Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Pepe planned this outdoor adventure with komoot!

Discover your own fun with the #1 outdoor app.

Pepe

Saved routes

Fahrradtour Emscherquelle (2)

Pepe

Saved routes

Fahrradtour Emscherquelle (2)

Pepe planned a bike ride

March 25, 2026

Fahrradtour Emscherquelle (2)

Hard

08:57

121km

13.5km/h

650m

Embed

Comments

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Overview

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Bolmke

Mengeder Heide

Resser Wäldchen

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

Better plan each individual stage of your adventure with the multi-day planner — available as a part of komoot Premium.

Waypoints

Start point

Get Directions

11.3 km

Jahrhunderthaus Bochum

Highlight • Monument

"The Jahrhunderthaus Bochum is the trade union center of IG Metall in Bochum and was built from 2004 to 2005. As a landmark, the Jahrhunderthaus sets an architectural symbol in …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

15.2 km

Opel Trail/Springorum Trail Junction

Highlight • Cycleway

The route branches here:
To the right is the Opel Trail towards Laer, straight ahead continues along Springorum Avenue towards Bochum city center.

There are benches right at the junction – ideal for a short break.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

17.5 km

Forest trail to Lake Kemnade

Highlight • Trail

21.2 km

View of Lake Kemnade

Highlight • Viewpoint

Good starting point for an 8 km run 🏃.
Sufficient parking spaces are available free of charge 🙂

Translated by Google •

Tip by

27.9 km

Paved Cycle Path Near Bochum

Highlight • Cycleway

In the direction of Bochum, of course. In the other direction only paved gravel.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

31.5 km

Sun on the Planets Trail Rheinischer Esel

Highlight • Monument

At a scale of 1:1 billion, a planetary walkway is four miles long, unless you omit Pluto, which has been a dwarf planet for a number of years. This was …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

34.9 km

Start of Rheinischer Esel

Highlight • Cycleway

The Rhenish Donkey is a 13.5 km long cycle path with a slight gradient. Therefore it is very comfortable to drive.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

37.0 km

Theater Olpketal

Highlight • Structure

The Olpketal Theater is a small family-run theater on Olpketalstraße in the southern Dortmund district of Lücklemberg, in which the cabaret artist Bruno "Günna" Knust usually performs several times a …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

43.2 km

Petanque Court

Highlight • Structure

Public boules court that is often used. So don't forget the boules balls on your next tour.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

50.6 km

Schwarze Adler Mine

Highlight • Historical Site

Black Eagle colliery

The history of the Black Eagle colliery officially begins in 1711, when the tradesman Caspar Friedrich Philip Anton Freiherr von Hövel zu Sölde was granted general fiefdom …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

50.9 km

Emscher Source Area

Highlight • River

Here in the Hixterwald, the Emscher's five small source streams originate and converge into a single stream. This stream flows a few hundred meters further northeast into the Emscher's "source pond" at the Emscherquellhof (formerly Lünschermannhof).

Translated by Google •

Tip by

51.9 km

Emscher Spring Farm

Highlight • Historical Site

The "Emscher" springs from the "Emscherquellhof". This was formerly used as a dirty water channel for the Ruhr area. The renaturation has now become a highlight. Here at the source …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

52.0 km

Emscher spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Emscherquellhof is a half-timbered farm complex in the area of Holzwickede east of Dortmund. The farmhouse, built in 1801, consists of the main building, a converted stable building and …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

52.3 km

Margarethe Weather Shaft

Highlight • Monument

The Tiefbauzeche "Vereinigte Margarethe" colliery, built in Dortmund-Sölde in 1857, began in the late thirtieth century in the 5th east section of its mine field with the mining of the …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

56.6 km

Emscher Upper Course Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

The Emscher as a wastewater-free river. What seemed unthinkable two generations ago is reality here and now. The upper reaches of the Emscher in the east of Dortmund thus offer …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

57.7 km

Nathebach Confluence with the Emscher

Highlight • River

Idyllic place where you can easily observe a few animals. Most birds, but also various insects.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

58.4 km

Emscher-Weg in Dortmund Aplerbeck

Highlight • Trail

Goodbye to old bottlenecks and mud pits 😃 Finally a reasonable way to get through and no more dodging through the parking lot. The former private road has been widened and properly repaired.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

59.2 km

Emscherweg Between Schüren and Aplerbeck

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A pretty piece of nature in the middle of dense development.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

60.4 km

Public Hybrid by David Jablonowski (Emscherkunstweg)

Highlight • Monument

This work of art can be found right on the side of the road. David Jablonowski's hybrid sculpture is located directly on the Emscher-Weg cycle path in Dortmund-Schüren. Under the …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

61.6 km

Phoenix Lake

Highlight • Lake

There used to be a huge industrial area here, the Phoenix Ost steelworks. It was recultivated, a lake, a residential area and a local recreation area were created. Today you …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

63.6 km

Hoetger Sculptures in Hoetger Park

Highlight • Monument

One of (I think) two statues. The second is a standing naked man looking at all the details 🙈

