The Federal motorway 43 (BAB 43 or A 43) leads from Muenster (with connection to the A 1) in north-south direction until after Wuppertal, while on the way she has numerous intersections with transverse motorways. There are also striking places along the 95 km long route Recklinghausen, Bochum and Witten.
background
The A 43 is a relief motorway for the A 1, which leads further east into the Ruhr area. It is now well over 30 years old - the last section between Nottuln and Haltern-Lavesum was closed in 1981 - and has to be partially adapted to the current traffic conditions, so that some sections are or have already been renovated. In particular, the connection to the A1 near Münster-Süd was rebuilt in 2008 so that it is now possible to change the motorway quickly and in two lanes to the north.
Regions
The Federal motorway 43 starts in the south of the city Muenster and leads through the south on the journey Münsterland, the Hohe Mark Nature Park, the middle one Ruhr area and the foothills of the Sauerlandes until Bergisches Land at Wuppertal.
particularities
In the past you could have landed on the autobahn between Senden and Dülmen, but today the "makeshift airfield in case of defense" has been dismantled.
Relatively many U-boards (information boards in typical brown) are attached to the short motorway.
traffic
in the Ruhr area the motorway is very prone to congestion, especially in the section between Recklinghausen and Bochum. There is a traffic-dependent inflation control ("Only one car when red" at the so-called "gatekeeping lights" on the motorway access) and corresponding speed regulations. Since 2016, the motorway between Recklinghausen and Bochum has been expanded in sections to six lanes - the related construction sites are causing additional traffic diversions and problems.
The Ruhr area has had a uniform since 2012 Environmental zone, of the the motorways are excluded as transit roads. As soon as you leave, however, these increasingly tightening regulations apply. Since January 1st, 2012 only cars with badges are allowed to enter the zone, since the beginning of 2013 only cars with yellow or green badges and from July 2014 only those with green badges will be allowed.
 | Along the BAB 43 were Environmental zones set up in accordance with the fine dust ordinance. Without a corresponding sticker, you risk a fine of € 80 when entering an environmental zone. This also applies to foreign road users. Entry ban for vehicles in pollutant groups 1 2 3 (Info Federal Environment Agency) |  |
The entire highway is in North Rhine-Westphalia and is therefore of Roads NRW supervised. General information about the motorway is available on the Page to A43, Information on construction sites on the Service pages. Current traffic jam information can also be received via the regional radio station WDR or in Internet can be retrieved. There is also a very well functioning one for the area in the Ruhr area Congestion forecast (30min and 60min).
A traffic control system operates between Nottuln and Münster-Süd and from Sprockhövel to the south.
Route
Within a few kilometers from the exits there are often restaurants, hotels, shops, sights and other things that are worth leaving the motorway.
The route is described from north to south (direction of travel south = 
), the kilometer values (only approximate information) are based on the official information from south to north, the regions are not precisely located.
Münsterland
The Münsterland is a heavily used agricultural region that has a lot to offer historically with its palaces and castles. Cycling is highly valued both traditionally and touristically, but the waterways are also noteworthy. The solid medium-sized companies ensure a healthy economy with relatively low unemployment. Muenster is the eponymous city in the center.
km 95.5 - 
1 Weseler Street Muenster
Driveway from the B 51 (Südostring around Münster, comes from Telgte) or the Weseler Straße B 216 (comes from the city center).
- There is a free one on Weseler Strasse (No. 401) 1 P&R parking lot with 65 parking spaces. The City bus routes 15 and 16 drive to the old town in close succession, as well as the E84 emergency vehicle and the N84 night bus.
km 91.6 - 2 
cross Muenster-South
Departures on the Autobahn 1 in the directions north: Osnabrück, Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck to the island Fehmarn and to the south: Dortmund, Wuppertal, Cologne Ring, Moselle valley to the Saarland.
The one originally built as a shamrock 1 Cross Münster-Süd has now been adapted to the increased traffic figures (approx. 60,000 vehicles / day) by means of a throw from the A 43 northbound onto the A 1. However, you can no longer use it to turn around, this applies to the direction of Münster on the A 43 and the direction of south on the A 1.
Attention: The radar warning sign 80 km / h in the turning lane onto the A 1 in the direction of Northern Germany is not there for nothing.
Decision: The route over the A 43 is only 6.4 km longer than the route over the A 1. Depending on the traffic situation, one or the other route is worthwhile. From the Ruhr area there are also several possibilities to revoke the decision for a motorway.
km 88.0 - 
"Münster - Town Hall of the Peace of Westphalia"
"Münster - Town Hall of the Peace of Westphalia"The sign shows the historic town hall in Muenster with the last surviving outbuilding, the town wine house. The Westphalian Peace refers to the peace treaties concluded in Münster and Osnabrück at the end of the Thirty Years' War. There is also a suitable U-sign for this city on the A1 before Osnabrück.
km 86.6 - 3 Send 
The federal highway 235 leads here to the south Send. Lying in the north Bösensell and Nightmare.
