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Weg am Rhein-Herne-Kanal – HOAG-Trasse Runde von Essen-Borbeck

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Weg am Rhein-Herne-Kanal – HOAG-Trasse Runde von Essen-Borbeck

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April 23, 2022

Weg am Rhein-Herne-Kanal – HOAG-Trasse Runde von Essen-Borbeck

Moderate

02:41

43.8km

16.3km/h

140m

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Overview

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

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Start point

Train Station

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5.13 km

Ripshorst Arboretum

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The Ripshorst Grove Garden is a so-called grove of trees with around 6,000 trees. Since it is a public park, you can visit it and take a journey through the history of the forest.

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5.66 km

View of the

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The Sorcerer's Apprentice, also known as the Dancing Electricity Pylon, was built in 2013. Looks very nice if you drive along the canal.

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8.29 km

Slinky Springs to Fame Bridge

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A great section of the route on the Rhine-Herne Canal! As a special eye-catcher, the unusual bridge construction, over which you can get to the Kaisergarten.

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13.1 km

Sterkrade Colliery — Shaft 1 Headframe

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The listed headframe above Shaft 1 and the associated shaft hall today serve as a reminder of the former Sterkrade mine. The foundation took over the industrial monument in 1997.

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19.2 km

That's what I call sensible recultivation: An old railway line from the colliery traffic of the time was converted into a very recommendable cycle path. There are also plenty of opportunities to take a break with a beautiful panorama.

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22.5 km

HOAG Rail Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The HOAG route is the former railway line of the "Hüttenwerke Oberhausen Aktiengesellschaft", hence the name. Like many other old railway lines, the approximately twelve-kilometer-long route connecting Oberhausen and Duisburg …

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36.1 km

View of Gasometer Oberhausen and Rhein-Herne Canal

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Rhine-Herne Canal...
From Duisburg to Herne.
Canal always works, good connection with great connections in all directions.

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39.7 km

The Gleispark Frintrop

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The track park Frintrop (until 2007 Ruderalpark Frintrop) is a landscape park on the former goods station in food Frintrop at the city boundary to the new middle Oberhausen. It …

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43.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.2 km

7.32 km

3.70 km

2.01 km

1.62 km

Surfaces

23.3 km

16.2 km

1.95 km

1.17 km

1.15 km

< 100 m

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Weg am Rhein-Herne-Kanal – HOAG-Trasse Runde von Essen-Borbeck

Ripshorst Arboretum

View of the

Slinky Springs to Fame Bridge

Sterkrade Colliery — Shaft 1 Headframe

HOAG Rail Trail

HOAG Rail Trail

View of Gasometer Oberhausen and Rhein-Herne Canal

The Gleispark Frintrop

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