Industrial Heritage Route - Route der Industriekultur

Emscher estuary near Dinslaken
Emscher-Quellhof near Holzwickede

The Route of industrial culture - on the way to the blue Emscher lists stations of the Industrial Heritage Route who are particularly concerned with the Emscher. The "middle" river in the Ruhr area between the Lippe in the north and the Ruhr in the south had been used as a sewer for the past 100 years, popularly known as the "Köttelbecke". Currently - after the end of mining - it is becoming a clean river again, the sewers are being relocated underground and the Emscher is being renatured as far as possible.

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Theme route 13
On the way to the blue Emscher
One of Anchor points: Nordsternpark in Gelsenkirchen with the Horst pumping station
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The route of industrial culture represents as Holiday route in the Ruhr area special industrial monuments and areas of the industrial landscape in the form of road routes for motor vehicles and also for that bicycle in front. In addition to the Anchor points, which form the backbone of the route, convey the Themed routes always a special topic, a local area or something special in the history of the Ruhr area.

The theme route with the number 13 "On the way to the blue Emscher" shows the current conversion of the Emscher system.

Originally was the Emscher a leisurely river, which meanders its way from east to west in the Rhine sought. Not infrequently it flooded the approximately 5 km wide valley, the swampy landscape was hardly used, agriculture was difficult here, there were only swamp forests. Nevertheless, the Emscher was a border river, to the north were Vest Recklinghausen and the county of Dortmund, to the south the county of Mark and the Essen monastery. We owe this fact to numerous water castles along the river.

Around 1900 came the mining industry of the Dysentery from the south and with it the people (= settlements and waste) and the mines (= subsidence and drainage of pit water). On the one hand, the Emscher could no longer drain away undisturbed, and on the other hand, the faeces that were carried along also caused epidemics. The cities and municipalities together founded the Emschergenossenschaft, who found and implemented solutions to the problem: the river was straightened, the bed was sealed against the ground with slabs, dykes were built and lowered where necessary, and inlets and sections were provided with pumping stations. The laying of sewer pipes underground was not possible because of the subsidence. So the Emscher became a sewer Köttelbecke, Middle of the 20th century. it was considered the dirtiest river in Germany.

The Purification of the sewage was not started until years later - by leading the entire Emscher through sewage treatment plants. These were initially mechanical, later also chemical and biological. Some are listed as stops on this route. Downpours were always a problem because the volume of water transported increased sharply afterwards and sewage treatment plants and dykes were sometimes flooded.

In spite of all the measures taken, the Emscher's gradient was soon no longer sufficient; here, too, great solutions were built: the Course of the Emscher was twice down the Rhine relocated: 1910 to Duisburg-Walsum and 1949 to Dinslaken. Today the sections are called "Alte Emscher" (to the original confluence in Duisburg-Alsum), "Kleine Emscher" for the section to Walsum and just Emscher for today's route. The change to a clean, natural river again is often also "The new Emschertal" overwritten.

In the 1980s, planning began for the modification. The mining industry had moved northwards and it was foreseeable that it would soon be completely stopped. The plans provide for a separate, central sewer pipe (construction started in 2008), which will pass the four main sewage treatment plants in order to carry out the sewage treatment there. The Emscher comes from the tributaries renatured and as far as possible reduced to a natural course (this is only possible to a limited extent in densely populated areas). Total costs 4.5 billion euros, duration until 2020[outdated] .

This themed route is about this renovation. Stations are shown here where the conversion has already taken place and also those where the Emscher still flows unexplained. Tributaries and historical stations also come into play.

preparation

Emscherbruch (forest) near Herten
Digestion towers of the Bottrop sewage treatment plant

The central Ruhr area offers the service facilities and accommodation options of large cities. The Emscher flows along the cities: Dortmund, Castrop-Rauxel, Recklinghausen, Herten, Herne, Gelsenkirchen, eat, Bottrop, Oberhausen, Duisburg and Dinslaken. If that's not enough or because it is fully booked / expensive due to local events, you can go to the surrounding cities of the Ruhr area, Münsterland, Sauerlandes or Lower Rhine dodge. There are also good motorway and rail links here.

The official RIK travel guide (see literature), the respective anchor point or the corresponding one offers information on the individual stations of the themed route 13 website.

