Rhein-Sieg District: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In the Siebengebirge hills, the historic rack railway leads to Drachenfels, which is associated with local legends. This is suitable for a stay with an interest in regional legends and a trip to Drachenfels.

You can rent a holiday apartment in the Rhein-Sieg District.

Landscape

The Siebengebirge is a low mountain range landscape on the Rhine above Königswinter in the Rhein-Sieg District.

In the Siebengebirge area of the Rhein-Sieg District, the historic rack railway takes visitors to Drachenfels, a place associated with local legends.

In the Rhein-Sieg District, the Siebengebirge extends along the Rhine above Königswinter's old town.

The Rhein-Sieg District combines the Siebengebirge, the Sieg nature region, the Voreifel and the Bergisches Land as independent natural and cultural landscape areas.

Hiking and Cycling

The named hiking trails in the Rhein-Sieg District include the Natursteig Sieg, the Bergischer Weg, the Rheinsteig, the Römerkanal hiking trail and the Erlebniswege trails in the Sieg nature region.

For cycling, there is the Water Castles Route, the Agger-Sülz cycle path and the Nutscheidhöhenweg, as well as other routes that use the district's newer signposted network of numbered junctions.

Culture and History

In the immediate surroundings of the Rhein-Sieg District, Blankenberg Castle is recorded as a named mapped feature approximately 4.0 km to the northeast. The surrounding area also includes the Abandoned Quarry (above B 478) approximately 7.5 km to the north, St. Michael's Abbey approximately 9.5 km to the northwest, Drachenfels approximately 11.2 km to the southwest, Broderkons Berg approximately 11.3 km to the south, Giersberg approximately 5.7 km to the north and Hühner-Berg approximately 5.7 km to the south, all recorded as named mapped features. In the wider surroundings, Schloß Rötten is recorded as a named mapped feature approximately 24.3 km to the northwest.

The Siebengebirgsmuseum in Königswinter is a local heritage museum with a local history collection in a Baroque town house; it covers the geology, history and culture of the Siebengebirge.

Schloss Drachenburg in the visitor area of the Siebengebirge is a historic Gründerzeit building that combines elements of a palace, a castle and a villa.

Schloss Drachenburg is a landmark for visitors at Drachenfels in the Siebengebirge area above Königswinter.

The district's visitor routes explore historical themes relating to Adenauer, the Roman Canal and the history of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Orientation

Visitor information for the Rhein-Sieg District is coordinated through regional tourism organisations, including Naturregion Sieg, Touristikverein Bergischer Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Tourismus Siebengebirge and Rhein-Voreifel Touristik.

The district's GeoPortal lists hiking trails in the Rhein-Sieg District.

From Drachenfels, the view extends across the Rhine Valley.

The Naturparkhaus Siebengebirge in Königswinter provides information about the Siebengebirge and the uplands on the right bank of the Rhine.

Further local pages at a glance: Adendorf, Alfter, Bad Honnef Am Rhein, Bornheim, Eitorf, Hennef, Königswinter, Lohmar, Meckenheim, Much, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Niederkassel, Rheinbach, Ruppichteroth, Sankt Augustin, Siegburg, Swisttal, Troisdorf, Wachtberg, Windeck.

For the higher-level travel overview: North Rhine-Westphalia.