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Colliery route – ZollvereinSteig side loop

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Colliery route – ZollvereinSteig side loop

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Colliery route – ZollvereinSteig side loop

02:21

9.03km

60m

Hiking

The name of the mine route says it all. It starts with the tourist beacon of the city, if not the region, the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein. It is the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in the entire Ruhr area. What was once the largest and still the most…

by Visit Essen

Last updated: June 28, 2024

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118 m

Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex

Highlight • Historical Site

The once most modern and still most beautiful mine in Europe has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, offering a wide range of cultural and leisure activities in …

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571 m

Kunstschacht B43 and PACT Zollverein

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The artist Thomas Rother developed his work in the former machine house on shafts 1/2/8. The PACT Zollverein choreographic center is located in the former laundry room right next door. …

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1.93 km

Zollverein Shaft 3/7/10 Headframe

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Zeche Zollverein shaft 3/7/10 is a pit in Essen-Katernberg in the eastern part of the pit field of the Zeche Zollverein. Extraction above shaft 3 began in 1882. Shaft 7 …

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2.08 km

Phänomania Beer Garden

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Since 1996, installations based on the field of experience for the development of the senses by the Essen artist Hugo Kükelhaus have been shown here, and since 2006 other phenomena of the senses and perception.

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5.01 km

Bonifacius Mine

Highlight • Historical Site

The chicken at Wolperding is awesome. A beautiful location as the destination of a bike tour.

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9.03 km

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.64 km

2.50 km

2.22 km

1.19 km

436 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.75 km

1.49 km

1.03 km

478 m

288 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 7 July

23°C

17°C

39 %

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Comments

July 11, 2025,Ableger Zollvereinsteig

Great as an after-work round - especially with a stop for refreshments

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December 30, 2024,Zechenroute (Nebenschleife ZollvereinSteig)

The Brandenburg Gate is made of 37 containers at the Zollverein mine in Essen. The work of art is called Global Gate.

24 meters wide, 21 meters high, 6 meters deep: At the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein there is an oversized replica of the Brandenburg Gate made of 37 freight containers. It was developed by Marcus Schäfer.

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April 27, 2024

The name of the mine route says it all. It starts with the tourist beacon of the city, if not the region, the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein. It is the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in the entire Ruhr area. What was once the largest and still the most beautiful coal mine in the world is now

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Colliery route – ZollvereinSteig side loop

Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex

Kunstschacht B43 and PACT Zollverein

Zollverein Shaft 3/7/10 Headframe

Phänomania Beer Garden

Bonifacius Mine

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