Koepchenwerk Power Station – Herdecke Old Town loop from Herdecke
Koepchenwerk Power Station – Herdecke Old Town loop from Herdecke
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Koepchenwerk Power Station – Herdecke Old Town loop from Herdecke
03:53
13.9km
250m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 22, 2026
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Start point
Train Station
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3.98 km
View of Hengsteysee
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4.82 km
View of the Ruhr Valley from the Hohensyburg–Klusenberg nature reserve
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5.16 km
View of the Ruhr, the Hengsteysee and Hagen
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7.39 km
Hohensyburg - Klusenberg
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8.71 km
View of the Hengsteysee and the Funckenburg Bridge Tower
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The Niedernhof, also called Villa Funcke or Funckenburg, is a business villa in Herdecke. It is located on the northern shore of Hengsteysee. Today, the "Cafee Seeschlößchen" is at home here.
The Niedernhof was built in 1872 as a country residence of Bernhard Wilhelm Funcke II. In 1895, the Hagen entrepreneur Bernhard Wilhelm Funcke III, owner of the screw factory Funcke & Hueck, acquired the grounds of the abandoned manor Haus Niedernhofen about 700 m further downriver. The villa was built in neo-Gothic style of natural stone and was popularly called the Funckenburg.
In order to be able to reach his factory in Hagen at any time without much detours, Funcke built a private iron pedestrian suspension bridge over the Ruhr, which spanned the river between two medieval towers. The southern bridge tower, today located on an island in the lake, has been preserved.
In 1919, the heirs of Wilhelm Funcke sold the site on the Ruhr to the Ruhrverband in Essen, which began in 1926 with the construction of the reservoir.
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9.54 km
Vineyard at the Koepchenwerk
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9.84 km
Koepchenwerk Power Station
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11.0 km
Schiffwinkel – run-of-river power plant at Hengsteysee
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The Hengstey run-of-river power plant is a hydroelectric power plant at the end of the Hengsteysee in the course of the Ruhr, exactly on the city limits between Herdecke and Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia; the power plant building is on the Hagen side.
The run-of-river power plant was built as a combination system with a roller weir in the 1920s. After construction, the Ruhr water was dammed to form Hengsteysee. Since then, the river water and the height difference of around 4.6 m have provided the continuous basis for renewable electricity generation.
Hikers, runners and cyclists have the opportunity to cross the Ruhr directly via a pedestrian bridge at the power plant between Herdecke and Hagen. From here you have a great view of the roller weir and the Kaplan turbine houses. As with many bridges, the fashion for “love locks” that now decorate the bridge has not stopped. Cyclists should be careful with the rails in the middle.
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13.1 km
Herdecke Old Town
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13.9 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
5.81 km
2.97 km
2.44 km
1.34 km
1.34 km
Surfaces
7.16 km
2.47 km
1.98 km
1.42 km
651 m
211 m
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Elevation
Highest point (240 m)
Lowest point (90 m)
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From the Bleichstein up the Sonnenstein and over the Ruhrhöhenweg towards Syburg.
From the road stop we made the descent above the serpentines back to Hegsteysee. Then back along the lake.
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It was that time again.
Once a year I have to pay my respects to the Kaiser. On the way back I finally inspected the reservoir of the power station and then checked that everything was in order at the Teufelskanzel.
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