Translated by Google •

Tip by

64.7 km

Former Hympendahl Landfill

Highlight • Structure

A legendary smell reveals the former landfill from time to time.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

65.3 km

Emscher Floodplains at Buschmühle

Highlight (Segment) • River

Around the Signal Iduna Park, friendly cycling and hiking trails invite you to linger in the countryside.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

66.3 km

Schondelle Near the Confluence with the Emscher

Highlight • River

The Schondelle is a 5.2 km long stream in Dortmund that rises in Wellinghofen and flows into the Emscher near Brünninghausen. After renaturation by the Emschergenossenschaft and the city of …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

66.9 km

Squirrel Mural on Utility Box

Highlight • Structure

I just found a hidden painted electrical box.
It was decorated with a squirrel👍

Translated by Google •

Tip by

67.8 km

Finnenbahn Dortmund

Highlight • Trail

Padded running track modeled on the Finnish moor paths. High training effect and protection of the joints. Length of the lap: 800m

Translated by Google •

Tip by

68.2 km

View of the Emscher from the bridge

Highlight • River

It is unimaginable that this happy rippling brook was once the largest sewer of the area. Absolutely successful renaturation.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

70.7 km

Under the Schnettker Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Not the prettiest section of the Emscherweg, but it does lead under the Schnettkerbrücke ;) You can also see the fighters of the bridge's famous red arch here.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

71.6 km

Holzach Memorial 📖 Emscher Trail

Highlight • Monument

This memorial plaque draws attention to journalist and author Michael Holzach and his book: "Deutschland umsonst" from the 80s, in which he reports on his hike across Germany. His route …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

73.6 km

Zur Kleinen Weile – Sound Sculpture by Raumlabor

Highlight • Monument

It's crazy what you can do with normal spoken words here for sound pictures!

Translated by Google •

Tip by

74.8 km

View of Dortmund Port from Spiral Ramp

Highlight • Viewpoint

One of the few places from which one has a really good view of the port facilities.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

76.8 km

Dortmund-Deusen Wastewater Treatment Plant

Highlight • Structure

Water purification goes high-tech: The Dortmund-Deusen wastewater treatment plant
Since 1994, the wastewater treatment plant in Dortmund-Deusen has been purifying the wastewater of around 140,000 residents and more than twice …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

77.6 km

Deusenberg

Highlight • MTB Park

Cycling with a fantastic view: Deusenberg in Dortmund
The Deusenberg recreation area, with its freely accessible mountain bike area, is a paradise for both novice and experienced cyclists and mountain …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

78.8 km

Viewpoint at Ellinghausen Flood Retention Basin

Highlight • Viewpoint

eglv.de/medien/hochwasserschutz-neues-becken-in-ellinghausen-wirkt-im-verbund-mit-den-emscher-auen

The Emschergenossenschaft has largely completed the construction of the Dortmund-Ellinghausen flood retention basin and the surrounding area, with only a few remaining works. For the new facility, covering an …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

79.7 km

New Emscher river course

Highlight • River

The new riverbed is a wonderful achievement and a true paradise for wildlife.

Beautiful paths have been created for people, where cycling and hiking are a wonderful experience.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

82.4 km

Emscherweg Mural and Waymarker in Dortmund-Mengede

Highlight • Structure

Again and again, the Emscher renovation also has small surprises, which, with clever ideas along the renaturation, are almost lovingly translated into details, as is the interesting design of this signpost.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

86.3 km

Hof Emscher-Auen and Ickern-Mengede Flood Retention Basin

Highlight • Structure

As a layperson, one can hardly imagine “flow management”. Perhaps you first think of pumping stations, sewage treatment plants, dykes or barrages - which is all right. But managing a …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

89.5 km

Confluence of the Herdiecksbach and Emscher

Highlight • River

The Henrichenburg waterfalls. The volume of water is very impressive. 😜😎
There is also a bench from which you can watch the spectacle.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

91.3 km

Leap over the Emscher Bridge

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

The new bridge "Jump over the Emscher" leads over the Rhine-Herne Canal and crosses the Emscher twice. Pedestrians and cyclists can use it together over a length of around 412m and a width of 2.5m.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

92.4 km

Emscherland Park and River Restoration

Highlight • Parking

Anyone who still knows the old Köttelbecke and, above all, has smelled it... will have tears of joy in their eyes. Beautiful.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

93.7 km

Metal Horse Sculpture at the Riding Stable

Highlight • Monument

A rearing metal horse :)

Translated by Google •

Tip by

94.0 km

Blue Horse Sculptures

Highlight • Monument

What catches the eye are the horse sculptures, which are reminiscent of the Emscherbrucher Dickköppe - the wild horses were once native to the Emscher and still adorn the coat …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

95.9 km

Emscher-Strudel Water Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

Really something new, but 100 m further on it is currently (beginning of May 24) not possible, so go back and at the entrance to the König-Ludwig-Trasse back onto the Emscher cycle path.

Translated by Google •

Tip by