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Brachenthron (Brache Vondern)

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Brachenthron (Brache Vondern)

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

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1. View of Slinky Springs to Fame – Quellenbusch Pyramid loop from Hamborn

29.5km

07:33

120m

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2. Vondern Castle – Ripshorst Arboretum loop from Neue Mitte

13.2km

03:21

40m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Emscher River – Brachenthron (Brache Vondern) loop from Borbeck

4.67km

01:11

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

July 4, 2021

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"... The blue ribbon between the Emscher Klärpark and Vondern Castle reaches a peculiar landscape behind the Ripshorstbrücke. Wide, wild meadows, interrupted by hilly forests and strange art objects until 1932 and soon a coking plant was added. It is very likely that an approximately four meter high elevation about 500 meters east of the old railway bridge still represents the remainder of a small mine dump with the comparison between the past and the present, where the extensive colliery and track systems are now drowning in the grassland.

The world economic crisis at the end of the 1920s brought the company to an end. Previously this was arable and pasture land, which was cut through by the Emscher River, which at the time was still unpaved. After the facilities were demolished, the site was largely left to its own devices and was partially built over only by the A42 motorway in the north, which was built in the 1970s. During the crossing, numerous art objects catch the eye. The most conspicuous are the red step tower in the far west of Hartwig Kompa or the "fallow throne" by Will Brands with the assistance of citizens or local residents collected finds from the colliery, which are presented along the way. The repopulation of the area by nature is particularly impressive. Not only the post-industrial birch vegetation has expanded. Wild crops in the meadow, orchids and not to forget all the songbirds, toads and spiders. ... "

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Efehn

August 30, 2021

Interesting location. However, some background information about the "throne" is missing

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Sigi Bruns

May 29, 2022

The unexpected awaits you on this path.

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

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Brachenthron (Brache Vondern)

1. View of Slinky Springs to Fame – Quellenbusch Pyramid loop from Hamborn

2. Vondern Castle – Ripshorst Arboretum loop from Neue Mitte

3. Emscher River – Brachenthron (Brache Vondern) loop from Borbeck

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