- 1 Send truck stop, 48308 Senden, Am Dorn 5-7. Tel.: 49 (0)2536 345620, Fax: 49 (0)2536 345621, Email: [email protected]. Total petrol station (including natural gas, LPG, AdBlue), highway restaurant, 100 truck parking spaces (€ 5.50), showers (€ 2.50), games library with internet cafe.
- 1 Montana Hotel Senden / Munster, 48308 Senden, Am Dorn 3 (directly at the truck stop). Tel.: 49 (0)2536 34350, Fax: 49 (0)2536 343515, Email: [email protected]. Hotel Garni, 55 rooms, free WiFi, Sky sports channels.Price: Single from € 56, double from € 78, breakfast € 3.50 / person.
Tip: The 2 Bösensell train station is only a few hundred meters away from the truck stop, the trains run every 1/2 hour on the Münster – Ruhr area.
km 80.8 - 4 Nottuln 
The federal road 525 leads to the north Nottuln. South lies Apple pods.
- The 1 Beisenbusch industrial park is just after the exit towards Nottuln. A truck filling station and a McDonalds have now settled there, but one cannot yet speak of a truck stop.
The former 2 Makeshift airfield in the event of a defense (a runway of 2,500 m length) between Nottuln and Dülmen-Nord has been dismantled since 2002, it can only be recognized by the straight route. The parking spaces in this area have since been significantly expanded / upgraded (noise protection wall, more truck parking spaces, lighting, toilet).
km 75.6 - 
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km 70.2 - 5 Dülmen-North
The exit in the north of Dülmen was once designed as a clover leaf, but only leads south on the federal road 474 (after Seppenrade, Olfen or Ludinghausen). After a few hundred meters you can go to the B 474 Dülmen depart. You catch a glimpse of the oversized gecko of the Wiesmann car manufacturer. Behind the roundabout are:
- 3 Westphalia gas station. There is a Sparda Bank ATM in the shop.
- 2 Real market. greater Real market.
- 3 Wiesmann car manufacture. Tel.: 49 (0) 2594 9136-67, Email: [email protected]. Adventure visit with a tour of the factory can be booked.Price: ~ € 1,000 for 2 days.
Attention: If you want to get back on the autobahn, you shouldn't go back at the roundabout, as you only get onto the main road there and in the wrong direction. The 3 The motorway access is a little further north, it enables the access in both directions.
Hohe Mark Nature Park
The High mark mostly extends west of the motorway: Dülmen, Haltern am See, Dorsten, Marl and Olfen are here in the area of the route. The diverse landscape forms the transition between Münsterland, Ruhr area and the one further to the west Lower Rhine, it is correspondingly diverse.
km 68.1 - 6 Dülmen
The exit leads to the federal highway 474, which is to the north Coesfeld leads. The county road leads to the south in Dülmen into it. There is a commuter parking lot directly at the exit (without service facilities).
The motorway is now slowly turning from east-west to north-south.
km 63.5 - "Münsterland"
The sign points to the approaching one Münsterland down. On the right is a moated castle, which is on the numerous Palaces and castles in the Münsterland. On the left a solitary tree, which stands for the park-like natural landscape.
km 59.1 - 7 Holders-Lavesum
Several districts of Haltern am See are approached. In summer, when the sun is shining on the weekend, it can happen that the exits are blocked, then the driveway to the silver lakes is overloaded.
To the west it goes through Lavesum and then leads to Reken.
- 4 Avia gas station, 45721 Haltern-Lavesum, Rekener Str. 23. Tel.: 49 (0)2364 4191, Fax: 49 (0)2364 169182. also has natural gas and LPG.Open: Mon-Fri 6: 30-19: 30, WE shorter.
- 1 Granat natural game park, 45721 Haltern-Lavesum, Granatstrasse 626. Tel.: (0)5975 93537, Fax: (0)5975 93579, Email: [email protected]. In addition to local red and fallow deer and wild boar, you can also see wolves, lynxes and (albino) kangaroos.Open: all year round from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Price: adults € 5, children € 3, food package € 1.
- 1 Ketteler Hof, 45721 Haltern-Lavesum, Rekener Straße 234, 45721 Haltern am See. Leisure park especially suitable for families with (small) children, large playground with sometimes unusual and challenging equipment, summer toboggan run (€ 1 extra for each slide), fairytale forest, animal enclosures.Open: late March to early November 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Price: adults / children € 12, handcart rental € 5.
To the east it goes to Sythen and later to Olfen.
- 2 Silver Lake II : Baggersee with natural swimming pool from May to September, admission € 2 per vehicle and € 2 per person (except for children not yet of school age), showers, toilets, motorhome parking spaces, catering Quicksand. Caution: The public order office against strongly against illegal parking!
- The 2 Sythen open-air swimming pool is maintained by the village association and, in addition to the typical heated pool, also has an 80m large slide, corner Mooskamp / Brinkweg, day ticket adults € 4, children € 2.50, open from the end of May to September.
