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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region
Kreis Recklinghausen
Herten

Ruhestätte Natur Westerholt – Löwenpark Westerholt loop from Westerholt

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Hiking trails & Routes
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region
Kreis Recklinghausen
Herten

Ruhestätte Natur Westerholt – Löwenpark Westerholt loop from Westerholt

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4.8

(38)

161

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Ruhestätte Natur Westerholt – Löwenpark Westerholt loop from Westerholt

01:16

4.94km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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128 m

Westerholt Castle Hiking Car Park

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Small car park short distances to the cemetery or the village

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416 m

Ruhestätte Natur Westerholt

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The forest is used as a cemetery. Among the numbered trees are tombs. People who stand there in the forest are mourners.

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494 m

Rest Spot in Nature

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A wonderfully quiet place in the evenings.

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1.32 km

Westerholt Forest

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gelsenkirchen.de/de/freizeit/ausfluege_und_sehenswuerdigungen/parks_und_halden/westerholter_wald.aspx

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The Westerholter Forest (Westerholter Str./Ostring) is a fairly large mixed forest area on the edge of the Buer district. There was a so-called lion park here for a …

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3.31 km

Löwenpark Westerholt

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Hard to believe that there was a kind of safari park here from 1968 to 1988, with predators that you could watch roaming freely from the car.

More information at e.g.:
www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag-loewenpark-westerholt-100.html
and
gelsenkirchener-geschichten.de/wiki/Löwenpark

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4.19 km

Golf Club Schloss Westerholt

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Hiking across the golf course

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4.42 km

Kastanienallee Westerholt

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The Kastanienallee is located in the landscape protection area in the Westerholter Baut. In 2014, 94 chestnut trees were newly planted.
After the old chestnut trees had to be felled due to damage caused by illness.

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4.66 km

herten.de/altes-dorf-westerholt/schloss-westerholt.html

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"The Westerholt moated castle, built in the 19th century and completely renovated in 1993, is located on the edge of the Westerholt forest.

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4.94 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

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2.43 km

1.39 km

1.12 km

Surfaces

2.24 km

1.94 km

370 m

232 m

156 m

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