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New Kaiserberg – Phoenix Lake in Dortmund loop from Hörde

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

New Kaiserberg – Phoenix Lake in Dortmund loop from Hörde

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New Kaiserberg – Phoenix Lake in Dortmund loop from Hörde

00:47

3.04km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Parking

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732 m

View of Phoenix Lake

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...unfortunately it is rarely empty at the Phönixsee 🙃

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1.04 km

Emscher River

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With industrialization, the Emscher became the sewer of the Ruhr area. Today it is free of sewage and biodiversity is returning.

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1.11 km

Whisper Bridge (Flüsterbrücke) at Phoenix Lake

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Jan Bormann (* 1939): Whisper Bridge, 2011, 2 steel installations made of mild steel P 285 Gh, each ø 3 m, distance: 59 m, 3.3 t, Emscher-Ufer at Phoenixsee Ost, …

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1.28 km

Blue Info Point at Phoenix Lake

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A symbolic element of the pipe that was used to clean the formerly heavily polluted course of the Emscher. Today, the wastewater is separated from the relatively clean visible river course and channeled underground.

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1.64 km

New Kaiserberg

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The New Kaiserberg consists of excavation of the Phoenix Lake and protrudes 40 meters above the water surface. No wonder you have a great view from up here. For example …

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1.82 km

View of Phoenix Lake from the Kaiserberg

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Great view over the lake and the new houses

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2.03 km

Phoenixsee Playground

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Very nice playground for children, where due to the distance to other facilities on the lake there is no noise.

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2.55 km

Phoenix Lake in Dortmund

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Phoenix Lake in Dortmund is a man-made lake in the Hörde district, created on the former site of the Phoenix-Ost steelworks. After the steelworks was closed in 2001, the site …

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3.04 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.29 km

316 m

278 m

144 m

Surfaces

1.19 km

998 m

619 m

213 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 13 July

30°C

17°C

43 %

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New Kaiserberg – Phoenix Lake in Dortmund loop from Hörde

View of Phoenix Lake

Emscher River

Whisper Bridge (Flüsterbrücke) at Phoenix Lake

Blue Info Point at Phoenix Lake

New Kaiserberg

View of Phoenix Lake from the Kaiserberg

Phoenixsee Playground

Phoenix Lake in Dortmund

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