Discover path: Natura 2000
Starting point : reception Ellergronn
4-5 hours – 12 km
The path Natura (2000) is part of the European network, whose objective is to prevent the biologic diversity on the territory of the European Union. 4 to 5 hours are necessary to make this distance of 12 km.
The path is divided into 3 parts:
Boucle A: The human and the forest - 5 km
Starting point: reception center Ellergonn
The human and the forest goes mostly through the forest, recognizable/tagged by footprints.
Tourist feature:
- lake
- panoramic sight to Ellergronn
- playing place Bësch-Crèche
"G. Gaalgebierg’’
1 hour- 4km
Starting point: Eisekaul, where iron was once extracted from an opencast mine
Places of interest:
- Gaalgebierg animal park
- International Sculpture Symposium
- Bird sanctuary
– public gardens
- 1995 International Sculpture Symposium
"B. Bourgronn"
¾ hour – 3km
Starting point: Eisekaul, where iron was once extracted from an opencast mine
Places of interest:
- bird sanctuary
- the entrance to the former Minière Haedefeldchen mine
- public gardens raised on the Gléicht
Highlight: the Haedefeldgen mine
"H. Haedefeldchen"
1 ½ hour – 6 km
Starting point: Eisekaul, where iron ore was once extracted from an opencast mine
Place of interest:
- Holzebier, vantage point
- Beiseng, panoramic view
- The old Kayler Poteau tramway
- the open air school
Highlight: - the open-air school
"R. Réimerwee"
1 hour – 4km
Starting point: Eisekaul, where iron ore was once extracted from an opencast mine
Places of interest: - Holzebierg, vantage point the old cable railway
- the former carriageway
- target practice ground for amateurs – the open-air school
Highlight: the old cable railway which was used between 1906 and 1979 for carrying iron ore from Ottange (France) to Differdange (Luxembourg); approximately 13 km long.
"S. Schlassboesch"
1 ½ hour – 5,5 km
Starting point: Eisenkaul, where iron ore was once extracted from an opencast mine
Places of interest:
- The former Cockerill mine
– Ellergronn nature reserve
- Rosati House
– The old cable railway
- the former carriageway
- target practice ground for amateurs
Highlight: the nature reserve and its special feature, the Liègeoisweiher
PW. ‘’ The Pierrre WIES Footpath
2 hours – 8,5 km
Starting point: Gaalgebierg Esch
Places of interest: - the former launder and bunker – The former Kazebierg mine
Nature reserve, close to the French border – Rosati House
Holzebierg, panoramic view – the open-air school.
History: the open-air school was founded in 1928 as part of an initiative set up to offer weak and poorly children the possibility of pursuing their studies in a healthy environment;
Nowadays, school children visit this school to study life sciences first hand.