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Etappe 3: so schön kann Ruhrpott sein – Ruhrtal Gravel

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Etappe 3: so schön kann Ruhrpott sein – Ruhrtal Gravel

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April 12, 2022

Etappe 3: so schön kann Ruhrpott sein – Ruhrtal Gravel

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07:33

96.4km

12.8km/h

1,180m

1,260m

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Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

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588 m

Old Demag Headquarters

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Lost Place above the Ruhr: In the 1970s, the then ultra-modern administration building of Demag - a large manufacturer of cranes and drive technology with a long history - was …

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5.63 km

Ruhrhöhenweg section at Brasberg

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After crossing the courtyard, the Ruhrhöhenweg leads here on a fantastically beautiful passage through the forest along the Brasberg and down towards Wengern. There is also an idyllic resting place …

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9.07 km

Old Witten-Gedern railway bridge on the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path

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A particularly beautiful place on a very beautiful section of the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path. The old railway bridge and the tunnels as well as the view of the Ruhr meadows are worth a look even after the 100th time.

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12.8 km

LWL Industrial Museum Zeche Nachtigall (Nachtigall Colliery)

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Here you can recreate the history of the Ruhrpotts. In the museum there are many interesting information about the early coal mining in the Muttental and in the whole pot. …

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14.4 km

Hardenstein Castle Ruins

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Here you cycle through the idyllic Muttental - the cradle of Ruhrpott mining. Hardenstein Castle was there even earlier than the tunnels, but today you can only marvel at the …

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23.4 km

Historic Towpath on the Ruhr

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So-called towpaths used to be laid along rivers in order to pull small barges upriver with horses or other draft animals. You can easily imagine that it was a backbreaking …

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26.1 km

Malakoff Tower of Zeche Brockhauser Tiefbau

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This Malakow tower was built in 1874/75.

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34.5 km

Bochum Railway Museum

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In the disused railway depot in Dahlhausen today is the railway museum - it is the largest private railway museum in Germany. Here you can discover a lot and learn …

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36.0 km

Zeche Wohlverwahrt

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The well-behaved colliery was a hard coal mine in Horst an der Ruhr, a district of Essen. Well-kept colliery is part of the Industrial Heritage Route.

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41.3 km

Ruhr Floodplains in Steele

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A beautiful piece of the Ruhr valley cycle path. A dream, especially at dusk and when the weather is good. The mix of Ruhr nature, urban flair and old railway …

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47.9 km

View of Lake Baldeney from Isenburg

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Wow! The view from up here of the Baldeneysee is really awesome. Feels more like on a MTB vacation on the Moselle. :)

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49.1 km

Kruppwald Entrance on the BaldeneySteig

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A very nice section through the Krupp Forest. At the end you come out near Villa Hügel - the trail spits you out again (again with a turnstile) right at the ticket booth.

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59.5 km

View of Werden

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The small grove with the mobile bench is my favorite place ("sun bed"). Last rest before the train station in Werden. Often in the evening sun. Then we turn the …

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67.3 km

Kettwig Old Town

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Kettwig is not the only beautiful city that you drive through on the Ruhrtal cycle path. But she is definitely beautiful. The historic old town is idyllically situated on the …

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69.7 km

View of the Mintarder Ruhrtal Bridge

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A dubious monument to human occupation: the Mintarder Ruhrtalbrücke, which can be seen as an eyesore in the middle of the idyllic Ruhraue or as a cultural monument - after …

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81.7 km

Railway Crossing in the Forest

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A freight railway line runs through the forest here and is still used. At the same time, the RS1 should emerge.

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85.2 km

Raffelberg Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Just in the quiet forest, now right in the middle of the Ruhr Valley. The interesting, but also massive hydroelectric power station provides the matching visual backdrop, which is loudly …

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90.8 km

Verbindungskanal Pedestrian Bridge

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Part of a nice alternative route to the Ruhr dike (DU-MH):
From the Karl-Lehr Bridge via Pontwerk, past the two locks (Ruhr lock Duisburg and lock Meiderich) and then over …

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96.4 km

Rheinorange

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The Rhine Orange is a huge steel sculpture that rises like a kind of lighthouse into the sky exactly at the corner where the Ruhr flows into the Rhine after …

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Way Types & Surfaces

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34.5 km

23.6 km

14.6 km

13.9 km

9.26 km

161 m

122 m

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Surfaces

39.8 km

30.5 km

13.7 km

4.34 km

3.63 km

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Etappe 3: so schön kann Ruhrpott sein – Ruhrtal Gravel

Old Demag Headquarters

Ruhrhöhenweg section at Brasberg

Old Witten-Gedern railway bridge on the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path

LWL Industrial Museum Zeche Nachtigall (Nachtigall Colliery)

Hardenstein Castle Ruins

Historic Towpath on the Ruhr

Malakoff Tower of Zeche Brockhauser Tiefbau

Bochum Railway Museum

Zeche Wohlverwahrt

Ruhr Floodplains in Steele

View of Lake Baldeney from Isenburg

Kruppwald Entrance on the BaldeneySteig

View of Werden

Kettwig Old Town

View of the Mintarder Ruhrtal Bridge

Railway Crossing in the Forest

Raffelberg Hydroelectric Power Plant

Verbindungskanal Pedestrian Bridge

Rheinorange

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