The anchor points are also to be understood as the first point of contact for information seekers:

  • Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord (LaPaDu), Duisburg, Emscherstraße 71 (Tram 903, bus 906/910: Landschaftspark Nord). Tel.: (0)203 4291919, Fax: (0)203 4291945, Email: . Landscape park on the former hut area, lots of nature, light scenarios, guides through the industrial culture, Bike rental, Use of the halls for cultural events, challenging diving area in the gasometer, climbing garden in the ore storage bunker, high rope course in the casting hall, observation tower on the blast furnace.Open: freely accessible all year round except for special events; Visitor center: Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sat, Sun & public holidays: 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • North Star Park (Site of the 1997 Federal Horticultural Show), Gelsenkirchen, Fritz-Schupp-Straße (here multi-storey car park and parking spaces) (Other approaches are also possible: Wallstraße, Am Bugapark or behind the canal: Bruchstraße, Emscherstraße). Landscape park on the former Nordstern colliery area, interesting BuGa area with gardens, water features, bridges, footbridges, heaps, the Emscher (which still stinks there), Rhine-Herne-k Canal, etc. as well as a wide range of offers: amphitheater (regularly good events), graffiti wall (at the former coal port), Climbing rock, Kinderland, Emschergenossenschaft pumping station, jetty (White Fleet Bredeney, Frederick the Great or Culture channel), Mining tunnels (guided tours by arrangement, tel. 49 (0) 209 57042), Miniature train (extra entrance fee), visitor terrace on the North Star Tower (Adults € 2, reduced € 1), Hercules (Datt gray Manneken on top of the north star conveyor tower), various sports facilities and several dining options. map, Flyer.

getting there

The central Ruhr area is easy to reach, nearby airports are in Dusseldorf or Dortmund, both have rail connections. There is a high density of motorways, federal highways and railways. Important hubs with long-distance connections are the main train stations in Duisburg, Mülheim an der Ruhr, eat, Hagen and Dortmund. There are several motorways for motor vehicles (A 1, A 3, A 40, A 42, A 43, A 44, A 45) with corresponding departures, important: the Ruhr area is largely one Environmental zone, which only allows the entry of vehicles with certain badges (current status can be found in the respective city article under arrival!).

The Emscher way runs parallel to the Emscher and therefore touches many of the stations listed here. It was created by the Emschergenossenschaft.

The Emscher Park bike path runs further south or north of the Emschertal, it was created by the Ruhr Regional Association.

