Henrichenburg New Lock – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Dortmund Stadthaus
Henrichenburg New Lock – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Dortmund Stadthaus
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Henrichenburg New Lock – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Dortmund Stadthaus
03:57
56.8km
220m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 6, 2026
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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 19.8 km for 61 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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7.98 km
Hansa Hardenberg Bridge (Dortmund-Ems Canal, Ellinghausen)
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The Hansa Hardenberg Bridge with a span of 58.50 meters and a width of 5.10 meters is operated by the Dortmund mines. As a truss bridge made of steel, it was built in Ellinghausen with the bridge number 4a in 1950 at operating kilometer 3.855 of the Dortmund-Ems Canal as a railway bridge.
It is not possible to change the side of the river here.
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11.6 km
Old Harbor on the Dortmund-Ems Canal
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17.3 km
Dortmund-Ems Canal Path at Waltrop-Leveringhausen
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19.5 km
Upper Water at Old Henrichenburg Boat Lift
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19.9 km
Henrichenburg New Lock
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36.4 km
Stummhafen
Lake
41.1 km
Datteln-Hamm Canal
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The DHK runs between Datteln (branch of the Dortmund-Ems Canal) via Lünen, Bergkamen to Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the canal system (Dortmund-Ems Canal, Rhine-Herne Canal and Wesel-Datteln Canal). The DHK was built between 1914 and 1933 and has a total length of 47.2 km. It is fed by water from the Lippe River near Hamm. Numerous city ports and power stations are located along the DHK. They serve as transshipment ports for coal, gas, oil, sand and cement. The DHK is now increasingly used for pleasure boats and for leisure activities. Larger sports ports can be found in the Marina-Rünthe (Bergkamen) or in the Preußenhafen, for example. The canal can be crossed over numerous bridges. There are always rest areas and small city ports along the canal. The DHK cycle path runs mostly along both sides of the canal. With a few exceptions, such as interruptions caused by power stations, it is almost flat. The path is mostly gravel and partly tarred, so it can be used easily even in rainy weather.
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42.7 km
View of the old harbor crane in Lünen
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Originally, it served as a transshipment point for the Preußen coal mine in Lünen and the Gneisenau coal mine in Dortmund-Derne. Its heyday as a coal transshipment point began in 1925, and in the mid-1960s, the port was expanded to its current dimensions. From the late 1980s onward, it declined in importance due to the closure of the coal mines. The former colliery railway line is now the "Gneisenau Trail," a cycle and hiking path that leads past the Preußen spoil heap on the other side of the railway line and on to Derne.[1]
[1] Today it is intensively used for tourism due to its proximity to the Lünen lake park and the Horstmarer See lake, for motor and leisure boats and as a water hiking rest area, as well as a landing stage for the passenger ship "Santa Monika" and as a museum.
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42.8 km
Prussia Port
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44.7 km
Bahnbusch
Forest
46.0 km
Bürgerpark Gahmener Senke
Forest
56.8 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
23.0 km
20.1 km
6.38 km
5.97 km
846 m
487 m
Surfaces
22.8 km
14.0 km
11.0 km
6.19 km
2.63 km
246 m
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