Herdecke Promenade on the Ruhr River – Lake Harkort loop from Hohensyburg - Klusenberg

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Herdecke Promenade on the Ruhr River – Lake Harkort loop from Hohensyburg - Klusenberg

Moderate

4.6

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371

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Herdecke Promenade on the Ruhr River – Lake Harkort loop from Hohensyburg - Klusenberg

04:53

18.9km

100m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.38 km

View of the Hengsteysee and the Funckenburg Bridge Tower

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Hengsteysee - Niedernhof - Business mansion Funckenburg near Herdecke

The Niedernhof, also called Villa Funcke or Funckenburg, is a business villa in Herdecke. It is located on the northern shore of Hengsteysee. Today, the "Cafee Seeschlößchen" is at home here.

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2.50 km

Koepchenwerk Power Station

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On certain dates, the factory can be visited on a guided tour.

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5.60 km

Herdecke Promenade on the Ruhr River

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There is always something to see on the promenade. Canadian geese, mallards, cormorants, canoeists, railway viaducts... If you like, you can enjoy the gastronomic offerings.

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6.02 km

Ruhr Viaduct Over the Harkortsee

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An imposing building on the edge of the city center of Herdecke. The bridge leads the tracks over the Ruhr and Harkortsee at a height of over 30 meters. The building is 313 meters long.

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6.53 km

Lake Harkort

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Beautiful lake that is extremely busy when the weather is good (as to be expected).

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16.7 km

View of the Hengsteysee

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Here on the southeastern shore you have an interesting view over the Hengsteysee on the Wienberg and the Koepchenwerk on the steep slope of the Ardey Mountains.

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18.3 km

View of Villa Funcke at Hengsteysee

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The view is of Villa Funcke on the north bank.

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18.7 km

View of Hohensyburg and the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument from Hengsteysee

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There are simply great benches on which you can simply enjoy the view after a long lap

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18.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.8 km

3.72 km

2.99 km

232 m

205 m

Surfaces

10.3 km

3.88 km

3.08 km

932 m

755 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 8 November

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Comments

August 31, 2025,Herdecke Promenade an der Ruhr – Harkortsee Runde von Bathey

The first long hike in a while. It was mostly asphalt, but I knew that. Even though it wasn't particularly challenging, the hike was still strenuous. Currently, the promenade on the opposite side is closed from Köpchenwerk onward, and you have to take a detour.

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July 29, 2023,"Tour ohne Höhenmeter" 🏞️ Rund um den Hengstey- & Harkortsee 🛳️ - Herdecke - Wetter (Ruhr) - mit neuer Brücke an der Volme-Mündung 🌉

July 2023 - Today we went again to the Hengsteysee, we started at the parking lot below the Hohensyburg - now first in the direction of the Lenne-Ruhr estuary to walk the loop back to the Ruhr bridge - then continue to follow the Ruhrtalradweg in the direction of Herdecke - past the Schlösschen lake - the Koepchenwerk and the …

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January 19, 2025,Harkortsee und Hengsteysee ⛵😶‍🌫️

Foggy hike along both lakes. It would be nicer if there wasn't so much rubbish lying around 😕

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January 1, 2023,Runde um den Hengstey- und Harkortsee

After the rain of the last few days, I wanted to do a mud-free lap today.
Despite the light rain at the beginning, I pulled myself together on this brisk tour so as not to start the new year with excuses.

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August 5, 2023,"Die große 8" um Hengsteysee und Harkortsee

I captured the hike around Hengsteysee and Harkortsee on a video:

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August 13, 2023,Wanderbares Wetter - 2 Seen Wanderung

I was forced (because of a folk festival) to park on Kaiserstr. 20- 22 in 58300 weather. From there in the direction of Wetter station and construction sites to get to the actual car park. Once there, the first lake was only a stone's throw away. On the left side we always went along the Harkortsee to the Dortmunderstraße. Now …

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