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North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Kreis Unna

Werne

Seseke Cycle Path – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Werne a d Lippe

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Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Kreis Unna

Werne

Seseke Cycle Path – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Werne a d Lippe

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4.7

(130)

387

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Seseke Cycle Path – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Werne a d Lippe

01:59

32.9km

120m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 30, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 22.6 km for 15 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.37 km

View of the Lippe Meadows (Lippewiesen)

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It was really very nice there

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3.93 km

View of Marina Rünthe and Datteln-Hamm Canal

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At kilometer 23 of the Datteln-Hamm Canal, yachts and boats are moored in Marina Rünthe, the largest marina in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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3.95 km

View of Marina Rünthe and Heil Power Plant

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The Heil power plant, also known as the Bergkamen power plant, is located in the Heil district of Bergkamen on the Datteln-Hamm Canal. It is a hard coal power plant that is operated jointly by STEAG GmbH and RWE Power AG. Construction of the power plant began in the late 1970s and it was commissioned in 1981. The power plant has an output of 750 megawatts and produces around 3.7 billion kilowatt hours of electricity and district heating for the city of Bergkamen every year.

The Heil power plant is characterized by its tall chimney of almost 290 meters, which is visible from the Westphalian marina Marina Rünthe. Originally, the hard coal was transported directly from the neighboring Monopol mine to the power plant via a conveyor belt. Today, coal is delivered via the plant's own port on the Datteln-Hamm Canal.

In recent years, there have been plans to shut down the power plant. It was originally scheduled to be taken off the grid in 2022, but due to the energy crisis and to ensure the power supply, operations were temporarily extended. The power plant is planned to continue operating until at least spring 2024.

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10.7 km

Jubiläumswald 3

Forest

13.8 km

The Romans by Dietrich Worbs – Kuhbachweg

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Die Römer, Dietrich Worbs 2005. The Romans look at the current residents from behind the palisade that was already there around the year zero.

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14.6 km

Seseke Cycle Path

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Great bike path along the Seseke. Highly recommended, suitable for all ages with many places where you can picnic or even just stay.

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16.1 km

Seseke Trail

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The massive conversion project from the temporarily abusive sewer back to the natural river is now known from the Emscher in the Ruhr area. In the eastern Ruhr area, however, there is a second, quite large watercourse system, the Seseke, which was straightened in places and also functioned as a "Köttelbecke". Decades later, the Seseke program was developed, which provided for the natural redesign of the run. On the Seseke-Weg you can experience the change by bike and accompany the river (almost) from the source to the mouth in the Lippe.

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17.9 km

Datteln-Hamm Canal

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Since 1914, the Datteln-Hamm Canal has connected the eastern Ruhr area with the cities of Hamm and Lünen to the West German canal network. From the branch from the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Datteln, it runs south of the Lippe and ends after 47 km at the height of the Hamm-Uentrop power plant. The originally planned continuation to Lippstadt was no longer pursued after the Second World War. Source: WSV. en

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19.0 km

View of the old harbor crane in Lünen

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The Preußenhafen (Prussia Port) is a port built in 1924/1925 and put into operation in the autumn of 1925. It is located on the Datteln-Hamm Canal (canal km 14.16 – 14.34) in Lünen-Süd (Horstmar district).

Originally, it served as a transshipment point for the Preußen coal mine in Lünen and the Gneisenau coal mine in Dortmund-Derne. Its heyday as a coal transshipment point began in 1925, and in the mid-1960s, the port was expanded to its current dimensions. From the late 1980s onward, it declined in importance due to the closure of the coal mines. The former colliery railway line is now the "Gneisenau Trail," a cycle and hiking path that leads past the Preußen spoil heap on the other side of the railway line and on to Derne.[1]

[1] Today it is intensively used for tourism due to its proximity to the Lünen lake park and the Horstmarer See lake, for motor and leisure boats and as a water hiking rest area, as well as a landing stage for the passenger ship "Santa Monika" and as a museum.

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25.0 km

ehem. Bergwerk Haus Aden Schacht 5

Forest

32.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.2 km

11.9 km

5.45 km

2.20 km

1.17 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

21.7 km

7.15 km

1.61 km

1.20 km

1.18 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Friday 12 June

19°C

12°C

66 %

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Seseke Cycle Path – Datteln-Hamm Canal loop from Werne a d Lippe

View of the Lippe Meadows (Lippewiesen)

View of Marina Rünthe and Datteln-Hamm Canal

View of Marina Rünthe and Heil Power Plant

The Romans by Dietrich Worbs – Kuhbachweg

Seseke Cycle Path

Seseke Trail

Datteln-Hamm Canal

View of the old harbor crane in Lünen

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