ヘルテンの天然記念物・トップ20

Admittedly, the approach to the 150m high heap is very strenuous and involves a few meters of altitude, which I sometimes had to push to complete. But the view makes up for it and on the Halden plateau, which is equipped with a cycle route, there are also beautiful objects to visit with a sundial and horizon observatory, even visible from the A2.

The horizon observatory was set up on the northern summit plateau in 2008. The modern building consists of a circular, flat area with a diameter of 88 m, a forum lowered by 1.50 m with a diameter of 35 m in the middle and two arches with a radius of approx. 45 m, which are like the great circles meridian and celestial equator stretch across the square.

The Hoheward Landscape Park, formerly known as the Emscherbruch Landscape Park, is located in the northern Ruhr area. It covers an area of around 220 hectares between the Emscher River and the A2 motorway in Herten and Recklinghausen.

Magnificent heap with great views.

When the sun is shining you can create your own solar eclipse and the views over the Ruhr area are magnificent.

The Recklinghausen artist Herman Prigann incorporated the former heap of rubble into an art concept: in the years that followed, a kind of adventure landscape for the triad of people, nature and technology emerged from the industrial wasteland, on which forest and vegetation have been able to spread since the colliery was closed. Paths arranged in a spiral lead up to the roughly ten meter high "Stairway to Heaven"; In the "Sculpture Forest" there are remains of demolished industrial plants, which only on closer inspection reveal themselves as works of art made of concrete, steel and natural materials.

An experience to stand there on New Year's Eve👍 or at sunrise or sunset

When the weather is clear, the view is simply magnificent. The horizon observatory and the sundial with the obelisk are definitely worth seeing.