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Renatured Boye in the Westerwiesen

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Gladbeck

Renatured Boye in the Westerwiesen

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Renatured Boye in the Westerwiesen

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

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Top cycling routes to Renatured Boye in the Westerwiesen

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1. Bernhard-Jäger-Weg – Wittringen Moated Castle loop from Oberhausen-Sterkrade

43.7km

02:42

210m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Schloss Wittringen – Wasserschloss Wittringen loop from Gladbeck Ost

32.5km

02:02

160m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Nordstern Tower – Hugo-Bahn Signalman's House loop from Essen Zollverein Nord

36.4km

02:12

140m

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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Emschergenossenschaft Lippeverband

April 16, 2025

As the second-largest tributary of the Emscher, the Boye River also long served the same role as many rivers in the region, resembling a slurry basin. This has changed significantly in recent years, and since 2023, almost its entire length can be cycled, with the wind in your hair and fresh air in your nose.

The Emscher bullhead isn't the only one that has waited decades for this transformation. Since the Emscher estuary into the Rhine has also become barrier-free for fish, herons and other birds are once again finding food here.

A little further upstream from here, the Hahnenbach River flows into the Boye River; its renaturation was completed in 2011. The water trail explains the impact on people and nature: eglv.de/emscher/pilotprojekt-unser-hahnenbach

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Regina Lange

October 4, 2022

I grew up on the Boy all my life and the transformation from a dumping ground to a biotope is beautiful.

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Mecki aus GE

July 4, 2022

I consider the Boye River renaturation project, initiated by the Emschergenossenschaft in 2018 and expected to be completed in 2023, particularly successful here in the Westerwiesen. From a new bridge, you have a sweeping view on both sides of the revitalized Boye River in its natural bed.

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

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Renatured Boye in the Westerwiesen

1. Bernhard-Jäger-Weg – Wittringen Moated Castle loop from Oberhausen-Sterkrade

2. Schloss Wittringen – Wasserschloss Wittringen loop from Gladbeck Ost

3. Nordstern Tower – Hugo-Bahn Signalman's House loop from Essen Zollverein Nord

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