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Ruhr Region

Bottrop

The Top 19 Natural Monuments around Bottrop

Bottrop’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20

beautiful natural monuments around Bottrop. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: October 31, 2025

Pfingstsee

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Lake Elsbach, also known as Pfingstsee, is a wonderful place with impressive natural scenery. The lake is still being formed, as it is a subsidence lake caused by coal mining. …

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Heidesee in the Kirchhellen Heath

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The Heidesee in the Kirchheller Heide is an approximately 34 hectare quarry lake in the Grafenwald district of the Bottrop district of Kirchhellen in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Totems by Agustín Ibarrola on Halde Haniel (temporarily relocated due to construction work)

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Unfortunately, the point is a construction site. The totems have been dismantled, and the interior is cordoned off with a construction fence. I hope the renovation doesn't take too long.

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Halde Haniel Amphitheatre and Ibarrola Totems

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On top of the Haldenkuppe, an open amphitheater in the Greek style was created from mountain material. It offers space for 800 visitors and was opened in 1999. Great view of the area.

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Renatured pond in Naturpark Hohe Mark - Westmünsterland

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After the mines were closed in recent years, groundwater appeared here, which was used to flood and thus renaturate the landscape. A beautiful biotope for birds and small creatures.

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Totem Poles on Halde Haniel

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The heap is one of the highest in the Ruhr area and rises 150 meters above the surrounding area. The wildly developed descents and single trails are sometimes tough and …

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BernePark

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The Berne Park in Bottrop is a special kind of industrial monument: wastewater has been treated here for almost forty years. Then the plant with the two circular basins and …

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View of the Heidesee

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The Heidesee in the northwest of the city of Bottrop is a three-water former gravel excavation complex. The area was included in the recreation concept of the Ruhr area in …

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Renatured Boye in the Westerwiesen

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As the second-largest tributary of the Emscher, the Boye River also long served the same role as many rivers in the region, resembling a slurry basin. This has changed significantly …

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Bottrop City Ponds

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You come from the nature reserve Koelscher Wald, a path leads between the two beautiful city ponds in the adjacent city park. Nice route.

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The Top 19 Natural Monuments around Bottrop

Pfingstsee

Heidesee in the Kirchhellen Heath

Totems by Agustín Ibarrola on Halde Haniel (temporarily relocated due to construction work)

Halde Haniel Amphitheatre and Ibarrola Totems

Renatured pond in Naturpark Hohe Mark - Westmünsterland

Totem Poles on Halde Haniel

BernePark

View of the Heidesee

Renatured Boye in the Westerwiesen

Bottrop City Ponds

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Most popular routes around Bottrop

Most popular attractions around Bottrop

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