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Gerd Braun
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Ersatztour Oktober 2022

Gerd Braun
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Ersatztour Oktober 2022

and planned a bike ride

June 8, 2024

Ersatztour Oktober 2022

Hard

18:52

293km

15.5km/h

1,580m

1,580m

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Overview

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The route includes a crossing by ferry.

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 243 km for 312 m

Most people would complete this in 3-6 days

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1.89 km

Morsbroich Palace

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In its current baroque form, the castle was built in the second half of the 18th century and expanded in the 19th century.

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6.84 km

Trailhead of the Balkantrasse in Opladen

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Here the Balkan route starts in the direction of Lennep.

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10.3 km

Pattscheid Station on the Balkantrasse

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Very nice section with many details of previous use - such as signals and route stones. There are benches here for a break. Of course, the route also deserves a …

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35.5 km

Old Market, Lennep

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Narrow streets, black slate houses, green shutters – a typical Bergisch street scene in Remscheid-Lennep in an almost circular town center. The German Roentgen Museum is located in the historic …

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48.9 km

Schwarzbach route

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Almost 2 kilometers long route, but it has a lot to offer. For example a viaduct with a wonderful view & a long tunnel. The route begins at Wichlinghausen station and ends at Grundstrasse.

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62.4 km

Nordbahntrasse – Start in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

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When do you see from the bike path ever on the roofs of a city? Great view.

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68.4 km

Gruiten Parsonage (1764)

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Completion of the vicarage on the site of the derelict cottage. This completes the ensemble of preaching house, church and (old) vicarage - the heart of the historic village of …

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68.5 km

St. Nikolaus Church Gruiten

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The neo-Romanesque quarry stone hall with a western tower in front and a semicircular apse was built as a parish church from 1877 to 1879 according to plans by the Barmer architect Gerhard August Fischer.

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9

69.2 km

Düssel Valley Trail in Neandertal

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Incredibly great tour through the Neandertal along the water. Beautiful. A feast for the cyclist's heart!

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71.7 km

Düssel Valley Trail in Neandertal

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Incredibly great section. Very natural forest paths with mini-trail passages - you can also hop over a stream. Lots of water and you even pass an aurochs farm. Suitable for …

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76.3 km

Neandertal Stone Age Workshop

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Under expert guidance, curious people can try out prehistoric techniques here - from rock painting to lighting a fire to tanning leather.

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79.7 km

Stindertal Trail with Stindermühle

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This Stindertalweg has it all with extreme inclines and descents. But at the lowest point is the working Stinder Mill, where you can recharge your batteries if the mill is open at the moment

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92.0 km

Angertal Valley

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The Angerbachtal is really beautiful and you shouldn't miss this highlight. Coming from Ratingen, the path is mostly uphill and sometimes a little steeper for a short while. But you shouldn't let that deter you.

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95.4 km

Haus Anger and Angermühle

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If you come from the direction of Ratingen, you have already spent some time in nature – and suddenly you see this big house.

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97.4 km

Angertal Stream Trail

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The most beautiful section in the Angertal - between Auermühle and Haus Anger.

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102 km

Brücker Mill at the Railway Crossing

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A mill probably existed here or nearby as early as the Middle Ages. In the "Renewed Rent Book of the Inn in Ratingen" from 1456, "Arndt Mulner's Camp up dem …

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107 km

Path Beside the Railway Tracks

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Right in the middle and yet somehow beautifully off the beaten track. On the gravel paths between Duisburg and Düsseldorf, you can explore the area from a completely different perspective.

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113 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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114 km

View of the Ruhr Viaduct

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

The path is completely asphalted.
At the beginning and end there are often a lot of pedestrians.
The intermediate section is very easy to ride on with a racing bike.

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123 km

Ruhr Valley Trail

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The route along the old MüGa route is varied and interesting

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131 km

Oberhausen-Borbeck to Knappensiedlung – Rail Trail Cycling

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The connection between the Knappensiedlung and the track park Frintrop leads over a section of the old HOAG railway line. The short cycle path takes you up to the landscaped …

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139 km

View of the Rhein-Herne Canal

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Beautiful gravel bike path from the mouth into the Rhine to the beginning of Bottrop with a small break at the stadium in Oberhausen, since the blue bridge is finished, …

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148 km

View of the Nordsternbrücke bridge in Nordsternpark

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The industrial site of the Nordstern colliery was completely redesigned for the Federal Garden Show. A beautiful local recreation area has been created here with a huge children's playground, barbecue …

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150 km

Nordsternpark – Zeche Nordstern Headframe & Nordsternplatz

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One of the most beautiful colliery towers in the entire Ruhr area.
Large squares with restaurants and cafes all around.

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157 km

Tetrahedron Bottrop

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The view from the highest platform is great, but not for people with vertigo, as the way up leads over lattice steps. Apart from that, the platforms swing a bit because they are attached to wire ropes.

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160 km

Old Prosper II/III Colliery Railway Path

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Well-developed bike path

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27

164 km

Bottrop City Ponds

Highlight • Lake

The Köllnische forest is a large forest landscape, which invites to long walks and bike rides. Here you will also find the two city ponds. Nestled in the forest, they offer the visitor pure nature.

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28

169 km

Totems on Halde Haniel

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Totems - 2002 - Agustín Ibarrola

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173 km

Dunkelschlag Trail, NSG Sterkrader Wald

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Come along and look at the dark blow. The forest is divided into 4 parts by the interchange Oberhausen A2 and A3 as well as A516. Tunnels connect the forest …

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180 km

HOAG Rail Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The HOAG route is a freight route between the cities of Duisburg and Oberhausen, which has been converted into a cycle path.
Hoag Route Marking the footpath and bicycle lane …

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183 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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184 km

HOAG Route

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The railway line of the former Hüttenwerke Oberhausen Aktien Gesellschaft (HOAG), which has been converted into a cycle and hiking trail, runs away from road traffic.
It runs twelve kilometers …

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187 km

Green Path between Neumühl and Buschhausen

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Green path, connecting path between Oberhausen and Duisburg.