- 3 Prickings yard, 45721 Haltern-Sythen, Niehuser Weg 14. Tel.: (0)2364 6588, Fax: (0)2364 69558, Email: [email protected]. large "adventure farm" with direct marketing, agricultural museum, animal enclosure and gastronomy. Incidentally, there are quite large meals in the catering trade. The leftovers that you can't make can be taken home.Open: winter break from mid-December to the end of January, otherwise daily 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sat / Sun / Fe until 7:00 p.m.Price: animal show € 5, court museums € 4, recreation park € 4.
km 57.8 - 
High mark
High markThe rest stops offer parking spaces, a petrol station and a restaurant / bistro on both sides of the motorway. You are after Hohe Mark Nature Park named on which this part of the A 43 is located.
- 2 Rest area Hohemark West (Direction of travel south). Tel.: 49 2364 14954, Fax: 49 2364 168310, Email: [email protected]. Information from Serways.Open: open 24 hours a day.
- 3 Rest area Hohemark Ost (Direction of travel north). Tel.: 49 2364 14953, Fax: 49 2364 14950, Email: [email protected]. ATM and WiFi available, Information from Serways.Open: open 24 hours a day.
km 57.0 - "Roman camp Haltern"
The text "Site and Museum" refers to the Roman Museum in Haltern am See there (see next departure). Pictured are a Roman legionnaire on horseback with a lance and the tents of the Roman camp in the background. These can also be found in the light domes of the museum building.
km 56.5 - "Metropolis Ruhr"
The text "Industry · Culture · Landscape" indicates the approaching Ruhr area down. The buildings shown are from left to right. the gasometer in Oberhausen, the Zollverein colliery in eat and the Westfalenhallen with the Florian Tower in Dortmund. In the middle a motorway bridge and in the foreground the lake as a reference to the Ruhr reservoirs.
km 53.2 - 8 Holders 
On the federal highway 58 it goes to the west Dorsten, Schermbeck, Drevenack and Wesel. Coming to the east Haltern am See (Attention: stationary lightning bolts when entering the town), continue here Ludinghausen. There is a commuter parking lot on the western side (without service facilities).
- 3 LWL Roman Museum, 45721 Haltern am See, Weseler Strasse 100. Tel.: (0)2364 9376-0, Fax: (0)2364 9376-30, Email: [email protected]. Site and museum of the Roman camp on the Lippe with many well-explained finds and the opportunity to slip into the role of a legionnaire yourself.Open: Mon closed, Tue-Fri 9:00 a.m.-5: 00 p.m., Sat / Sun 10:00 a.m.-6: 00 p.m.Price: € 4 / adult, € 1.50 / child & youth.
km 51.1 - bridge
Between Haltern and Marl-Nord, the motorway crosses on a 400m long bridge lip and the Wesel-Datteln Canal.
km 49.9 - 9 cross Marl-North
At the 4 Cross Marl-Nord goes west on the A 52, it leads to Marl, Gladbeck and as B 224 to after eat. A country road leads to the east Halterner Districts Hamm-Bossendorf and Flaesheim.
Ruhr area
The former mining and mining region Ruhr area has experienced a significant structural change for several decades, old industrial areas are being converted, new ones are emerging. You can also find evidence of the old and new times on the autobahn.
Shortly afterwards, shaft 6 of the Auguste Victoria colliery comes into view, opposite is the Brinkfortsheide dump. The parking lots follow close together.
km 47.6 - Brinkfortsheide
km 47.1 - Hair
km 43.8 - 10 Marl-Sins
The L 522, which serves as a feeder here, leads in the east to the L 551 (formerly B 51) that runs parallel to the motorway Marl-Sin north and Recklinghausen south of the departure.
- 1 Bacchos restaurant, 45770 Marl, Halterner Strasse 75. Tel.: 49 (0)2365 82366, Fax: 49 (0)2365 204219. Very good Greek restaurant, make a reservation at the weekend.Open: Mon closed except on public holidays (closed on Tuesdays), Tue-Sat 5:30 pm-11:00pm, Sun 12:00 pm-2:45pm and 5:30 pm-11:00pm.
- 4 Hiking trails through the "Korthauser Heide" and the nature reserve "Die Burg" with overgrown walls of a former earth castle.
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- 5 Loemühle Airfield (EDLM), 45770 Marl, Hülsstrasse 301. Airfield for business travelers and sports pilots, is also used by Flight school and Parachutists used. The runway runs across the motorway and almost reaches it, so that you can often see machines landing or taking off.Open: Summer: 6:00 a.m.-Sunset 30 max. 8:00 p.m., Winter: 7:30 a.m.-Sunset 30 (each UTC).
- 5 Vestischer Golfclub Recklinghausen, 45659 Recklinghausen, Bockholter Strasse 475. Tel.: 49 (0)2361 93420, Fax: 49 (0)2361 934240, Email: [email protected]. 18-hole golf course, challenging training ground with short courses, restaurants.
- The 6 historical Loemühle is now called Restaurant and hotel used with wellness area, on Loemühlenteich but you can also just go for a nice walk.
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km 42.0 - Bacon horn
km 40.0 - 11 Recklinghausen/Herten North
Country road 511, which has been expanded to four lanes for a short distance, leads to the north on one side Recklinghausen over to after Oer-Erkenschwick and Dates.
- For the 5 When you exit onto Bundesstraße 225 you have to do a small lap of honor, first 2km east on the L 511, then exit and the same route back parallel on Zeppelinstraße, then turn onto the Bundesstraße. On this route you pass the shaft 7 of General Blumenthal several times.