Here we go

Old Emscher with promenade, water inlet, wind turbine and art.
The almost 8km long Alte Emscher is an oxbow lake and cut off from the Emscher system. Originally the Emscher flowed into the Rhine here (near Duisburg-Alsum), but in 1910 it was moved north because the subsidence in Meiderich, Beeck and Bruckhausen had become too severe. In 1995 the very first section of the Emscher was renatured here. In the landscape park, rainwater does not simply flow into the stream, it is collected on the "water path" in water basins (cooling towers used to stand there), a part is lifted into the bunker gardens by a wind turbine and from there it splashes back into the Alte Emscher via pipelines . You can stroll along the Emscher promenade (Water concept).
The LaPaDu is also part of the Industrial nature route, on the associated Flyer you can also see the course of the old Emscher.
Alte Emscher pumping station
1914 at the lowest point of the Alte Emscher in Duisburg-Beeck, Alsumer Str. 4 first of all Emschergenossenschaft pumping station built (design by Alfred Fischer), for many years it pumped the wastewater collected there into the Rhine and later to the Duisburg Alte Emscher sewage treatment plant. The round design was intended to be able to withstand the water pressure even in the worst case (rupture of the Rhine dyke), the self-supporting dome structure has a diameter of 41 meters. The functional design with the simple plastered facade is considered to be one of the forerunners of Bauhaus architecture.
The pumping station has only been in reserve since 2006, and a new building nearby is now doing the work.
The pumping station is one of the Art places the Emscherkunst. 2013.
Schmidthorst pumping station
Schwelgern pumping station
The pumping station in Duisburg-Marxloh, Willy-Brandt-Ring 135, is one of the smallest in the cooperative. It became necessary after the district got a Rhine dike (there was a glorious flood in 1920) and the wastewater could no longer drain away on its own. In addition, the swampy Schwelgernbruch was drained, where it was created Schwelgernpark with sports and green areas.
The pumping station was also from Alfred Fischer designed, the building block-like buildings of the pumping station, residential building and office are stacked next to each other and again show the simple, functional design with a brick facade and surrounding, white concrete strips.
All good things come in threes? The pumping station in Duisburg-Obermarxloh, August-Thyssen-Strasse 65 (on the corner of Markgrafenstrasse) Alfred Fischer It was designed and completed in 1929. The pump building and the neighboring residential building are connected by a single-storey wing and have the typical brick facade, the windows are accentuated with the concrete strip.
This pumping station is already in the catchment area of ​​the Kleine Emscher.
Renatured but still diked, photo from Warbruckstrasse
Jubiläumshain viewing platform
This 10km long oxbow was the estuary of the Emscher from 1910 to 1949 before it was relocated for the second time.
Even today this stream is still partially canalized, it begins at a collector in Oberhausen-Buschhausen, flows through Marxloh to Duisburg-Walsum, where it flows into the Rhine at the southern harbor (km 791.3). After all, only purified water flows from the Duisburg-Walsum sewage treatment plant, underneath the dismantling to a natural watercourse has already begun (see e.g. in Duisburg-Aldenrade, on Kolpingstrasse). The Kleine Emscher still receives tributaries from the Röttgersbach and the Holtener Mühlenbach.
In March 2013, a terrace in the Jubilee Grove was opened by the city and the Emschergenossenschaft, the local schoolchildren helped shape it (WAZ report). The system can be recognized by the steel sculpture of a dragonfly. Access via Ziegelhorststrasse or Warbruckstrasse.
The Kleine Emscher with the now closed sewage treatment plant is one of the Art places the Emscherkunst. 2013.
The Klemm's digestion towers
One of the four central ones Emschergenossenschaft sewage treatment plants, just before the confluence in the city triangle Dinslaken, Oberhausen and Duisburg (Address: 46539 Dinslaken, Turmstrasse 44a). The whole river flows through here! Unless there is extreme flood, the Emscher can also be locked out and flow directly into the Rhine, as was the case most recently in 1981 and 1995. Normally, however, the system easily manages the usual 10,000 liters of Emscher water per second, it can still process up to five times (Video of the sewage flow through the clamp).
Built in 1976 and at that time the largest sewage treatment plant in Europe with a biological treatment stage, the three digestion towers are striking. In the meantime expanded and modernized several times. A viewing appointment can be arranged on request (Tel. 49 (0) 201 / 104-2630, only for groups).
The HOAG route leads south past the facility (and ends at the green path, see point after next).
Haus Stapp seen from the Rhine dike
