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BaldeneySteig

BaldeneySteig

Volker Hilbig planned a hike

March 17, 2026

BaldeneySteig

Hard

07:44

27.4km

3.5km/h

520m

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Overview

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 13.4 km for 11 m

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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1.06 km

St. Aegidius Hermitage Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

The Klusen Chapel of St. Ägidius was probably built before 1300. The walls are made of Ruhr sandstone and the roof is made of slate. Two Gothic colored glass windows …

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1.49 km

Half-Timbered Houses of Baldeney

Highlight • Historical Site

The loosely decorated half-timbered houses in the Baldeney district once belonged to the Vittinghoff-Schell family, but today they are owned by individuals.

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4.50 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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6.27 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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10.2 km

Dilldorfer Höhe Playground

Highlight • Rest Area

The Dilldorfer Höhe housing estate was built in 1999 on the site of the Ruhrland barracks, which was closed in 1994. However, as one might expect from the name, it …

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14.5 km

Haus Scheppen: Ruins and Marina

Highlight • Historical Site

The Scheppen family was once a noble fiefdom of Werden Abbey and was one of the largest feudal estates in Werden in the Middle Ages. Of the formerly closed four-wing …

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16.0 km

Alt-Fischlaken and Fischlaken Farmsteads

Highlight • Settlement

There are only a few full-time farmers left in Essen, some of them in Alt-Fischlaken. There you can see the picture of an old group of farms.

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21.2 km

Essen views no. 25: Heissiwald view of Lake Baldeney

Highlight • Viewpoint

At the Essen viewpoint “Heissiwald” you get a wonderful view of the historic district of Werden, the Ruhr, the impressive dam and the beginning of Lake Baldeney. The Essen viewpoint …

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22.0 km

Heissiwald Wildlife Park

Highlight • Natural

The wildlife enclosure in the Heissiwald forest is a popular destination year-round. Since 1964, visitors of all ages have been able to admire red and fallow deer, wild boar, and …

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27.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.3 km

3.77 km

2.95 km

2.15 km

1.14 km

1.12 km

Surfaces

8.62 km

7.75 km

7.24 km

1.95 km

1.79 km

111 m

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BaldeneySteig

St. Aegidius Hermitage Chapel

Half-Timbered Houses of Baldeney

Carl Funke headframe

Heisinger Bogen bird sanctuary

Dilldorfer Höhe Playground

Haus Scheppen: Ruins and Marina

Alt-Fischlaken and Fischlaken Farmsteads

Essen views no. 25: Heissiwald view of Lake Baldeney

Heissiwald Wildlife Park

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