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Gelsenkirchen

The Top 20 Lakes around Gelsenkirchen

Looking to visit the best lakes around Gelsenkirchen? After all, there’s nothing better than the serenity of the lakeshore — or a quick dip when the weather’s warm. So, browse our list of Gelsenkirchen’s top lakes below as recommended by the komoot community, and experience more on your next adventure!

Last updated: October 22, 2025

Ewaldsee

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One glance at the lake is enough for us to want to immerse ourselves in this deep silence. In a figurative sense, of course. So, get off, sit down, and simply let your senses wander.

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Emscherbruch Nature Reserve – Resser Mark Wetlands

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It is nice that the path along the Holzbach is now finished. To the east is the central landfill, to the west is the Emscherbruch with willows, pollarded willows and oaks.

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Wild Meadow and Pond at Nordsternpark

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Beautiful park on the former garden show site on the Rhine-Herne Canal.

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Schloss Berge Park and Gardens

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Beautiful outdoor area, well-kept and clean.
A place to feel good.

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Stadtwald Lake (Gelsenkirchen-Buer)

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The city forest of Gelsenkirchen-Buer covers an area of approximately 28 hectares
(The so-called Buerschen green belt)

Here you can find holly, wild currants, hawthorn, yew and garlic vines along …

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Glückaufpark Hassel

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The Westerholt colliery was a hard coal mine in the area of the city limits from the eponymous Herten-Westerholt to Gelsenkirchen-Hassel, with shaft 1 standing exactly on the border, shaft …

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Berger See

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The Berger lake is located in Gelsenkirchen-Buer on the Adenauerallee. It was dammed in 1930 near Schloss Berge.
The so-called Berger Mulde served as reservoirs. The water came from the …

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Pond at the Foot of the Himmelsleiter, Halde Rheinelbe

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Small pool at the Himmelsleiter. Nice in the winter to slip a little over the ice;)

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Ewaldsee in the Emscherbruch

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In between, always such idyll! Who thinks, in the pot there's only gray in gray, here again impressively taught a better.

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Glückaufpark Hassel – Park of Change

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Glückaufpark Hassel – Park of Change

From the former Hassel coking plant to a new paradise for animals and plants

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The Top 20 Lakes around Gelsenkirchen

Ewaldsee

Emscherbruch Nature Reserve – Resser Mark Wetlands

Wild Meadow and Pond at Nordsternpark

Schloss Berge Park and Gardens

Stadtwald Lake (Gelsenkirchen-Buer)

Glückaufpark Hassel

Berger See

Pond at the Foot of the Himmelsleiter, Halde Rheinelbe

Ewaldsee in the Emscherbruch

Glückaufpark Hassel – Park of Change

Other adventures around Gelsenkirchen

Most popular routes around Gelsenkirchen

Most popular attractions around Gelsenkirchen

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