The Emscher flows into it as a canalized but quite clean river Dinslaken-Eppinghoven, Rheinaue 45 into the Rhine (km 797.8). Approximately 16m³ of water flow off on average per second. When the new course with the estuary was artificially created in 1949, a reserve was built in: a small step that the Emscher now plunges down. The Emscher does not have to be deepened, but this stage also has two advantages: when the Rhine floods, the Emscher can still flow away for a long time and the stage is used with a small turbine to generate electricity.
The place can be reached by car or you can come on the Rhine cycle route pass it. From here you can also get the Rotbach route to cycle. The estuary is too Art place the Emscherkunst. 2013.
  • If you walk along the Rheinaue street for a while you come to No. 53
  • House Stapp ("Stappsche Hahn"). Tel.: 49 (0)2064 55085. Restaurant with home-style, German cuisine, including game, mushrooms, asparagus, geese, fish and mussels, sun terrace with 200 seats, bowling alley, parking spaces on site.Open: Mon closed Tue-Sat 2:00 p.m.-end open, Sun / Feet from 10:00 a.m.
The almost 10km long bike / hiking trail runs on the former Route of the Emschertal Railway (Section Abzw. Oberhausen-Grafenbusch - Duisburg-Neumühl - Meiderich Nord), which was used here from 1875 to 1949 and was used for transport between the mines, coking plants, power plants, coal ports and smelting works.
From 1996 to 2007 in three sections and expanded for 10.4 million euros, the path is not only part of the Emscher Park cycle path but also closes a gap between LaPaDu and the HOAG route. It is also nice to look at, parts of the track system, signals and milestones have been preserved.
The Läppkes Mühlenbach just before it flows into the Emscher, a short stretch where it still runs in a canal bed.
Since the Emscher still has to carry sewage - until the Emscher Canal is finished - the tributaries are first renatured, and the Läppkes Mühlenbach was one of the first. Between 1989 and 1991, almost the entire route was freed from the concrete floors, built back into a wider bed and the sewage diverted into an underground canal (a small section has been preserved as a "museum"). The Mühlenbach also has the necessary space for it, on the city limits of Oberhausen (Essener Strasse) and eat (Frintroper Straße) there is both a small swamp area and an elongated forest section in which the stream now has time to flow, in which a new park landscape with meadows and wetlands, paths and bridges has been created. The stream is scientifically monitored on a regular basis to determine how well the renaturation works and how the other tributaries should be handled.
  • If you like, you can also take a spontaneous bike tour along the stream: in the further north House Ripshorst (Emscher Landscape Park information center), 46117 Oberhausen, Ripshorster Strasse 306. Tel.: 49 (0)208 8833483, Fax: 49 (0)208 8833486, Email: . there is a district bike station where a bike doesn't cost much for a few hours. There is also a section where the brook runs in its old bed, is led under the Rhine-Herne Canal with a dumper and then flows into the Emscher.
  • Tip 1: the is just a short distance to the east Frintrop track park, Food, rail track (between Dellwiger and Ripshorster Strasse). Ruderalpark on the former freight yard in Essen-Frintrop with a variety of plants such as evening primrose, St. John's wort, dry arum or goldenrod and animals such as butterflies, wood pigeons, blackbirds and kestrels.
  • Tip 2: also a short distance, this time to the west, is the Knappenhalde, Oberhausen, New Center (Access from Knappenstrasse or Lipperstrasse). Dump made of tailings, slag and building rubble from World War II. Lookout tower on top, floor drawings and miniature figures, closed bunker entrances, a total of almost 100 meters above sea level, 55 meters above the surrounding area.
The entire Bottrop sewage treatment plant
This is one of the four central Emscher sewage treatment plants at the confluence of the Boye and Emscher Bottrop sewage treatment plant, Bottrop-Welheim, In the Welheimer Mark 190 (Corner of Haverkamp). Visits on request by calling 49 (0) 201 / 104-2630 (only for groups). Central sewage sludge treatment plant of the Emschergenossenschaft. The four digestion towers produce methane for personal use and natural gas cars. Nightly illumination of the digestion towers in deep blue. At the parking lot near the natural gas station, a circular path begins around the sewage treatment plant and over the Emscher dike, and on the viewing hill is a very good position for (nocturnal) photographers.
Information sign for the station on Scharnhörststrasse
The first meters of the Boye in the concrete channel, near the A 2
The Boye is the second largest tributary of the Emscher and like it is in the process of being converted into a natural stream. It is also affected by subsidence by one of the last active mines, Prosper Haniel in Bottrop, concerned. The Boye doesn’t have much space; on one side it is crowded by roads and on the other by heaps. Long stretches are canalised, but there are nature reserves and other gems. Let's walk the route:
