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Ruhr Region

Half-timbered houses in Horneburg – König-Ludwig Route loop from Herne-Börnig

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Road cycling routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Half-timbered houses in Horneburg – König-Ludwig Route loop from Herne-Börnig

Moderate

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Half-timbered houses in Horneburg – König-Ludwig Route loop from Herne-Börnig

02:57

71.8km

250m

Road cycling

Moderate road 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.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 672 m for 349 m

After 3.10 km for 55 m

After 11.7 km for 327 m

After 22.5 km for 166 m

After 38.0 km for 70 m

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Start point

Train Station

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3.13 km

Rhein-Herne Canal Red Arch Bridge

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Nice place to take a long break and watch one or the other ship! Directly down the water you can relax and enjoy the banana or the cereal bar

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11.2 km

Pöppinghäuser Wald

Nature Reserve

13.8 km

König-Ludwig Route: Northern section from Recklinghausen-Röllinghausen to Horneburg

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In 1885, mining began in the south of Recklinghausen for the König Ludwig colliery, which is named after the Bavarian King Ludwig II. The fairy tale king who also built …

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23.3 km

Half-timbered houses in Horneburg

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Beautiful half-timbered houses in the small town center of Horneburg, near the eponymous Horneburg Castle.

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31.0 km

Desert mill

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Beautiful and very quiet road that leads slightly undulating through the fields behind Datteln.

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39.4 km

Dortmund-Ems Canal Aqueduct Over the Lippe

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The Lippe Bridge over the Dortmund Ems Canal was an old steel trough, which was replaced in the course of the canal widening by two new. In 2005, during the …

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41.2 km

Lippe Bridge Descent at Vinnum

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Circle Coesfeld, circle Unna and circle Recklinghausen are connected on this departure

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58.1 km

Start or End of the König-Ludwig Trail

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Not a nice highlight, but please just keep building the König Ludwig route.
Via Datteln "Hagemer Feld", over the "Im Winkel" bridge, over the Verbandstrasse bridge and to the "Halde …

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64.3 km

König-Ludwig Route

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The new route connects in the south to the already completed section to the old harbor König-Ludwig am Rhein Herne Kanal.
The KLT Bahntrasse was extended by the new section …

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71.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

33.8 km

28.8 km

6.50 km

1.52 km

735 m

249 m

219 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

59.1 km

9.48 km

2.08 km

516 m

312 m

250 m

Elevation

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Monday 6 July

28°C

17°C

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Half-timbered houses in Horneburg – König-Ludwig Route loop from Herne-Börnig

Rhein-Herne Canal Red Arch Bridge

König-Ludwig Route: Northern section from Recklinghausen-Röllinghausen to Horneburg

Half-timbered houses in Horneburg

Desert mill

Dortmund-Ems Canal Aqueduct Over the Lippe

Lippe Bridge Descent at Vinnum

Start or End of the König-Ludwig Trail

König-Ludwig Route

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