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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region
Kreis Recklinghausen
Herten

Old Village of Westerholt – Westerholt Historic Village loop from Hasseler Mühlenbach und Lamerottbach

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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region
Kreis Recklinghausen
Herten

Old Village of Westerholt – Westerholt Historic Village loop from Hasseler Mühlenbach und Lamerottbach

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Old Village of Westerholt – Westerholt Historic Village loop from Hasseler Mühlenbach und Lamerottbach

02:13

8.62km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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130 m

St. Martinus Church, Westerholt

Highlight • Religious Site

The Catholic parish church of St. Martinus is a listed church building at Schloßstraße 24 in Westerholt, a district of Herten in the Recklinghausen district (North Rhine-Westphalia).

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martinus_(Westerholt)

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204 m

Old Village of Westerholt

Highlight • Settlement

Beautiful, small streets with old half-timbered houses

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204 m

Westerholt Historic Village

Highlight • Historical Site

Right next to the castle is the Old Village Westerholt, which belonged to the time Westerholt freedom. 58 half-timbered houses restored according to historical model are crowded in the narrow streets.

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863 m

Ruhestätte Natur Westerholt

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The forest is used as a cemetery. Among the numbered trees are tombs. People who stand there in the forest are mourners.

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1.79 km

Westerholt Forest

Highlight • Forest

gelsenkirchen.de/de/freizeit/ausfluege_und_sehenswuerdigungen/parks_und_halden/westerholter_wald.aspx

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The Westerholter Forest (Westerholter Str./Ostring) is a fairly large mixed forest area on the edge of the Buer district. There was a so-called lion park here for a …

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2.26 km

Count Westerholt's Lion Park was an approximately 2.7-hectare site surrounded by two fences up to 4 meters high. Visitors drove along a 4-kilometer-long winding road in their own cars or …

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5.05 km

Weather Shelter

Highlight • Rest Area

The weather shelter offers space for a hiking group.

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6.57 km

Nice view of the Hoheward and Hoppenbruch heap. :)

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8.62 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.62 km

2.67 km

1.00 km

766 m

556 m

Surfaces

2.76 km

1.93 km

1.53 km

926 m

842 m

625 m

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Sunday 6 September

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17°C

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Comments

January 26, 2025,Hauptsache frische Luft -Westerholter Wald und Stadtwald Buer
And it was still nice, even though we didn't go looking for a labyrinth in Hattingen-Blankenstein as we had originally planned, because we didn't have enough time and it had rained too much at night and in the morning. I let myself be guided in a relaxed manner. Unfortunately, taking photos is still not relaxing.

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