  • The headwaters are southwest of Bottrop-Kirchhellen in Holthausen (Hiesfelder Straße between Heuweg and Auf der Kämpe), the first stretch of the "Kleine Boye" runs through a forest with many small tributaries.
  • Shortly afterwards, north of Bottrop-Grafenwald (Am Schleitkamp / corner of Christfurth, parking lot on Bottroper Straße), a lowering of 8-10 meters is expected in the next few years - which must lead to further construction work on the outflow, i.e. the tributaries. Entire streams are artificially created for this, e.g. B. the Töfflinger Bach completed in 2005.
  • On the way to the A 31 it goes through meadows, here also the Spechtsbach comes in (Hegestrasse, between A 31 and Pilkington). That is close by Hubertushof country house, 45966 Gladbeck, Hegestrasse 454. Tel.: 49 (0)2045 2657, Fax: 49 (0)2045 83986, Email: . Open: Restaurant: Mon / Tue closed, Wed-Sun 11 a.m.-200 p.m.Price: single 55 €, double 89 €.
  • A little later the first nature reserve: Boyetal-West (Parking at Kaufpark, Hornstrasse, access behind the supermarket in the direction of high-voltage lines and A 2)
  • After the A2 it goes to the Rheinbaben dump past. The Boyeauen were filled in with overburden from the Rheinbaben colliery and left to fend for themselves after it was closed. Today it is accessed by walking paths and is a self-contained one Nature reserve. About 18 meters above the surrounding area, view restricted by the trees, in the south a path runs along the Boye, parking on Beisenstrasse, Gladbeck.
  • The nature reserve comes after the railway line Boyetal-East and the Allotment garden association "An der Boye".
  • Behind the B224, the Nattbach comes from the NSG from the left Natropian field and it piles up Mottbruchhalde on. This is still being heaped up and can therefore not be walked, which is why it is also called "Halde im Wandel". Once it is finished, there is a hollow at the top that will turn the Schüttberg into an apparent volcano.
  • Two other heaps lie along the course of the river Gladbecker Territory, they only have numbers: Stockpile 22 (Access from Heringsstrasse, with a view of the Mottbruchhalde) and Halde 19 (access from Hartmannhof Street), then follows the Karnaper wood.
  • This is located on the city limits of Essen, from the legendary Rot-Weiß Essen player Willi "Duck" Lippens established restaurant Thank you! (Lippens Hof), 46238 Bottrop, Gungstrasse 198. Tel.: 49 (0)2041 45935, Fax: 49 (0)2041 763137, Email: . Schnitzel, steaks, burgers, seasonal dishes, Stauder / Veltins.Open: Mon closed, Tue-Fri 5 p.m.-10 p.m., Sat 4 p.m.-11 p.m., Sun / Fe 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
  • Shortly before it flows into the Emscher, the entire Boye goes through the Bottrop sewage treatment plant. To do this, the water must first be raised a little, the pumping station is just in front of it (In der Welheimer Mark 235).
  • Gelsenkirchen-Horst pumping station in the North Star Park (Anchor point, see above)
Coal mixing plant, Horst pumping station and coal bunker in the Nordsternpark
Emscher Canal in Gelsenkirchen - viewing during the construction period
The pumping station, built in 1958, kept the depression above the mining areas of the Nordstern colliery dry, it pumped the water over the dike into the higher Emscher. With large amounts of rain it couldn't do it alone, which is why there has been a small, pink building next to it since 1980, the more modern pumps of which can be switched on if necessary.
In 1997 there was the Federal Garden Show in the Nordsternpark, and the old pumping station was also pimped up. It got the cladding made of blue glass (Artwork "Spiegelung II" by Jürgen LIT Fischer / Peter Brdenk) and a pavilion on top, which is used by the Emschergenossenschaft as an information station and for exhibitions. The pumping station itself, however, cannot be visited.
Part of the Emscher Canal has been completed here since 2009, and it is now transporting the wastewater from here to the Bottrop sewage treatment plant. At the same time, a rainwater treatment plant was built to separate wastewater and rainwater, so that the clean can be fed directly into the Emscher and does not pollute the sewer. Of the entire renovation work, only a few manhole covers can now be seen on the surface, the canal itself is 14 meters deep.
Access via Nordsternstraße / Am Bugapark in Gelsenkirchen
A bridge without a river
Information board with Gahlenscher coal path
The Fleuthe was a tributary of the Emscher, it marked the border between Gelsenkirchen and Herne. Today she disappeared. It fell dry for two reasons: on the one hand, the Emscher was straightened and thus relocated a little to the north (the Rhine-Herne Canal was also built in the old bed of the Emscher, 1906-1914) and, on the other hand, by relocating the Emscher estuary upstream (1910). The first measure pushed the Emscher a little way into the course of the Fleuthe, the second dug up the water in the catchment area.
