Phoenixsee – Hörde Castle loop from Hörde

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Phoenixsee – Hörde Castle loop from Hörde

Easy

5.0

(2)

167

hikers

Phoenixsee – Hörde Castle loop from Hörde

00:43

2.85km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

78 m

Forced Labor Memorial at PHOENIX Lake

Highlight • Monument

At night, the memorial is visible across the entire lake.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

131 m

Phoenixsee

Highlight • Lake

Great little ice cream parlor directly on the Phoenix lake.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

479 m

Hörde Castle

Highlight • Castle

Hörder Castle
One does not want to suspect a castle between the former steelworks and the artificially created Phoenix Lake.
The origins of the former Hörder Castle go back to …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

640 m

Hörder Burgplatz at Phoenix Lake

Highlight • Settlement

Ambitious 'harbor' on a small artificial lake (Phoenix-See) in southern Dortmund created by excavating some of the toxic contaminated soils of a 200-year old former industrial site next to the historic location of the medieval Hoerde castle.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6rde
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix-See
translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPhoenix-See

Tip by

826 m

North Shore of Phoenix Lake

Highlight • Lake

View of Lake Phoenix from the north shore. Very idyllic, but very crowded when the weather is nice.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

1.44 km

Bellevue at Phoenix Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

The first wine grown since the Middle Ages in Dortmund, "Neues Emschertal - Phoenix 2014" was auctioned in 2015 and provided more than 4000 Euro for a good cause.
It …

Tip by

1.50 km