- 7 Mollbeck outdoor pool, 45659 Recklinghausen, Nesselrodestr. 8th. Tel.: 49 (0)2361 923830. 50m sports pool with 9 lanes, non-swimmers, children's and separate diving pools (10m tower), sunbathing lawns, basketball, table tennis, kiosk.Open: May-September: Mon-Sat 7:00 am-8:00pm, Sun 7:30 am-8:00pm.Price: adults € 3.00, children € 1.70.
On the other, western side, the L 511 leads to after Herten-Westerholt and Gelsenkirchen-Buyer.
- The 4 Westerholt Castle is about 6km from the motorway, it is now a hotel, in the adjoining building there is a restaurant and cafe, next to the landscape park a Golf course constructed (see also the Wikipedia article). The surrounding Old village of Westerholt stands with its half-timbered houses under cover paint protection and is really nice to look at.
km 38.7 - 11 Recklinghausen/Herten south
1 km further, the southern exit leads directly to the B 225 (which then runs north parallel back to Marl).
Here you can get to the Recklinghauser City center (Hertener Strasse, east) or to Hertener Drive downtown (Akkoallee, west).
Important: Both exits (north and south) run on the same parallel turning lane, i.e. if you want to take the second one, you have to get into the first lane.
km 35.6 - 12 cross Recklinghausen 
in the 6 Recklinghausen cross crosses the A 2, it runs east over Dortmund, Came, Hamm, Gutersloh, Bielefeld and Porta Westfalica to Lower Saxony (Hanover), Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg) and Brandenburg until Donut Ring.
To the west, Autobahn 2 runs through the north Ruhr area above Herten, Gelsenkirchen, Gladbeck and Bottrop until after Oberhausen.
The ex Stuckenbusch petrol station or. Hohenhorst service area im Kreuz has not existed since 2005, there is only one parking space on the A 2 in the direction of Oberhausen.
km 34.1 - 13 Recklinghausen-Highlarmark
Theodor-Körner-Straße leads right and left into the Recklinghauser Urban area, with one of the largest dump landscapes in the Ruhr area to the west.
- 5 Hoheward dump with the widely visible Horizon Observatory and the sundial with obelisk, ascent approx. 100 meters in altitude (~ 1 / 2h), halfway up you can walk around the dump on the "balcony promenade" (6km, level, approx. 1-1.5h), easy parking and access are:
- 8 Dragon Bridge (Cranger Straße towards the south), the Hochlarmark district park is also located here
- 9 At the hand sign (Cranger Straße to the north), there is also the restaurant
- At the hand sign. Tel.: 49 (0)2366 937180. Open: Mon closed, Tue-Fri 9:00 a.m.-6: 00 p.m., Sat & Sun 11:30 a.m.-6: 00 p.m.
- 6 Hoppenbruch heap , a little smaller and quieter, a wind turbine at the top, more difficult to get to:
- 10 Approach via the Hohewardstrasse, little parking
- 11 Long journey once around the heaps to Carl-Bosch-Strasse, but there are plenty of parking spaces.
The U-plate indicates the following museum:
- 7 Recklinghausen substation (Museum of Electricity and Life), 45663 Recklinghausen, Uferstrasse 2-4. Tel.: 49 (0)2361 9842216, Fax: 49 (0)2361 9842215, Email: [email protected]. Open: Tue-Sun from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Price: adults € 4, reduced € 2.50.
km 32.4 - bridge
The bridge over Rhine-Herne Canal and Emscher is about 350m long. The buildings of the Herne-Baukau thermal power station tower up to the west, while the port of Recklinghausen is to the east.
km 32.4 - "Recklinghausen substation"
The sign shortly before the canal bridge shows the striking structure of the substation in Recklinghausen, after modernization it is now also home to an electricity museum. The lettering "industrial culture" indicates that the museum is one Anchor point the Industrial Heritage Route is.
km 31.2 - 14 cross Herne 
in the 7 Cross Herne crosses the A42 parking motorway, it leads east over Castrop-Rauxel to Dortmund- crowd for A 45. To the west it goes again across the Ruhr area, there are descents to Herne, Wanne-Eickel, Gelsenkirchen, eat, Bottrop, Oberhausen, Duisburg as well as on the left bank of the Rhine Moers and Kamp-Lintfort.
Important: The Kreuz Herne is no Shamrock, turning is Not possible.
km 29.7 - 15 Herne-Eickel
Wanne-Eickel was once an independent city in the Ruhr area until after Herne was incorporated. This descent still reminds of Eickel, it leads to Holsterhauser Straße.
- 2 B&B Hotel Bochum-Herne, 44625 Herne, Regenkamp 14. Tel.: 49 (0)2323 946860, Fax: 49 (0)2323 94686222, Email: [email protected]. Inexpensive ** hotel, free use of WLAN and Sky TV.Price: single from € 49, double from € 59, 4B from € 78, breakfast buffet adults € 7.50, children up to 12 years. 3 €.