The Fleuthe was quite remarkable, because it had to be crossed by the coal wagons on their way north to the ports on the Lippe. The was already in 1766 Gahlener Kohlenweg had been created, he went from Hattingen via Weitmar and Hamme (today belong to Bochum), Eickel and Crange (belong to Herne) to the port at the village of Gahlen (at Dorsten). There the coal was carried up the Lippe in towing ships to the Rhine and on to Holland. It was worthwhile because the Ruhr was not yet navigable and some expensive customs barriers could be bypassed. In 1853 the bridge over the Fleuthe was built on this route. It is made of sandstone using the ashlar technique and spans an arc of 7 meters.
The bridge was listed and restored in 1994. It can be easily approached: there is a resting place for hikers on the B 224 Willy Brandt Allee, at the bus stop named after it the line 342 (from Herne Wanne-Eickel Hbf. To Gelsenkirchen-Erle, Forsthaus and on to Gelsenkirchen-Buer Süd Bahnhof) stops - University of Applied Sciences, hourly trips).
  • Tip 1: The Grimberger Sichel stretches across the Rhine-Herne Canal within sight of the canal, a modern bridge at the end of the Ore railway line. From here you can walk to a former railway embankment Bochum cycle to the Westpark.
  • Tip 2: A little further east lies the canal Artists' mine "Our Fritz", 44653 Herne, to the artist mine 10 (Possibly enter Alleestraße 50-60 or Grimberger Feld for the navigation system). Tel.: 49 (0)2325 569463. Artist studios, exhibition rooms in the Schwarz- und Weiß-Kaue, meeting place with music, reading and art topics. Ruhrpottkunst was already being made here when the route of industrial culture did not even exist. Right at that Our Fritz Outdoor (UFO Herne, Beer garden & beach café), 44653 Herne, Alleestraße 50. Tel.: 49 (0)163 7739064 (only during opening times). Beach cafe on the Rhine-Herne Canal. Rental station for pedelecs from Stadtwerke Herne.Open: Mon / Tue closed, Wed-Sun 4 p.m.-10 p.m., Fri from 3 p.m., Sat / Sun from 12 p.m., May-September only.
Source area of ​​the stream, the color comes from the iron content
The small brook with a length of almost 10 km and a catchment area of ​​only 17.5 km² is a prime example of water restoration in the Emscher system - and that is precisely why it was chosen. There is everything here that the other tributaries and the Emscher itself make up in the smallest of spaces: heaps, dumps, contaminated sites in the ground, agriculture, industrial areas and residential developments. The stream has been dismantled since 1992, and the last section is currently stalling because an unknown contaminated site has emerged again and therefore the soil has to be replaced first. But that will also work out, it could at most postpone the completion date, which was planned for 2015.
The stream originally originated in the vicinity of the Graf Schwerin colliery, today the Schwerin dump is located there and the water collected there is rich in minerals and iron. In its short run to the Landwehrbach (which flows into the Emscher) it repeatedly caused flooding. Together with the mine and municipal sewage, this led to an unhealthy mixture. It was converted into a sewer as early as 1920/30 and remained so for many years.
The first measures on the way back were a separate sewage pipeline system (to separate clean water and sewage) and a whole series of rain retention basins (to reduce the sudden flooding), some of which are even underground. Then the remodeling of the stream began, starting at the upper reaches. The steep banks will be flattened, the course of the stream will wind its way through the meadows, bike and hiking trails will be laid out and resting places will be created.
Above the information station Castrop-Rauxel, Nierholzstraße, this has already been completed, there is also a parking lot for hikers (see hiking map). Currently, it is about the sections of the route near the main train station on Schulstrasse. There the piped brook is exposed again and can be experienced as urban water (Construction lot of the executing company).
The old Emscher culvert (broken off)
The new Emscher culvert almost finished in 2012
The Emscher flows south around Dortmund and then, parallel to the Dortmund-Ems Canal, to the north or northwest. There she has to be with Castrop-Rauxel cross the Rhine-Herne Canal. At the beginning of the branch canal to Herne at that time, a culvert was built in the 1890s. During the occupation of the Ruhr, it was blown up in April 1923 in order to sabotage the coal transport. Initially only poorly repaired, from 1929 the canal was rerouted with a new culvert, the old route was separated and only used for recreational activities.
But the new structure also experienced changes. The subsidence in this area continued and the canal had to be raised a little bit, so that in 1968 the culvert (pipe underpass) became a culvert (open watercourse). In 1992 construction studies showed that sooner or later the culvert had to be renewed. This also benefited shipping, as it had to drive in a single lane in this area due to the narrow passage width. In 2008 work began on the new construction of what is now the Emscher shower facility, it was completed in 2012, the old one was blown up and the remains removed. The landscaping is currently still taking place along the old stream. Access via Wartburgstraße, junction with Freiheitsstraße.
