Stone Tower at Külpmann Quarry – View of the Elbsche Valley loop from Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Sprockhövel

Stone Tower at Külpmann Quarry – View of the Elbsche Valley loop from Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

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Stone Tower at Külpmann Quarry – View of the Elbsche Valley loop from Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

05:32

19.7km

390m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 10, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Elbschebach Witten Bommerholz

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.00 km

Forest and streams near the Ruhr Region

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A small piece of forest that invites you to slow down 🕉🙏🌲

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8.28 km

Path Between Silschede and Albringhausen

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Very nice path between Silschede and Albringhausen.

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9.35 km

Albringhausen Panorama Trail

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On a narrow path it goes over trees.

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12.6 km

Stone Tower at Külpmann Quarry

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Until a few years ago, Ruhr sandstone was mined in the Böllberg quarry to produce floor panels or facade panels, for example. The old factory building originally belonged to the …

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12.6 km

View from Böllberg overlooking the Külpmann Quarry

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The Külpmann quarry is located on the Böllberg in Albringhausen, Wetter (Ruhr). Ruhr sandstone was mined in the quarry. The site was operated by the Külpmann family from 1932. The …

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14.0 km

View of the Elbsche Valley

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Beautiful view of the Elbschebach Witten Bommerholz nature reserve, a 32 hectare nature reserve in the Elbsche valley.

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15.0 km

Angelpark Elbschetal Fish Ponds

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The fish ponds are hidden in the Bachtal the Ratelbecke just before the mouth of the Ratelbecke in the Elbschebach. You cross it on a narrow trail, the dam between two ponds.

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16.2 km

Albringhausen Station Restaurant

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"Albringhausen station was a station in Albringhausen, a district of the Esborn district of Wetter (Ruhr) in the Ennepe-Ruhr district, on the Witten-Schwelm railway line. It was opened on May …

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19.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.22 km

4.78 km

3.79 km

2.35 km

529 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.69 km

4.22 km

3.20 km

1.61 km

1.37 km

581 m

Elevation

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Monday 19 October

13°C

3°C

20 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

November 12, 2023,Hiddinghausen- Elbschetal und Steinbruch 🌞🥰🦌🍁

Sunday, November 12, 2023
8:50 a.m. to 2:10 p.m

What a beautiful autumnal round, simply wonderful.
I copied this hike from someone last year.
Starting in Hiddinghausen, the path took me along narrow paths through the forest. And it continued like that for almost the entire route. Approximately 85% lead along narrow trails through the forest or along fields. I'm …

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March 26, 2022,Rundtour Oberes Elbschetal (Sprockhövel/Gevelsberg/Wetter) 26.03.22

It was a super nice hike with incredibly beautiful sections. In addition, the best hiking weather, an unexpected nice refreshment at the right time at the Untere Rattelbecke and the timing was perfect.
😄
Now I'm happy and content.

I've already raved about it in detail in the picture descriptions. Here is just an absolute recommendation. This hike has almost …

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May 11, 2024,Oberes Elbschetal "Steig" Rundtour 11.05.2024

Finally the time had come. My first solo hike this year.

I was drawn to my beloved upper Elbschetal between Gevelsberg, Wetter (Ruhr) and Sprockhövel.
I have already hiked a few tours here and I have also done these in a very similar way.

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April 6, 2025,1176🏔️von Hiddinghausen zum Steinbruch am Böllberg⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟🤩🚘🥗🍺☕️🍰⚠️❗️

Getting there: Large parking lot near the A43 near Hiddinghausen (just 23 minutes drive)
Or the Kaninchenweg stop, including the SB 37, which goes via Hattingen to Bochum Central Station.

I did another tour on Thorben's list, which I'd like to do this year.
komoot.com/de-de/tour/717704349
Unfortunately, there were a few problems this time.
In the end, I covered 22 km. …

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December 31, 2022,Abenteuerliche Abschlusstour von Hiddinghausen zum Böllberg 🥾🐕🐕🐾

Shot a year-end tour with a friend in very windy weather. It went from Hiddinghausen to the Böllberg. The wind really blew in our face there 😅 and the view was fantastic. The tour took us mainly over meadows and narrow, muddy forest paths, which were occasionally peppered with fallen trees. I wish you all a happy new year

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June 21, 2022,Abenteuertour ab Hiddinghausen/Oberes Elbschetal

What an adventure tour! Field and meadow paths alternate with paths through shady deciduous forests. Currently not recommended for people with allergies to grasses, these were numerous and up to 1.50 m high 😁 Some paths were therefore difficult to find due to the high vegetation. In the last third I went astray through a deciduous forest because the path …

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