DE - Alfter - View towards St. Matthäus

2017-05-28 Heimatblick-Runde

Folder: Wanderungen / Hikes / Randonnées
DE - Alfter - View towards St. Matthäus

DE - Alfter - View towards St. Matthäus

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DE - Alfter - Schloss Alfter

DE - Alfter - Schloss Alfter

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DE - Bornheim - Hiking on the Heimatblick trail

DE - Bornheim - Hiking on the Heimatblick trail

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DE - Bornheim - Lookout near Brenig

DE - Bornheim - Lookout near Brenig

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DE - Bornheim - Landscape near Brenig

DE - Bornheim - Landscape near Brenig

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DE - Bornheim - Kamelleboom / Candy Tree

DE - Bornheim - Kamelleboom / Candy Tree

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In the 19th and early 20th century, farmers from the villages along the Swist creek - or rather: the farmers' wives - carried their products for miles through this forest, to Roisdorf, the nearest station of a railway connecting Cologne and Bonn. From this station, products were shipped to the cities, and the women would invest some of their earnings into sweets for their children. And the kids waited for mom's return at this place, and the tree there was therefor called the candy tree. The original tree died in 1977, however, so this is just the successor...