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Heisterbach |
Löwenburg |
Lohrberg | Mirbesbach |
Nachtigallental |
Nonnenstromberg |
Ölberg
Ofenkaulen |
Petersberg |
Rhine |
Rosenau |
Stenzelberg |
Wolkenburg
Nachtigallental | Nightingale Valley
A legend
from the Middle Ages says that St. Bernard of Clairveaux, while visiting the Monastery
of Himmerod, got very upset over the singing of the nightingales. He
had scolded and nagged until the birds had left. They emigrated into a valley in the Seven Mountains,
which has been named "Nightingale
Valley" after them.
St.
Bernard went back to Clairveaux - music has been at home here ever since. The
Nightingale Valley is a paradise for birds. A momument reminds us of
Willi Ostermann, a Rhenish singer, composer and text writer.
When I was a kid, I often played there. In the summer we took a path from the Nightingale Valley to go to the swimming pool on the hills, the Lemmerzbad, in the winter we brought our bob sleighs. We especially enjoyed riding them through another pass that goes parallel to the Nightingale Valley called "Dr Höll", "the Hell" .. just have a look at the rock faces!
How to get there