- 2 MC Donalds
- 4 Zurbrüggen (furniture shop), 44625 Herne, Am Westerfeld 1. Tel.: 49 (0)2323 14740. Open: shopping Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-7: 30 p.m., Sat until 7 p.m., restaurant 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat until 6 p.m., breakfast until 11 a.m.
- 8 LWL Museum of Archeology (Westphalian State Museum), 44623 Herne, Europaplatz 1. Tel.: 49 (0)2323 946280, Fax: 49 (0)2323 9462833, Email: [email protected]. Like a real excavation, a footbridge takes you through 250,000 years of history in Westphalia, multimedia and excitingly prepared based on the sites, research laboratory for tw. Try out archaeological, historical, medical, physical and chemical methods yourself.Open: Mon closed Tue / Wed / Fri 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thu until 7:00 p.m., Sat / Sun / Fe 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Price: Entrance duration / combination tickets: Adults € 5 / € 8, children / teenagers up to 17 years. € 2 / € 3, families € 11 / € 15, reduced € 3 / € 4.50.
To the west:
- 3 Bavaria Alm, 44625 Herne, Holsterhauser Strasse 188. Tel.: 49 (0)2325 4670250, Fax: 49 (0)2325 4670251, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon-Fri 11: 00-24: 00, Sat / Sun / Fe 9: 00-24: 00, Sat 9: 00-13: 00 breakfast buffet, Sun / Fe 9: 00-14: 00 Brunch buffet.
- 4 Cafe del Sol, 44625 Herne, Holsterhauser Strasse 190. Tel.: 49 (0)2325 586192, Fax: 49 (0)2325 586194, Email: [email protected]. Open: daily from 9:00 a.m., Sun-Thu until 1:00 a.m., Fri & Sat until 2:00 a.m., Sat 9:00 a.m.-1: 00 p.m. breakfast buffet, Sun / Fe 9:00 a.m.-2: 00 p.m. brunch buffet.
- 5 Decathlon, 44625 Herne, Holsterhauser Str. 200. Tel.: 49 (0)2325 91 28 0, Fax: 49 (0)2325 91 28 764. Sports equipment and fashion shop.Open: Mon-Sat 9 am-8pm.
- 12 Hasenkamp adventure playground, 44625 Herne, Im Hasenkamp 24. Tel.: 49 (0)2325 44082, Email: [email protected]. Educationally supervised leisure activities for children from 6 to 14 years.Open: Mon-Fri 2: 00-6: 00 p.m., WE / Fe closed.
km 29.5 - "German Mining Museum"
The sign shows the mining museum in Bochum, more precisely the winding tower and the front of the old museum building (the "black diamond" has not yet been taken into account). The lettering "industrial culture" indicates that the museum is one Anchor point the Industrial Heritage Route is.
km 27.9 - 16 Bochum-Riemke
The federal road 51 goes south through Riemke to the Bochum Downtown, to the northeast it is downgraded to the L551 and leads back to Herne.
Tip: If you want to take the A 40 west, you can also use the exit as a shortcut. The B 51 (Herner Straße) leads after only 2.1 km to the slip road "Bochum Zentrum" on the A 40, while the way over the Bochum junction is a total of 8.6 km.
- The 1 Tippelsberg
, is a green rubble dump and is about 2km away from the exit. It also offers a good all-round view of the Ruhr area, but is not as high as Hoheward (only 40m above the surrounding area) and is very popular with children (including the "Giant's Path"). There are good parking facilities- 13 at the end of Zillertalstrasse, from here the way to the summit is a little longer, but the parking lot is emptier.
- 14 on the Hiltroper Strasse. Here the way up is shorter and has a staircase, the parking lot is more famous and full.
The U-signs point to the museum, it is located on the B 51 approx. 4 km from the Riemke exit:
- 9 German Mining Museum, 44791 Bochum, Am Bergbaumuseum 28 (visitor entrance: Europaplatz) (U 35 from Bochum Hbf in the direction of Herne to "Deutsches Bergbau-Museum",). Tel.: 49 (0)234 58770, Fax: 49 (0)234 5877-111, Email: [email protected]. Viewing mine (~ 12 ° C - bring your jacket), viewing platform on the headframe (71.40 m), permanent exhibition on all topics of mining, special exhibitions in the "Black Diamond" (extension), mining history documentation center freely accessible for your own research, museum shop, "Grubengold" cafeteria.Open: Mon closed, Tue - Fri 8.30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat Sun, public holidays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., extension until 4.45 p.m.Price: adults € 6.50, reduced / youth € 3.00, families € 14.00.
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km 25.7 - "German Mining Museum"
The sign shows the mining museum in Bochum, more precisely the winding tower and the front of the old museum building (the "black diamond" has not yet been taken into account). The lettering "industrial culture" indicates that the museum is one Anchor point the Industrial Heritage Route is.
km 25.1 - "Herne Archaeological Museum"
The LWL Archaeological Museum in Herne is represented by two human heads. A Neanderthal man is depicted on the right, a modern Homo Sapiens on the left. In between, the structures of the characteristic Schettdach of the museum building can be seen.
km 24.3 - 17 Bochum-Gerthe
The exit is so close to the cross that it has the same lane and number and is regularly blocked in the event of a backlog. It leads to the country road 654 "Castroper Hellweg", which connects Bochum-Nord, -Harpen and the Scheffield Ring. The latter goes as a ring south around the whole city center of Bochum around. Located directly on the descent:
- 5 Burger King, 44805 Bochum, Castroper Hellweg 113. Tel.: 49 (0)234 9508033. Open: daily 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Fri / Sat longer, Sun shorter.
