View of Ewald Colliery (Zeche Ewald) – Schlägel & Eisen Mine loop from Schloss Strünkede

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

View of Ewald Colliery (Zeche Ewald) – Schlägel & Eisen Mine loop from Schloss Strünkede

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View of Ewald Colliery (Zeche Ewald) – Schlägel & Eisen Mine loop from Schloss Strünkede

05:19

20.0km

210m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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Hertener Emscherbruch

Emscherbruch mit Ewaldsee

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.98 km

Recklinghausen II Mine Headframe

Highlight • Monument

The hoistway of Shaft 4 is an impressive relic from the coal mining era. It's just always nice to come over here - but somehow it's also thoughtful.

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4.41 km

Dragon Bridge at Hoheward Spoil Heap

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At the entrance to the Hoheward heap, you will be greeted by a dragon: its steel head rises 18 meters and the bridge railing rests against the ribs of the …

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7.03 km

View of Ewald Colliery (Zeche Ewald)

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Until the late 1990s, it was one of the largest mines in Germany. Today it is a future location, a place for art and culture and the largest slag heap landscape in Europe.

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7.36 km

Schlägel & Eisen Mine

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With a bit of luck you can see a beautiful owl that has been living here for a few years.

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9.34 km

Emscherbruch mit Ewaldsee

Nature Reserve

13.8 km

Horizon Observatory on Hoheward

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The Horizon Observatory is a cool thing. There is a slanted equator arc that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres and a meridian arc that divides the sky …

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14.1 km

View of the Horizon Observatory at Hoheward

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Unfortunately it is not foreseeable when you will be able to enter the plateau again, cracks on the weld seams. Hopefully it will not be torn down.
Halde Hoheward and …

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14.4 km

Horizon Observatory on the Hoheward spoil tip

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On the northern summit plateau, the horizon observatory was built in 2008. The modern structure consists of a circular, flat surface of 88 m diameter, a lowered by 1.50 m …

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14.6 km

Obelisk and Sundial on Hoheward Slag Heap

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I would never have expected something like that up here. Crazy. 💈

The sundial, which is around 3,000 square meters in size, is located on the south plateau (140 meters). …

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20.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.1 km

5.00 km

3.86 km

1.02 km

Surfaces

7.55 km

6.53 km

3.05 km

1.69 km

696 m

502 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

16°C

6°C

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Comments

May 13, 2022,Von Hochlarmark über die Halde Hoheward zum Ewaldsee und zurück ⛰️🏞🌞

Yesterday another heap was announced. I have to say that Hoheward is always a good choice. Due to the countless paths you have a lot of opportunities to explore the area. In addition, the nearby Ewaldsee offers a nice change at ground level ☺️
And if you arrive early at the top of the heap, you can see the last …

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February 19, 2022,Herten - Halde Hoheward & Zeche Ewald ⚒️

"The Hoheward tailings pile is a tailings dump in the Ruhr area. It was created from deposits from the Recklinghausen colliery, the Ewald colliery and the General Blumenthal/Haard colliery. Located between the cities of Herten and Recklinghausen, together with the Hoppenbruch spoil tip, it forms part of the route for industrial heritage and of the landscape park Hoheward.
The dump …

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April 10, 2024,Recklinghausen: Drachenbrücke – Halde Hoheward Runde von Hochlarmark 🦯🥾🚉👍🌤️

Hike from 🚉Recklinghausen-Süd train station. Very varied route through the former 🏭industrial and mining area with views of conveyor systems
from Halden to the Ruhr area.

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February 13, 2023,Zeche Ewald und Halde Hoheward (MM Challenge 14)

In the best weather, I was criss-crossing and all around the Hoheward heap in Herten today. The view was magnificent and the first signs of spring were already peeking out of the ground. An all-round successful day.

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September 21, 2024,Halde Hoheward 🚶‍♀️🥾😎

The view from the slag heap over the Ruhr area is great in this wonderful weather! 🥰

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September 29, 2023,Halde Hoheward und Zeche Ewald mit Ewaldsee 😊

Marion, my work colleague from another department, has wanted to go on tour with me for a long time and since she has never been to the Hoheward dump, but that is not appropriate for a Ruhrpott child 🤣, so I changed that today 😊. So today I went with very nice company to the Hoheward dump and to the …

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June 9, 2024,Industriekultur: Zeche Ewald, Halde Hoheward und Ewaldsee

A bit of industrial culture today? Here you go: the Ewald mine and Hoheward slag heap!
The slag heap has been wonderfully renaturalized, it is colorful here and full of life!
A small lizard is too fast for my camera, it didn't want to be photographed and disappears into one of the many gabions that have been set up to …

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May 21, 2024,Zeche Ewald, Halde Hoheward und Ewaldsee

Today was still free and the weather was still good, so I went to Herten, to the Ewald mine and the impressive Hoheward slag heap. Some of the mine buildings, especially the three winding towers, are pretty dilapidated, but they have their charm. Due to the heavy rain of the last few weeks and the sun this morning, the slopes …

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