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North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region

The Ruhr in Essen-Steele – Zollverein Coal Mine and Coking Plant loop from Essen-Kupferdreh

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Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region

The Ruhr in Essen-Steele – Zollverein Coal Mine and Coking Plant loop from Essen-Kupferdreh

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The Ruhr in Essen-Steele – Zollverein Coal Mine and Coking Plant loop from Essen-Kupferdreh

02:27

40.2km

270m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: January 21, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

After 26.2 km for 261 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

4.61 km

Heisinger Ruhraue Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Waterfowl and other animals can still be observed here.

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2

8.66 km

The Ruhr in Essen-Steele

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Cycling along the Ruhr riverside path is like a holiday at home. Simply beautiful.

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3

11.2 km

Bergmannsbusch

Forest

4

21.0 km

Zollverein Shaft 3/7/10 Headframe

Highlight • Monument

Zeche Zollverein shaft 3/7/10 is a pit in Essen-Katernberg in the eastern part of the pit field of the Zeche Zollverein. Extraction above shaft 3 began in 1882. Shaft 7 …

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22.4 km

Are you a technology enthusiast? You have to see it: When it was built, the entire Zollverein complex was considered the largest welded construction in Europe. This superlative referred to …

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23.6 km

The former coal mine Zeche Zollverein is well known for industrial culture beyond the borders of the Ruhr area. The colliery was in use from 1851 to 1986, and today parts of it are part of the UNESCO World Heritage.

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23.8 km

Zollverein Coking Plant

Highlight • Monument

Very large area, much to see and discover and almost every corner of the bike to reach.

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8

23.9 km

The huge plant is not 100 years old. It was built in the Bauhaus style and is considered the most beautiful mine in the world. She gave thousands of jobs, …

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24.0 km

The entire Zollverein site is now an architectural world heritage site and industrial monument. Together with the immediately adjacent Zollverein Coal Mine, the former coking plant was declared a UNESCO …

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37.2 km

Naturschutzgebiet Heisinger Ruhraue

Nature Reserve

B

40.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.7 km

6.18 km

3.19 km

1.59 km

1.33 km

266 m

Surfaces

33.2 km

2.60 km

2.40 km

1.97 km

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Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

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Saturday 7 February

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