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Forststation Rheinelbe – Ruhr Rapid Cycle Route RS1 loop from Wattenscheid

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Forststation Rheinelbe – Ruhr Rapid Cycle Route RS1 loop from Wattenscheid

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Forststation Rheinelbe – Ruhr Rapid Cycle Route RS1 loop from Wattenscheid

01:43

6.54km

50m

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: July 6, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.11 km

Windwaage Sculpture (Rheinelbe Slag Heap)

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The sculpture wind scale by Herman Prigann is in the sculpture park of the Halde Rheinelbe, the former Rheinelbe colliery.

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2.05 km

Sky Staircase on Halde Rheinelbe

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At about 100 meters above Gelsenkirchen and Bochum you can enjoy the view over the Ruhrgebiet.

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2.46 km

Mining monuments on the slag heap in the Ruhr region

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The way up to the heap you will find various souvenirs from the mining industry in the region

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2.85 km

Rheinelbe Park Sculpture Forest

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The artist Herman Prigann created a forest of sculptures around the heap in the early 1990s, using waste materials from the industrial age such as pieces of wall, concrete blocks and old steel parts

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3.29 km

Forststation Rheinelbe

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n the Rheinelbe forest station, programs such as adventure hikes or excursions are offered for children and adults.
kreativquartier-ueckendorf.de/sozial-details/forststation-rheinelbe.html

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3.80 km

Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen – Former Rheinelbe Coal Mine

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Science park - not knowledge... tsrat. The former industrial site is a center of innovative and creative companies.

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5.05 km

Himmelstreppe on the Rheinelbe spoil heap

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Great view from up here if the weather just plays along. 😀

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6.01 km

Unfortunately, the RS1 is only piecemeal at the moment. Even on the piece in the Bochum city area, it is not yet complete because the access to the construction site for the retention basin is still running here.

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6.54 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.70 km

899 m

670 m

205 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.22 km

1.26 km

997 m

568 m

335 m

153 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 7 July

23°C

17°C

33 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

September 4, 2021,Bergbaugeschichte – Skulptur Windwaage Runde von Leithe (Gelsenkirchen)

This time we went to the Himmelstreppe in Gelsenkirchen. Unfortunately, the weather didn't quite play along. But anyway, it was worth it. 😊

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February 15, 2025,Ückendorfer Hunderunde

Dark grey. Not much to see, but to hear: first an outrageously loud tawny owl and then a club of crows so loud that you continued walking with a Hitchcockian horror atmosphere. 🧟

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June 6, 2025,Gelsenkirchen - Uckendorf: Haldengrün am Marienhospital

It sometimes happens that you have to wait at the hospital. From the St. Joseph's Foundation in Bremen, you used to go to the Bürgerpark. What to do at the Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen? It's hard to believe: In the immediate vicinity, a now unimaginable landscape of slag heaps was transformed into a park and a kind of urban forest with the …

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May 14, 2024,Knockin' on heaven's door 🐕👭🤩

Ruhrpott romance at its best 😍 Once to Himmelstreppe and a little bit around it 😊
Thank you for accompanying us, dear Tina 🫶🏼

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Forststation Rheinelbe – Ruhr Rapid Cycle Route RS1 loop from Wattenscheid

Windwaage Sculpture (Rheinelbe Slag Heap)

Sky Staircase on Halde Rheinelbe

Mining monuments on the slag heap in the Ruhr region

Rheinelbe Park Sculpture Forest

Forststation Rheinelbe

Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen – Former Rheinelbe Coal Mine

Himmelstreppe on the Rheinelbe spoil heap

Ruhr Rapid Cycle Route RS1

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