- 6 Kentucky Fried Chicken, 44805 Bochum, Castroper Hellweg 111a. Tel.: 49 (0)234 5770763. Open: Sun-Thu 11 a.m.-midnight, Fri / Sat until 1 a.m.
km 23.2 - 17 cross Bochum 
At the 8 Cross Bochum crosses the Ruhr Expressway A 40. The most important east-west route in the Ruhr area, also jokingly called "Ruhrschleichweg", leads to the east Bochum-Werne, Lütgendortmund and Dortmund with connection to the A 45. In the west it goes over Bochum, eat, Mülheim, Duisburg except for the left side of the Rhine Moers, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Kempen and Wachtendonk to the border crossing Straelen (Netherlands). In the Ruhr area there are always several departures per city.
The is next to the cross and clearly visible due to the neon sign 6 RuhrPark, a shopping and leisure center. It can be reached from the A 43 if you take the A 40 in the direction of Dortmund and do not even leave the access lane, but immediately take the next exit 39 "Bochum-Werne". In the RuhrPark there is a food and technology supermarket, a partially covered shopping street with numerous shops, a cinema center, McDonalds and other fast food chains, free parking spaces and a petrol station. Next door is the "MediTherme" sauna / wellness area.
If you drive past the entrance to the RuhrPark and a short distance further on Werner Straße you will come to the 15 Harpen ponds, where you can take a leisurely stroll away from the hustle and bustle. Alternatively, the tip: Park at the MediTherme and from there walk the 2 km long circular route.
Attention: If you want to drive north at Bochum-Gerthe, you have to get into the lane at the cross, as both use the same lane, later you cannot cross over.
km 21.0 - 18 Bochum-Laer
The descent leads to the country road 649 "Werner Hellweg", which after Bochum-Ost, Werne and on the western side to the center of Bochum.
- From here it is only a short walk to the Harpen ponds or to RuhrPark (both see exit 17), just head east and after about 1km 9 turn left into Werner Strasse.
- The 10 Ümminger See is another, quickly accessible recreational area right next to the A 43, to be approached via Industriestrasse. One lap directly along the lake is 2km. Parking spaces are located in the north of the lake, the one there Suntum's yard is however closed since the end of 2012.
km 19.0 - 19 cross Bochum/Witten 
At the 10 Cross Bochum / Witten that ends, so to speak A 44as you only have to follow the B 226 to the west Bochum (and to the Opel plant I). Even to the east it is only about 10 km long, but an important feeder over Witten to the motorway triangle Dortmund/ Witten where it goes to the A 45.
Important: Kreuz Bochum / Witten and the Bochum-Querenburg exit have a common turning lane, which is why they also have the same exit number. If you want to exit from the north at Querenburg, you have to use the turning lane before the Bochum / Witten intersection and, conversely, from the south for the exit at the intersection you have to take the turning lane at Querenburg!
Attention: the turning lanes have solid road markings, so classify them correctly immediately!
km 18.4 - 19 Bochum-Querenburg
The exit leads to Universitätsstraße, which - as the name suggests - leads to the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB for short) (if you drive west). To the east, take the A 44 back to Bochum-Ost.
- Anyone who does not come here to study, research or teach can still make good use of a facility in the south of the university building: the 11 Botanical garden of the rub, 44780 Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150. Tel.: 49 (0)234 3223098, Email: [email protected]. Directions for cars, Garden plan. The garden is about 4km from the exit.Geöffnet: April-September Freiland 9:00-18:00, Gewächshäuser nur bis 17:00 Uhr, Oktober bis März Freiland 9:00-16:00, Gewächshäuser bis 15:30 Uhr, bei Schnee geschlossen.Preis: Eintritt ist kostenlos.
km 17,5 - "Zeche Nachtigall/Muttental"
Das Schild weist auf das LWL-Museum "Zeche Nachtigall" und das naheliegende Muttental in Witten hin. Das Bild zeigt die Ziegelei mit dem dazugehörenden Schornstein, rechts im Hintergrund sind ein Stolleneingang und Waggons zu sehen. Der Schriftzug "Industriekultur" weist darauf hin, das die Zeche ein Ankerpunkt der Route der Industriekultur ist.
Sauerland
Das Sauerland schließt sich südlich an das Ruhrgebiet an und war gleichzeitig mit seinen Flusstälern und nahe an der Oberfläche liegenden Kohle- und Erzvorkommen eine Wiege seiner Industrialisierung. Noch heute schmiegen sich die Städte und Dörfer entlang der Ruhr und ihrer Nebenflüsse, die auch wichtige Verkehrsrouten darstellen. Autobahnen, wie die A 43, überbrücken diese teilweise.
km 15,9 - 20 Witten-Heven
Die Abfahrt führt auf die Seestraße an der Stadtgrenze von Bochum and Witten und zum nördlichen Ende des Kemnader Sees, eines Stausees der Ruhr.
