Gummersbach, Bergisches Land

Gummersbach, Bergisches Land – the old small Paris

Gummersbach is situated in the middle of the “Bergisches Land” in the southeast of the German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia. Earlier the town was called the lime town because of its many lime-trees and till the 1920s also even as small Paris. Thank to the extent and the efficiency of its inhabitants, the visitor of Gummersbach can choose between a big choice of holiday apartments, pensions and hotels.

Walking friends and nature lovers will do a joyful leap by taking a look at the map. The town is embedded proverbially in the nature reserve Bergisches Land which merges the nature reserve of the mountains Ebbegebirge. In the northwest you will find the city Wuppertal, in the southwest the former capital of the German federal republic, Bonn.

Moreover, a historical and extremely worth seeing town is Cologne, situated in the west. A popular destination is the barrage “Agger- und Genkeltalsperre”. Moreover, in neighbouring municipalities you will find the barrage “Bruch- und Neyetalsperre”.

Some of these wonderful waters offer the possibility of the most different water sport activities like surfing, sailing or simply swimming. Others are strictly protected as drinking water reservoir but offer the possibility to be informed by positioned information signs along the shore to find out something about its nature and ecology.

In which way a holiday apartment, a summer cottage or a hotel will be used in Gummersbach, a perfect holiday is guaranteed either way.

 

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