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Am Nöcksken

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Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Witten

Am Nöcksken

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Am Nöcksken

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

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August 17, 2025

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The street name "Am Nöcksken" most likely originates from a dialect word. "Nöckel/Nückel" means "hill/elevation/slope" in West Central Germany/Rhineland-Westphalia. With the typically Ruhr German diminutive -(s)ken, it becomes "das kleine Hügelchen" (the little hill)—that is, "at the little hill."

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April 2, 2019

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A tour from the castle ruin Hardenstein up to Vormholz is particularly appealing to the rape blossom, if you can arrive at the top, the green of the forest against the said yellow of rapeseed can

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March 23, 2020

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Always worth a look! A must on the tour!

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

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