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Gelsenkirchen walks
About the Hoppenbruch and Hoheward spoil heaps
Visorando Member
6.03 mi
+525 ft
-499 ft
3h 15
Moderate
Departure from Gelsenkirchen (Regierungsbezirk Münster)
On this walk, you’ll experience the traces of mining at the Hoppenbruch and Hoheward spoil heaps, as well as on the site of the former Ewald colliery, first-hand.
Westruper Heide, Haard near Haltern am See
12.09 mi
+518 ft
-531 ft
6h 00
Moderate
Departure from Haltern am See (Regierungsbezirk Münster)
A walk through the Westruper Heide, a nature reserve and Westphalia’s largest area of dwarf shrub heathland near Haltern am See, and through parts of the Haard, a hilly landscape of sandstone in the Hohe Mark Nature Park, north of Recklinghausen.
Muttental Mining Circular Walk
6.32 mi
+653 ft
-636 ft
3h 30
Moderate
Departure from Witten (Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg)
The historic Muttental Mining Circular Walk passes not only the Hardenstein Castle ruins on the banks of the Ruhr but also the Nachtigall Colliery. Here you’ll find a museum with an interesting exhibition.
Through the Muttental and Bommerholz to the Mining Trail
10.15 mi
+915 ft
-935 ft
5h 30
Moderate
Departure from Witten (Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg)
The route takes you through Muttental and Bommerholz, partly along the so-called Mining Trail, which offers small, museum-like insights into mining, down to the Hardenstein ruins on the River Ruhr and back to the starting point.
Circular walk near Beyenburg
8.97 mi
+965 ft
-948 ft
5h 00
Moderate
Departure from Wuppertal (Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf)
A walk in the south-east of Wuppertal. The route starts on the banks of the Wupper, passes through the small, historic district of Bilstein, runs alongside the Beyenburg Reservoir and the Spreeler Bach, heading towards Griesensiepen, past Hillringhausen, almost as far as Königsfeld, then past Winterberg near Ennepetal and back to the starting point.
Please note! The end of the route has since changed. See review.
Herbringhauser Acht
9.71 mi
+817 ft
-794 ft
5h 10
Moderate
Departure from Remscheid (Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf)
This walk starts in Remscheid-Lüttringhausen, near the A1 motorway, crosses the Herbringhausen Dam, follows the Herbringhausen Stream to the River Wupper and back, circles round Herbringhausen, then follows a figure-of-eight route back up to the dam and returns to the starting point. Parts of the route follow the Röntgenweg and the Wuppertal Circular Walk.