Der See bietet viele Freizeitmöglichkeiten, davon liegen direkt an der Ausfahrt:
- Hier fahren auch die FahrgastschiffeMS Kemnade (circa 1h Rundfahrt über den Kemnader See) und die MS Schwalbe II (duch die Schleuse Herbede bis nach Witten-Bommern, 1h hin und 1h zurück) ab.
- 17 Hafen Heveney
- 18 Golfclub
- 19 Doggie Island, Freilauffläche für Hunde zwischen Ruhr und Mühlengraben
Tipp: Wer wissen möchte wie die A 43 von unten ausschaut kann das hier erkunden. Of the 20 Nordseite der Ruhrmündung über Doggie-Island und Mühlengraben bis auf 21 Herbeder Gebiet führt eine Fußgängerbrücke, die unterhalb der Autobahn aufgehangen ist.
Die U-Tafeln weisen auf:
- 12 Zeche Nachtigall (Westf. Landesmuseum für Industriekultur), 58452 Witten, Nachtigallstraße 35. Tel.: 49 (0)2302 936640, Email: [email protected]. Hier können die Anfänge des Bergbaus im Besucherbergwerk (nur mit Führung) und anhand einer Kleinzeche besichtigt werden. Außerdem: Bahnhof der Ruhrtalbahn, Ausstellung "Der Weg in die Tiefe", Dampfmaschine im Maschinenhaus, Ziegelei, die Ruhrschifffahrt wird mit Kohlenniederlage und Nachbau einer Ruhraak thematisiert, das Museum ist auch Infopunkt des Geoparks und gleich dahinter fängt das Muttental an.
- 13 in the Muttental (benannt nach dem Muttenbach) gab es sehr frühen Bergbau in Form von Kleinzechen. Erkunden kann man dies über den rund 10km langen Bergbauwanderweg Muttental. Dieser zeigt nicht nur alle möglichen Zeugnisse dieser Zeit (Mundlöcher, Stollen, Pingen, Fördergerüste, Halden, Verladeanlagen, ein Bethaus u.v.a.m.) mit Hilfe rekonstruierter Bauten, Werkzeuge und informativer Schautafeln auf sondern ist auch noch landschaftlich interessant und mit mehreren Gasthäusern touristisch gut versorgt.
km 15,1 - Brücke
Direkt unter dieser Ruhrbrücke mit 510m Länge kann man am Kemnader See entlanglaufen.
km 15,0 - "Henrichshütte"
Hier sind die typischen Hochöfen des ehemaligen Hüttenwerks in Hattingen dargestellt, daneben ist die Ruhr angedeutet. Heute ist die Henrichshütte ein Standort des LWL-Industriemuseums und ein Ankerpunkt der Route der Industriekultur.
km 13,7 - "Zeche Nachtigall/Muttental"
Das Schild weist auf das LWL-Museum "Zeche Nachtigall" und das naheliegende Muttental in Witten hin. Das Bild zeigt die Ziegelei mit dem dazugehörenden Schornstein, rechts im Hintergrund sind ein Stolleneingang und Waggons zu sehen. Der Schriftzug "Industriekultur" weist darauf hin, das die Zeche ein Ankerpunkt der Route der Industriekultur ist.
km 13,0 - 21 Witten-Herbede
Bis zu dieser Ausfahrt geht es entlang des Kemnader Sees, nach der Auffahrt ist man am südlichen Ende angekommen. Die Landstraße 924 "Wittener Straße" geht in nordöstlicher Richtung durch Herbede to Witten und auf der anderen Seite nach Hattingen.
Hier ist man schnell am
- 22 Freizeittreff Herbede, mit 18-Loch-Minigolfplatz, Tennisplätze, Beachvolleyballfeld, große Inliner- und Skateranlage
- 23 Haus Kemnade mit dem Bauernhausmuseum der Stadt Bochum
- 7 Burgstuben Haus Kemnade, 45527 Hattingen, An der Kemnade 10. Tel.: 49 (0)2324 93310, Fax: 49 (0)2324 933199. Geöffnet: Mo geschl., Di-So 12:00-23:00 Uhr.
km 12,4 - Brücke
Circa 300m lange Talbrücke "Hammertal".
km 10,5 - "Henrichshütte"
Hier sind die typischen Hochöfen des ehemaligen Hüttenwerks in Hattingen dargestellt, daneben ist die Ruhr angedeutet. Heute ist die Henrichshütte ein Standort des LWL-Industriemuseums und ein Ankerpunkt der Route der Industriekultur.
km 10,4 - Brücke
Circa 300m lange Talbrücke "Hammertal".
km 9,0 - "Historischer Stadtkern Hattingen"
Der Text "Historischer Stadtkern" weist auf den gut erhaltenen und mit vielen Fachwerkhäusern gespickten Stadtkern in Hattingen hin. Allerdings ist man an der nächsten Ausfahrt schon ein Stück weg von Hattingen (über Sprockhövel sind es 10km), die Ausfahrt 21 wäre da günstiger gewesen.
