Kemnader Lake Promenade – Lake Kemnade loop from Alte Ruhr-Katzenstein

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Ruhr Region

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Hattingen

Kemnader Lake Promenade – Lake Kemnade loop from Alte Ruhr-Katzenstein

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Kemnader Lake Promenade – Lake Kemnade loop from Alte Ruhr-Katzenstein

02:29

9.76km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

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1.47 km

East Shore of Kemnader Lake

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There are three hiking trails around the lake. Suitable for all ages, for beginners and professionals. You can eat everywhere, kiosks and restaurants are available. For cyclists, inline skiers, hikers and runners only recommended 👍🏼

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1.95 km

View of the north shore of Lake Kemnade

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In this section, the footpath, the inline skating path and the cycle path are separated. The cycle path is about six meters higher. It is noisy due to the adjacent A43 motorway, but the view from this point is excellent.

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2.51 km

Kemnader Lake Promenade

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The Kemnader See is simply beautiful. Very suitable for canoeing, skating, cycling and for children. In addition, enough places to stop.

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5.67 km

Bench with a View of Kemnader Lake

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Nice view of the lake. When the weather is nice, it's worth staying and enjoying the view and nature.

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6.23 km

View of the Kemnader See Lighthouse

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Largest and most beautiful lake in Bochum city limits ...

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6.58 km

Lake Kemnade

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The Kemnader See, built in 1979, is the youngest of the four Ruhr reservoirs and is located in the city triangle between Witten, Bochum and Hattingen. It has developed into …

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7.62 km

Lake Kemnade

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The surroundings of Lake Kemnader and the lake itself are worth a "detour". On sunny weekends the lake is naturally overcrowded like other local recreation areas, if you can arrange it you should use the weekdays Mon - Fri.

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8.18 km

Kemnade Lake

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There's a lot going on on Sundays!

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9.76 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.86 km

3.75 km

131 m

Surfaces

8.61 km

517 m

315 m

292 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Comments

December 8, 2024,Kemnader See Nordufer – Ruhr Promenade Runde von Gerberviertel

Nice route. Not particularly busy. It's probably busier in the summer. I like the fact that the paths are mostly separate for walking, cycling and inline skating. It's quite relaxed.

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December 31, 2024,Silvesterrunde um den Kemnader See

A walk around Lake Kemnader south of Bochum. A well-developed local recreation area with many leisure activities. There are boat rentals, boat tours, cafes and separate paths for walkers, inline skaters and a bike lane. In summer it is certainly very busy but today, on New Year's Eve, not much is going on. So we were able to take a …

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January 14, 2024,🔄 Kemnader See 🔄👫

And again everything is gray on gray and wet and cold - it doesn't matter - put on warm clothes again and go out 👫
Yesterday we had city, country and forest so today there had to be something with water 😉
As a result, Lake Kemnader in Bochum was targeted and circled 🔄

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October 4, 2023,Wanderung

Very nice hike around Lake Kemnader. Thank you Lothar and Brigitte.

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June 28, 2025,Runde um den Kemnader See von Haus Kemnade

A relaxing walk around the beautiful Kemnader Lake.

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September 5, 2022,Gemütliche Runde um die Kemnade nach dem Besuch bei der Brennberei Sonnenschein :-)

Even for your favorite schnapps, the ingredients cannot be delivered in full at the moment, so it is currently very rare. I happily came out of the store with bottles. 😂🥰

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February 20, 2022,Kemnader Stausee während Sturm Antonia

Yesterday with granddaughter Antonia; today with storm Antonia ;) Today a few meters more and a little faster.

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June 9, 2025,Den Kemnader See einmal umrundet🥰

Parked at Haus Kemnade and started walking from there😊
There are benches, kiosks, food trucks, ice cream vans, and so on at every corner...👍
I can only recommend walking around the lake once🥰

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