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Städteregion Aachen

Eschweiler

Aachen Zeitschleife (Time Loop) – Forgotten Places

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Städteregion Aachen

Eschweiler

Aachen Zeitschleife (Time Loop) – Forgotten Places

Moderate

4.6

(45)

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Aachen Zeitschleife (Time Loop) – Forgotten Places

02:37

39.5km

160m

Cycling

Experience a constantly changing landscape on this tour on the edge of the third largest opencast mine in the lignite mining area. The time windows on this route tell of gigantic changes: from the Celtic period to the 20th century, mining and opencast mining shaped the area around the town…

by Städteregion Aachen

Last updated: August 13, 2025

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After 34.3 km for 126 m

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7.19 km

Lobster Sculpture at Blausteinsee

Highlight • Monument

Next to the large car park is the Blausteinsee adventure world with playground equipment, rest areas and information boards. The big crab is certainly the highlight for the little ones.

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8.76 km

Blausteinsee viewing platform and beach

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Great terrace with a platform, right on the Blausteinsee. There is a small playground for the children.

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11.6 km

Lürken Relocation Memorial and Rest Area

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Beautiful and shady rest area with a historical background. Right next to it is the airfield for model airplanes.

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17.8 km

Langendorf Memorial Stone

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Around the Blausteinsee lake, there are several memorial stones commemorating the many villages that had to make way for the open-cast lignite mining.

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21.3 km

View of Inden Open-Pit Mine

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There are now three viewpoints at the Inden opencast mine alone: In addition to the existing viewpoints in Lamersdorf and Schophoven, another viewpoint near the Memorial Chapel near Neu-Lohn provides a good view of the opencast mine.

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26.3 km

Indemann Observation Tower

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The 36 meter high Indemann is a landmark visible from afar due to its size and location on the Goltsteinkuppe spoil tip. You can climb it by stairs or take …

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39.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.3 km

10.0 km

5.37 km

4.62 km

1.15 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

17.1 km

11.2 km

7.25 km

3.03 km

572 m

459 m

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Highest point (160 m)

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Wednesday 27 May

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Comments

June 25, 2023

Experience a constantly changing landscape on this tour on the edge of the third largest opencast mine in the lignite mining area. The time windows on this route tell of gigantic changes: from the Celtic period to the 20th century, mining and opencast mining shaped the area around the town of Eschweiler

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Aachen Zeitschleife (Time Loop) – Forgotten Places

Lobster Sculpture at Blausteinsee

Blausteinsee viewing platform and beach

Lürken Relocation Memorial and Rest Area

Langendorf Memorial Stone

View of Inden Open-Pit Mine

Indemann Observation Tower

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