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Mouse Tower on Lake Hengstey

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Mouse Tower on Lake Hengstey

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Mouse Tower on Lake Hengstey

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

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

August 27, 2018

The former location of the Ruhr, which moved in the extreme north of today's lake along the so-called Ruhr parthangs, can still be beautifully determined by the location of the border between the city of Hagen, the city Herdecke or the Ennepe-Ruhr district and the city of Dortmund in maps. The border runs historically not through the middle of the lake, but approximately through the middle of the original river. One of the last few obvious indications of this is the mouse tower, which represents on the so-called Hengsteyseeinsel not far from Funkenburg the southern bridge tower of a pedestrian bridge, which once crossed the Ruhr. Only between this tower and today's shore used to run the narrow Ruhr.

derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-wetter-und-herdecke/mit-neuem-blick-auf-alten-wegen-id6979160.html

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Isi-Sicilia

July 15, 2023

The tower is the remainder of a pedestrian suspension bridge from the Villa Niedernhof on the north bank of Herdeck to the former south bank of the Ruhr with the former knight's residence Haus Niedernhofen in Hengstey. Since the damming of the river to Hengsteysee, the building no longer stands on the shore but is surrounded on all sides by water. The small island with the tower serves as a breeding ground and quarters for birds and bats.

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tkitz

May 17, 2021

The path is accessible again (bike)

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Elevation 160 m

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