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Fünf Giebel Corner and Freiheit Wetter

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Location: Wetter (Ruhr), Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Herdecke Promenade on the Ruhr River – Ruhr Viaduct Over the Harkortsee loop from Wetter (Ruhr)

12.9km

03:25

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2. Herdecke Promenade on the Ruhr River – Ruhr Viaduct Over the Harkortsee loop from Bathey

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3. Harkort Tower – Ruhr Viaduct Over the Harkortsee loop from Wetter (Ruhr)

11.1km

03:07

230m

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Andi

December 27, 2020

Pretty little half-timbered district in the historic center of Wetter with the ruins of the Wetter Castle and a great view from the observation tower over the Harkortsee. Right next to the castle is the Evangelical Reformed church, which was built as a castle chapel around 1250 and was taken over by the Reformation in 1550. The current church was built in 1894 as a new building.
At the same time, this place is a cradle of the early industrialization of the Ruhr area, since Friedrich Harkort and Johann Kamp founded the mechanical workshops Harkort & Comp. founded in the ruins of the castle, who i.a. Manufactured steam engines.
You can also see the former home of the baron von und zum Stein, who was appointed mining director at the Wetter mining office in 1784 and was responsible for the modernization of the mining industry and the region's infrastructure. His activity as Bergdirektor in Wetter ended in 1804 when he was appointed Minister of Finance and Economics to Berlin. Together with Karl August von Hardenberg, Stein laid the foundations for the Prussian reforms.

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Peter Marwedel

January 28, 2020

Beautiful old town with references to the influence of Harkort

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Rainer Kr☮ne

January 2, 2022

Especially worth seeing in the blue hour when the old lanterns come on, the half-timbered houses look like a fairytale!

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Elevation 180 m

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Friday 19 December

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30 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Location: Wetter (Ruhr), Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Fünf Giebel Corner and Freiheit Wetter

1. Herdecke Promenade on the Ruhr River – Ruhr Viaduct Over the Harkortsee loop from Wetter (Ruhr)

2. Herdecke Promenade on the Ruhr River – Ruhr Viaduct Over the Harkortsee loop from Bathey

3. Harkort Tower – Ruhr Viaduct Over the Harkortsee loop from Wetter (Ruhr)

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