Datteln-Hamm Canal – Lünen City Port loop from Preußen
Datteln-Hamm Canal – Lünen City Port loop from Preußen
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Datteln-Hamm Canal – Lünen City Port loop from Preußen
02:00
35.3km
180m
Gravel riding
Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 23, 2026
Tips
Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps
You may need to carry your bike.
After 2 m for 10 m
After 5.69 km for 13 m
After 35.3 km for 10 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.13 km
Preußenhafen Lünen with Mohr crane
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1.52 km
Datteln-Hamm Canal
Highlight (Segment) • River
The DHK runs between Datteln (branch of the Dortmund-Ems Canal) via Lünen, Bergkamen to Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the canal system (Dortmund-Ems Canal, Rhine-Herne Canal and Wesel-Datteln Canal). The DHK was built between 1914 and 1933 and has a total length of 47.2 km. It is fed by water from the Lippe River near Hamm. Numerous city ports and power stations are located along the DHK. They serve as transshipment ports for coal, gas, oil, sand and cement. The DHK is now increasingly used for pleasure boats and for leisure activities. Larger sports ports can be found in the Marina-Rünthe (Bergkamen) or in the Preußenhafen, for example. The canal can be crossed over numerous bridges. There are always rest areas and small city ports along the canal. The DHK cycle path runs mostly along both sides of the canal. With a few exceptions, such as interruptions caused by power stations, it is almost flat. The path is mostly gravel and partly tarred, so it can be used easily even in rainy weather.
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4.06 km
Lünen City Port
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10.9 km
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16.6 km
Halde Brockenscheidt with gauge tower - Waltrop colliery
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The Brockenscheidt dump is one of the smallest tailings dumps in the Ruhr area, but subjectively the favorite on our 4-heap tour. It has a height of “only” 15 meters above ground, but its highlight is not only the diverse vegetation with, among other things, deciduous trees such as the birch typical of the heap, the sycamore maple, the sage willow, many woody plantings and plenty of space for spontaneous growth.
The Castrop-Rauxel artist Jan Bormann built the "trackwork tower" on the highest plateau from 1000 meters of used gauge slats from the mining industry (beams on which a conveyor cage was guided in the shaft). From its viewing platform at a height of 12 meters you get one of the best views of the dumps in the area - even though the Brockenscheidt dump is one of the smallest.
From the seemingly pyramid-shaped installation, if the visibility is good, you can expect a view far over the eastern Ruhr area, not only of the Waltrop colliery located directly at the foot and the Lüntec Tower ("Colani Egg") on the former Minister Achenbach mine, shaft 4.
Of the numerous installations on former mining dumps, the “Spurwerksturm” is probably one of the most popular for several reasons. Of course, Bormann needed modern metal stairs to be accessible, his actual material wood is the most natural, the material comes from the mining industry to which a reference is to be made - and from a very pragmatic point of view, the people who come here can also "use" the work of art ". Bormann's work not only refers to the history of the location, in fact it basically consists of exactly that and allows visitors not only to look at the work itself, but also to have wonderful, really worthwhile views of the surrounding area.
However, it is only recommended to a very limited extent for racing bikes on tough, narrow 23 mm tires.
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16.9 km
Zeche Waltrop Manufactum Department Store
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17.0 km
Waltrop Colliery
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A visit is worthwhile for a look into old times.
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18.1 km
Forest Path in the Ruhr Region
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21.0 km
Groppenbruch
Nature Reserve
33.4 km
Bahnbusch
Forest
35.3 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
14.5 km
6.61 km
5.67 km
5.65 km
2.82 km
< 100 m
Surfaces
15.2 km
8.93 km
7.34 km
2.01 km
1.03 km
772 m
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