” watch tower (Sorry, German only!)
Bielstein
- Public swimming pool (Sorry, German only!) (5-minutes walk)
phone +49-(0)2262-99285.
- Brewery (in close vicinity to Bielstein halt)
Erzquell Brauerei Bielstein Haas & Co. KG (Sorry, German only!)
Bielsteiner Straße 108
51674 Wiehl
phone: +49-(0)2262-82151
mandatory booking of brewery tours (sorry, German only!)
- Campsite "Wiehltal" (Sorry, German only!) (10-minutes walk)
Campingplatz Wiehltal
Jahnstr. 14
51674 Wiehl-Bielstein
phone: 02262-727420
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- Historic ramparts
- castle (Sorry, German only!)
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- museum of local history "Grüne Scheune" (Sorry, German only!)
Alperbrück
- Walking route to the "Alpetal ('Alpe' valley)" (early industrial area).
- The big "Wiehl Dahlia exhibition" with long-standing tradition right next to the station was closed down in 2016 after - more than 60 successful years.
However, the long-time organiser of this event - "Garden Centre Bergerhoff Ltd." - is still existing.
Wiehl
- Half-timbered buildings in the town centre of Wiehl (Sorry, German only!).
- Stalactite cave (Sorry, German only!) (20-minutes walk), phone +49-(0)2262-7920.
- Public swimming pool "Wiehler Wasser Welt" (Sorry, German only!) (5-minutes walk)
Mühlenstraße 23
51674 Wiehl
phone: +49-(0)2262-97722
- Look-out point "Bismarckturm (Bismarck Tower)" (Sorry, German only!) (15-minutes walk).
Oberwiehl
- Forest "Oberwiehler Kamp" with ancient oak trees and colonies of rooks.
Remperg
- "Bieberstein" reservoir (Sorry, German only!)
- "Bieberstein" castle ruins (Sorry, German only!)
Brüchermühle
- Walking route to the "Wiehltalsperre (Wiehl Valley Reservoir)" (Sorry, German only!) (about 2.5 km)
Denklingen
- Old town centre with "Denklingen" castle (Sorry, German only!) (in close vicinity to the station)
- Walking routes to the villages of Eiershagen and Wilkenroth (Sorry, both German only!), which are well worth seeing.
Waldbröl
- High rope course Waldbröl (Sorry, German only!) (10-minutes walk)
Wiedenhof 11
51545 Waldbröl
phone: +49-(0)2291-907674
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- "Experience Of Nature"-park and youth hostel „Panarbora" (partially in English language)
Nutscheidstr. 1
51545 Waldbröl
phone: +49-(0)2291-90865-0
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And furthermore - from the north to the south:
- The "Rheinische Industriemuseum Engelskirchen (Rhenish Industrial Museum of Engelskirchen)" is dedicated to the industrialisation of the area and is spread
across two locations in Engelskirchen:
1) LVR industrial museum "Kraftwerk Ermen & Engels" (Sorry, German only!)
Engels-Platz 2
51766 Engelskirchen
2) LVR industrial museum "Oelchenshammer" (Sorry, German only!)
Oelchensweg
51766 Engelskirchen-Bickenbach
- In Lindlar you can spend a nice country-life day at the open-air museum (Sorry, German only!),
phone +49-(0)2266-9010-0, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
We also recommend a visit to:
- the monkey and bird park in Eckenhagen (Sorry, German only!)
phone +49-(0)2265-8786
- "Homburg" manor house (Sorry, German only!), phone +49-(0)2293-9101-0
- the historic town centre of Nümbrecht (Sorry, German only!)
Our very special recommendation
is the "Silberhardt" mine near Morsbach (Sorry, German only!), phone +49-(0)2292-928887, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Although it is not situated near to our line you can nevertheless get a first-hand experience how the miners worked back then and also in the mines near to our line.
And as we have just arrived at the river Sieg - why not visit the open air Windeck museum village (Sorry, German only!), phone +49-(0)2292-3888?