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Essen-Stadtwald

Essen-Stadtwald

Swantje planned a hike

July 23, 2020

Essen-Stadtwald

Moderate

04:48

18.0km

3.7km/h

190m

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Overview

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

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.22 km

View of Lake Baldeney and the Ruhr Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

A beautiful vantage point on the heights above Lake Baldeney in the south of Essen. Perfect for panoramic photos of the lake and its wooded surroundings.

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4.49 km

Isenburg castle ruins

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Around 1240, the Neue Isenburg, named after the Isenburg in Hattingen, was built above the Ruhr by Count Dietrich von Altena-Isenberg. Only 48 years later it was destroyed again. Its …

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6.67 km

Carl Funke headframe

Highlight • Monument

The headframe of the Carl Funke 1 shaft is one of the few structural relics of the Carl Funke colliery. This began operations in 1804 and was shut down in 1973.

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8.24 km

Heisinger Bogen bird sanctuary

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

The Heisinger Bogen bird sanctuary was established in the 1930s. Many species of birds, some of them rare, live in the nature reserve on the north bank of Lake Baldeney, including water rails, kingfishers, little grebes, cormorants and gray herons.

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18.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.98 km

4.34 km

1.44 km

1.43 km

376 m

312 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.10 km

6.00 km

2.56 km

1.75 km

964 m

515 m

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Essen-Stadtwald

View of Lake Baldeney and the Ruhr Valley

Isenburg castle ruins

Carl Funke headframe

Heisinger Bogen bird sanctuary

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