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197 km

Historic Port Steam Crane Duisburg-Ruhrort

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The last port crane with steam power shines in fresh blue after the restoration. Booms, steam boilers, turning and lifting mechanisms are derusted and protected for the next decades.

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198 km

Bridge towers of the Friedrich-Ebert Bridge (Ruhrort)

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What used to be a compl. bridge included-

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201 km

Rhine Cycle Path Duisburg Industrial Section

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As so often in the Ruhr area, the direct proximity of nature and industry is fascinating: On the one hand gray chemical plant, on the other side green meadows, and the Rhine majestically in the middle.

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205 km

View from Halde Rockelsberg

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The Rockelsberg dump is located on the Rhine dike in Hochemmerich and offers an all-round view of Duisburg and the Lower Rhine. In the lavish Halden landscape of the Ruhr …

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207 km

Duisburg-Hochfeld Railway Bridge

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Today's bike path on the north side of the bridge narrow - encounter traffic is just over, overtaking not at all. Officially for several years walk; no one cares.

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211 km

Pathway to Logport

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Attention at the end of the way to the left across the meadow, downshift follows it a 45 ° rise. Then it continues on normal ways.

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213 km

Views of Friemersheim

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Quite typical here, as is often the case in the Ruhr area: nature and industry right next to each other.

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213 km

Rheinaue Friemersheim Nature Reserve

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The Rheinaue Friemersheim is a nature reserve on the left bank of the Rhine in Duisburg.

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217 km

View of the Rhine Embankment at Hohenbudberg

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Here you can look out over the Rhine.

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220 km

Uerdingen Rhine Promenade

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The Rhine promenade in Uerdingen, nice.

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222 km

Historic Swing Bridge Krefeld-Linn

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Here you drive over a historical bridge that is operated by people. It takes a while for it to spin and adjust everything manually, but it's very interesting to have seen.

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225 km

Rheinradweg Fairness Zone near Nierst

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The section from Krefeld-Rheinhafen to Langst-Kierst is easy to navigate (new). From Nierst onwards it often gets very crowded when the weather is nice. Cyclists, joggers, strollers, dogs ... And …

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230 km

Kaiserswerth–Langst Rhine Ferry

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Nice view and crossing to Kaiserswerth.

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233 km

Rhine Cycle Path on the Düsseldorf Rhine Embankment

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Nice paved bike path on the Rhine dike between Dusseldorf and Kaiserswerth.

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237 km

View of Düsseldorf on the Rhine

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Unfortunately, the bridge / ramp in the Nordpark no longer exists:
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241 km

Joseph-Beuys-Ufer

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Very nice bike path

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243 km

Harbor Bridge Düsseldorf

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Nice wide views of the Düsseldorf Medienhafen, the old town and over to Oberkassel and Neuss. Architectural highlights are the Gehry buildings.

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246 km

View of the Hammer Railway Bridge on the Rhine Cycle Path

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Beautiful route along the Rhine.

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247 km

Kappes-Hamm (Düsseldorf Hamm Village Center)

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Kappes-Hamm, here horticultural companies dominate the townscape. Quiet, with a nice beer garden in the canoe club directly on the Rhine.

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250 km

Houseboat on the Rhine

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252 km

Benedikt-Schmittmann-Platz

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Benedikt Schmittmann was murdered by the National Socialists. The local history association in Volmerswerth has erected a memorial stone.

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254 km

Uedesheim Rhine Bend

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At sunset along the Rhine, like vacation.

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259 km

Old eel fishing boat at Silbersee

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Despite rising water levels, there is still a lot to see.

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266 km

Fährhaus Pitt Jupp with Biergarten

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The homey inn with wood-paneled walls and beer garden serves home-style meals.

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58

270 km

Inn at the Rhine Ferry Zons

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Two-storey residential and guest house built in 1838 in four axes. Dating by anchor pins. Plastered brick. The barn dates from the 19th century. Conversions and additions took place in 1926, 1950 and 1970.

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270 km

Zons Car Ferry

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For 1.50 euros you can cross the Rhine from Urdenbach to Zons with your bike. This saves you having to go to the Fleher Bridge to the north or the …

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276 km

View of the Rhine in Monheim

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Very nice vantage point on the Rhine. This is a good place to take a little break.

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61

278 km

View of the Rhine and Chempark Dormagen

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The cycle path near the Rhine is highly recommended and in good condition.

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282 km

Tree-Lined Cycle Path Between Hitdorf and Rheindorf

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Section of the route that is very easy to drive on. We recommend.

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63

287 km

Beautiful cycle path along the Dhünn near Bürrig

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This bike path is really very nice and runs on a dam above the Dhünn. From here it is also possible to make a detour to the Neulandpark, one of the highlights in Leverkusen.

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289 km

Dhünn Riverside Trail and BayArena View

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Beautiful, fast cycling section between Leverkusen-Alkenrath and Lev-Wiesdorf, until the Dhünn flows into the Wupper and then into the Rhine.

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292 km

Dhünn River at Morsbroich Castle

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Pretty bike path from Schlebusch to the mouth in the Wupper

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293 km

Former Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Today there is only a small hut here

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

163 km

47.0 km

43.7 km

26.4 km

8.28 km

3.74 km

288 m

285 m

Surfaces

178 km

32.5 km

26.7 km

26.6 km

24.3 km

4.56 km

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