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Castrop-Rauxel

Wagenbruch Forest Path

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ruhr Region

Kreis Recklinghausen

Castrop-Rauxel

Wagenbruch Forest Path

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Location: Castrop-Rauxel, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Lessmöllmann Clay Pit – Langeloh Nature Reserve loop from Bövinghausen

9.92km

02:39

110m

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2. Langeloh Nature Reserve – Lessmöllmann Clay Pit loop from Bladenhorst

10.5km

02:46

100m

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

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3. Rossbach valley – View of Castrop-Rauxel loop from Gerthe

10.9km

02:52

90m

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

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Volker Rump 🌲〽️

March 3, 2024

Nice little forest 😍

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Jaan

February 10, 2024

Beautiful forest path, very natural, small stream and fallen tree trunks to linger. 🌳

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Joe Outside

February 2, 2025

The asymmetrical valley "Wagenbruch" with steep eastern slopes and flat western slopes is in parts more than 30 m deep cut into the terrain as a result of glacial processes. The stream is permanently water-bearing in the lower part. The upper valley is formed as a dry valley. The small geomorphological forms in the valley and the adjacent forest areas are striking and varied: Siepen, spring niches and marl excavations. In some areas the stream is regulated.

The Obercastroper Bach rises in the Siepenquelle and, together with its side tributaries, was part of the origin of the Landwehrbach, which flows north into the Emscher. In the Wagenbruchwald, trunk notches with monograms testify to the love of several generations for their landscape. The lower valley area is now used as a horse pasture. Pollarded willows are remnants of traditional use. On the border of the settlement is the site of the Callenberg house and its moat.

The adjacent farmland is characterized by a traditional network of paths. One path is still visible today as a sunken road, while in the historical maps other sunken roads lead to the former Callenberg house. The former cart and carriage roads are cut into the relief of the loess-loam landscape. They are part of an old network of paths, well preserved in their position and shape and hardly or not at all over-imprinted by modern times. The dense growth of bushes and field trees on the sides illustrates the course of the terrain. The southern boundary of the area is formed by the old Landwehr, which runs as a dividing element in a west-east direction through the cultural landscape of the Hellweg and formed a historical border to the south.

The Obercastrop farming community extends in the north over large areas of the Castroper Höhenplatte and forms today's district. Despite the heavy settlement around 1900 as a result of the development of mining, which went hand in hand with the transformation of the agriculturally dominated cultural landscape, numerous farm sites have survived, mainly along the Castroper Hellweg. It still characterizes the original rural cultural landscape.

The view to the north towards the Erin mine illustrates the formerly close spatial penetration of agriculture and mining. The maintenance of the valuable elements of this rural cultural landscape should include the preservation of the sunken roads and the regular maintenance of the pollarded willows. See: kuladig.de/Objektansicht/A-P363N410-20090625-0003

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Location: Castrop-Rauxel, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Wagenbruch Forest Path

1. Lessmöllmann Clay Pit – Langeloh Nature Reserve loop from Bövinghausen

2. Langeloh Nature Reserve – Lessmöllmann Clay Pit loop from Bladenhorst

3. Rossbach valley – View of Castrop-Rauxel loop from Gerthe

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