km 8,2 - Auf der Heide
Nach zwei circa 300m langen Talbrücken über Blankenstein und Hammertal kommt dieser sehr einfache Parkplatz. Er liegt allerdings deutlich weiter neben der Autobahn als "normale" Parkplätze und hat eine Menge Grünzeug dazwischen, sodass man hier ein wenig mehr Ruhr vor dem Autobahnlärm genießt.
km 6,1 - 22 Sprockhövel 
Die Ausfahrt mündet auf der Querspange, einer Verbindungsstraße zwischen Sprockhövel (als L 651) und Gevelsberg (als B 234). Auf der A 43 wird ab hier in Richtung Süden eine Verkehrsbeinflussungsanlage betrieben.
- 7 Hof Stock, 45549 Sprockhövel, Querspange 30. Tel.: 49 (0)2339 127496, Fax: 49 (0)2339 127473, Email: [email protected]. Hofladen mit leckeren Produkten, beliefert auch die Gemüsescheune in Hattingen.Geöffnet: Mo-Fr 9:00-13:00 und 14:00-19:00 Uhr außer Mi Nachmittags, Sa 9:00-13:00 Uhr.
km 3,9 - "Historischer Stadtkern Hattingen"
Der Text "Historischer Stadtkern" weist auf den gut erhaltenen und mit vielen Fachwerkhäusern gespickten Stadtkern in Hattingen hin.
km 2,8 - "Metropole Ruhr"
Der Text "Industrie · Kultur · Landschaft" weist auf das nahende Ruhrgebiet hin. Die abgebildeten Gebäude sind v.l.n.r. der Gasometer in Oberhausen, die Zeche Zollverein in Essen und die Westfalenhallen mit dem Florianturm in Dortmund. Im der Mitte eine Autobahnbrücke und im Vordergrund der See als Hinweis auf die Ruhrstauseen.
km 5,4 - Hagelsiepen
km 4,3 - Scherenberg
km 1,6 - Brücke
Circa 320m lange Talbrücke "Paradies".
Bergisches Land
Das Bergische Land ist aus dem Herzogtum Berg hervorgegangen, das sich an den natürlichen Grenzen von Ruhr, Rhein and Sieg orientierte, allein im Osten war der Übergang zum Sauerland ungenauer. Heutzutage verdanken wir diesem Umstand viele Burgen und sich die Berge hinauf und hinunter windende Straßen.
km 1,3[1] - 23 Kreuz Wuppertal-Nord 
Das 11 Kreuz Wupertal-Nord ist recht kompliziert, hier endet die A 43, die Spur "geradeaus" geht in die A 1 nach Süden über Schwelm, Remscheid nach Leverkusen weiter. Nach Westen schließt sich die A 46 an, sie geht über Wuppertal to Düsseldorf. Nach Osten gibt es ein sehr kurzes Stück B 236 (mit Ampeln), über das man auf die A 1 nach Nordosten nach Gevelsberg, Hagen, Schwerte, Unna, Münster und weiter in den Norden Deutschlands kommt.
security
Für Durchreisende ist die Zuflussregelung mit den Pförtnerampeln im Ruhrgebiet evtl. ungewohnt und kann zu Auffahrunfällen führen, wenn der Vordermann beim Auffahren plötzlich bremst (um die Ampel zu beachten).
Auf den Gefällstrecken im Sauerland und Bergischem Land (Kreuz Wuppertal-Nord Richtung Norden bis hinter Sprockhövel) knallt es immer mal wieder, teilweise wegen zu hoher Geschwindigkeiten der Autofahrer. Die Polizei kontrolliert deswegen dort regelmäßig die Geschwindigkeit bzw. betreibt stationäre Blitzkästen.
Das Kreuz Wuppertal-Nord ist absolut untypisch in seiner Bauweise, inzwischen nicht mehr zeitgemäß und für einen Umbau überfällig. Autofahrer wechseln hier öfter unvorhersehbar die Fahrspuren, weil sie sich vorher falsch eingeordnet haben oder das zumindest glauben. Hier gilt angepasst zu fahren und den Hinweisschildern frühzeitig Beachtung zu schenken bzw. mit Fehlern anderer Verkehrsteilnehmer zu rechnen.
Auch wenn sie dafür jetzt nicht berühmt sind, so können doch einige der hohen und langen Brückenbauwerke im Winter zur Vereisung neigen. Das fängt mit dem Überwurf bei Münster zur A1 an, geht über die Lippe- und Kanalbrücke bei Haltern/Marl und die Ruhrbrücke am Kemnadersee bei Witten bis hin zu den teilweise im Wald liegenden Brücken im Sauerland.
trips
Hier schließt sich also der Kreis, wer die A 1 meiden wollte und deshalb die A 43 gefahren ist kommt hier wieder auf die alte Strecke. Von Münster-Süd bis Wuppertal-Nord ist die A 1 auch nur 6,4km kürzer.
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Fußnote(n)
- ↑Die Kilometrierung fängt an der Rampe Köln-Bochum an, deswegen hat das Kreuz schon km 1,3.
