Half-timbered houses in Horneburg – König-Ludwig Route loop from Herne-Börnig

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Half-timbered houses in Horneburg – König-Ludwig Route loop from Herne-Börnig

Moderate

5.0

(2)

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Half-timbered houses in Horneburg – König-Ludwig Route loop from Herne-Börnig

03:00

73.8km

260m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 12, 2026

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10.5 km

Junction of König-Ludwig-Trasse and Emscher Cycle Path

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This is where the König-Ludwig-Trasse and the Emscher-Radweg cross, so both routes can be easily combined

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11.9 km

König-Ludwig Route: Northern section from Recklinghausen-Röllinghausen to Horneburg

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In 1885, mining began in the south of Recklinghausen for the König Ludwig colliery, which is named after the Bavarian King Ludwig II. The fairy tale king who also built …

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21.4 km

Half-timbered houses in Horneburg

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Beautiful half-timbered houses in the small town center of Horneburg, near the eponymous Horneburg Castle.

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29.2 km

Desert mill

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Beautiful and very quiet road that leads slightly undulating through the fields behind Datteln.

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37.5 km

Dortmund-Ems Canal Aqueduct Over the Lippe

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The Lippe Bridge over the Dortmund Ems Canal was an old steel trough, which was replaced in the course of the canal widening by two new. In 2005, during the …

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39.3 km

Lippe Bridge Descent at Vinnum

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Circle Coesfeld, circle Unna and circle Recklinghausen are connected on this departure

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56.3 km

Start or End of the König-Ludwig Trail

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Not a nice highlight, but please just keep building the König Ludwig route.
Via Datteln "Hagemer Feld", over the "Im Winkel" bridge, over the Verbandstrasse bridge and to the "Halde …

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62.4 km

König-Ludwig Route

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The new route connects in the south to the already completed section to the old harbor König-Ludwig am Rhein Herne Kanal.
The KLT Bahntrasse was extended by the new section …

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