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North Rhine-Westphalia

Städteregion Aachen

Eschweiler

WasserWeg Blausteinsee

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Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Städteregion Aachen

Eschweiler

WasserWeg Blausteinsee

Easy

4.5

(741)

2,659

hikers

WasserWeg Blausteinsee

01:41

6.51km

30m

Hiking

On this family hike around the Blausteinsee, experience the change from an opencast mine to a wonderful local recreation area for young and old. Information boards along the circular route tell you about the history of the origins and other exciting features of the body of water. The WasserWeg Blausteinsee…

by Städteregion Aachen

Last updated: June 6, 2024

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531 m

Lobster Sculpture at Blausteinsee

Highlight • Monument

Next to the large car park is the Blausteinsee adventure world with playground equipment, rest areas and information boards. The big crab is certainly the highlight for the little ones.

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1.72 km

Blausteinsee Pavilion

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Blausteinsee is a great destination with beautiful nature and many leisure activities. For example, you can enjoy the lake in all its facets during a hike on the circular …

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Langendorf Memorial Stone

Highlight • Monument

Around the Blausteinsee lake, there are several memorial stones commemorating the many villages that had to make way for the open-cast lignite mining.

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5.11 km

Access to Blausteinsee Lake

Highlight • Lake

The Blausteinsee is located north of Eschweiler, in the area of the former open-cast brown coal mine Zukunft-West. A local recreation area was created here through recultivation, with the remaining hole filling with water from 1984-2005.

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6.51 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.54 km

972 m

781 m

113 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.25 km

1.47 km

787 m

390 m

356 m

216 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 9 July

29°C

13°C

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Comments

March 9, 2025,Tour Blaustein See

Today we did a little tour with Yvonne around the Blaustein Lake, in very nice weather 🥾🥾🌞

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February 27, 2022,Runde um den Blausteinsee 🏞️👭

A lap around the Blausteinsee with a friend this morning.
It was glorious, cold and plenty of sunshine.

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March 5, 2022,Wanderung

Today's Hike! For the first time at the Blausteinsee near Eschweiler! I really liked this great weather! I was traveling alone, felt very comfortable!

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September 5, 2023,Um den Blausteinsee

With temperatures around 32 degrees, it was cool water today. Luckily there was also enough shade in the "woods" near the shore.

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May 5, 2025,WasserWeg Blausteinsee

After not having walked for three weeks due to ailments, chores etc. today I finally got my walking shoes out of the closet again to go for a walk around the Blausteinsee. 🥾💙 This time I chose a not too long walk, because after 3 weeks it takes some getting used to again. 😅 It was a bit chilly, but …

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March 5, 2023,Kleine Wanderung um den Blausteinsee

So far only cycled around the Blausteinsee, now I've done the circular route. It's really worth doing. Possibility at Rinkens or Seehaus53 can also take a nice break.

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July 4, 2021,🌳 – Blaustein See nabij Aken

Nice walk along the lake, if you want to walk right along the water then the passages are a bit more difficult. Beautiful views and enjoy nature.

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September 16, 2024,Runde um den Blausteinsee

I also wanted to walk around the Blausteinsee, so Monday morning is a good time when the weekend rush is over. A nice walk and a nice start to my vacation 🤗

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July 29, 2023

On this family hike around the Blausteinsee, experience the change from an opencast mine to a wonderful local recreation area for young and old. Information boards along the circular route tell you about the history of the origins and other exciting features of the body of water. The WasserWeg Blausteinsee

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Lobster Sculpture at Blausteinsee

Blausteinsee Pavilion

Langendorf Memorial Stone

Access to Blausteinsee Lake

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