This wonderfully quiet bike path leads from Gevelsberg Silschede to Haßlinghausen via an old railway line, where you have access to the Wuppertal Nordbahntrasse and the coal railway to Hattingen. …

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Moin Weite Welt (Markus)

May 30, 2016

Hiking

The railway line was completed in 1889 and served to remove the coal from the adjoining coal mines. Today it is rebuilt along the entire length to a bike path

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Martin Donat

July 3, 2019

Cycling

Between Gevelsberg-Silschede and Sprockhövel-Schee runs this quiet, just under 9 kilometers long Bahntrassenradweg. Here you cycle wonderfully isolated almost through the hinterland of the small towns that you would otherwise …

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Distance 8.38 km

Uphill 120 m

Downhill 90 m

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Tuesday 5 May

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88 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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

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