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Historic towpath at Ruhraue Stiepel

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Historic towpath at Ruhraue Stiepel

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    Location: Hattingen, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    May 29, 2016

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    On the old towpath, the ships were pulled up by horses against the current Ruhr.
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    October 12, 2022

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    A particularly idyllic part of the Ruhr Valley, the old towpath is well preserved and invites you to take a walk along the Ruhr.

    Before motorisation, the towpath was used to pull ships up the river using horses. The so-called Ruhraaken were mainly used here, which were used to transport coal. The flow of the water extended downstream.
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    December 8, 2016

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    "A towpath or towpath is a pathway that runs right on the banks of rivers or canals, designed to allow people and draft animals (horses, for example) to pull wooden freighters upriver - the process was called trekking going treidel horses and treidlers connected with the ships. " Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leinpfad
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