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Emscherweg at Holthauser Graben

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Emscherweg at Holthauser Graben

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Emscherweg at Holthauser Graben

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

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Best Mountain Biking Routes to Emscherweg at Holthauser Graben

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1. Henrichenburg Boat Lift – Rhein-Herne Canal loop from Polizeipräsidium

47.5km

02:58

190m

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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2. Emscher Floodplains – View of Dortmund skyline loop from Castrop-Rauxel Hbf

43.6km

02:46

110m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Kokerei Hansa – Forest Path in the Ruhr Region loop from Herne-Börnig

38.7km

02:28

210m

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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Michael

May 7, 2018

The hiking and cycling path along the increasingly renatured Emscher is a true pearl in the middle of the Ruhr metropolis and the cities in the surrounding area. There is now an approximately 120 kilometer long path that mostly runs parallel to the Emscher and takes you from the source of the Emscher in Holzwickede to the mouth of the Emscher in the Rhine near Dinslaken.

What is particularly interesting is that the Emscherweg gives you an unadorned and fascinatingly varied view of the “backyards” of the Ruhr area. Via sewers, through motorway underpasses, through the middle of districts, past sewage treatment plants, residential areas, flood retention basins that look more like nature reserves than technical systems, allotment gardens typical of the Ruhr area and scenic passages, you will experience impressions of the Ruhr area that you can hardly get from anywhere else. Structural change, landscape change, urban change mix with numerous sights on the Industrial Heritage Route to create a travel route that will never cease to amaze you.

Depending on the section, you can still experience the change directly, not always to your delight. Be prepared for poor signage, no signage at all, for the numerous detours on the closed sections of the renaturation construction work that you have to somehow avoid yourself, as well as for finished sections where you believe everything has always been like this there, the sewer of the Ruhr area would never have existed.

No matter whether you want to cover the entire route from the source to the mouth of the Rhine, or just want to discover parts of the Emscherweg for local recreation - you will see the diversity of a metropolis, as well as a fascinating landscape.

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Gravel-Master

July 19, 2020

It's a super cool way along the Emscher, hope it will be completely finished.

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Schwerte-Radler

February 17, 2024

The Emscher is an 83.1 kilometer long river in the Ruhr area that rises in Dortmund and flows into the Rhine. Historically known as "Köttelbecke", it became heavily polluted due to intensive industrial use and the discharge of wastewater. However, an extensive restoration project has helped free the river from its concrete corsets and partially restore it to its natural loops and curves. The Emschertal, the landscape around the river, is an important natural area that is characterized by its lowlands and edge plates.

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

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Emscherweg at Holthauser Graben

1. Henrichenburg Boat Lift – Rhein-Herne Canal loop from Polizeipräsidium

2. Emscher Floodplains – View of Dortmund skyline loop from Castrop-Rauxel Hbf

3. Kokerei Hansa – Forest Path in the Ruhr Region loop from Herne-Börnig

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