  • Tip: The is right next to the bridge over the RHK Henrichenburg Landscape Archaeological Park. In 1263 this castle became the seat of the knight Arnold von Henrichenburg mentioned. It was strategically important between Vest Recklinghausen and Grafschaft Mark and changed several times owner. In 1787 it had to be demolished because it was in disrepair. After that, the area was only used as a meadow and was only "rediscovered" and archaeologically researched in 1994 during construction work. Today the castle is visible again - hedges represent the walls, pillared trees represent the towers, including one legend is known. Parking lot at Freiheitsstraße 18, access free all year round.
In Dortmund, too, the soil has sunk due to mining and the streams could no longer flow properly. The Nettebach pumping station (Schloss-Westhusener-Straße) is an example of how ingeniously building work had to be done in order to maintain its functionality over the long term - after all, the subsidence continued even after construction. In 1951 the pumping station is built, the upper reaches of the Nettebachs had sunk so far that about 150 hectares were permanently under water. Because the ground was so swampy, the 10 meter deep caisson was made from 530 m³ of concrete in one operation and only then sunk into the ground. The water that the pumps carry away with a delivery rate of max. 6500 liters / second collects in it. The building for the pumps is a typically functional, functional building with a brick facade and tall windows.
Construction plan on the information sign on site
The pumping station in Dortmund-Huckarde in Lindberghstrasse was built in 1926 to keep Huckarde dry. The building consists of the pump house (below) and the apartment (above), definitely not comfortable living with the noise and vibrations of the constantly running pumps. However, the advantage of this construction was that the pump attendant was always on site and could intervene quickly in the event of malfunctions. Overall, the building is a mixture of neoclassical, expressionist and art nouveau elements. The main floor is clinkered up to window height, plaster follows on top, on top of which there is a large curved skylight, which was originally covered with slate. In terms of architecture, this is so completely different from the functional-looking pumping stations that were otherwise built during this period.
In 1980 it was shut down because a larger pumping station had been built on the other side of the Emscher. In 1983 the artist acquired Peter Strege the house for the symbolic price of one DM. Since then, it has been lovingly renovated and, due to the shutdown of the surrounding industry, is also significantly quieter, it is the studio and apartment for the unique from Dortmund, a piece of "poeticizing the world"Example / Vita).
  • Tip 1: it's around the corner Hansa coking plant, 44369 Dortmund, Emscherallee 11 (U47 from Do-Hbf in the direction of Westerfilde to "Parsevalstraße", then a 10-minute walk.). Tel.: (0)231 93112233. Former coking plant, preserved buildings partially renovated and accessible during a guided tour, there is a free audio guide for the site. Headquarters of the Foundation for Monument Preservation, exhibitions in the compressor hall, days of action such as extra shift, big ones climbing hall. The Montan flea markets on Ascension Day are a real insider tip.Open: Mon closed, April to Oct. Tue-Sun 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., otherwise only until 4 p.m.Price: site freely accessible (parts closed due to the risk of accidents), guided tours € 5-20.
  • Tip 2: and right next to it the Deusenberg, Dortmund, Lindberghstrasse (Access from the north via Mosskamp / Fernstraße). Die ehemalige Mülldeponie ist inzwischen abgedeckt (4m dick!) und begrünt, rund 50m über Umgebungsniveau, EDG-Mountainbike-Arena (mit Trainingsteil für Anfänger und Singletrail/Biker-X für Fortgeschrittene), gute Rundumsicht.Geöffnet: ganzjährig zugänglich.
Infotafel zur Brücke
Die Faultürme der Kläranlage
Die eigentlich unscheinbare Brücke in Dortmund-Deusen an der Lindberghstraße (früher Parsevalstraße) ist inzwischen die fünfte ! über die Emscher - und das nicht etwa weil sie so oft kaputtgegangen wäre sondern aufgrund der Bergsenkungen. Die erste wurde 1920 erbaut, die letzte (heutige) 1981. Zwischen 1968 und 1980 sank der Boden hier um ganze 13 Meter ab. Davor gab es auch Bergsenkungen, die allerdings nicht ganz so stark waren. 1969 musste z.B. die 2. Brücke 6,50m höher gebaut werden, 1971 dann die 3. mit 5,50m Erhöhung. Gleichzeitig wurden auch die Deiche um die Emscher höher gebaut bzw. der Fluss in seinem Bett angehoben. Ursache war der Kohleabbau durch die Zeche Hansa, die 1980 endgültig stillgelegt wurde. Deswegen wird die heutige Brücke auch nicht mehr ersetzt werden müssen - es sei denn sie geht wirklich mal kaputt, mit Bergsenkungen ist hier jedenfalls nicht mehr zu rechnen.
Die Kläranlage in Dortmund an der Deusener Straße 128 ist eine relativ junge Kläranlage und erst mit Beginn des Emscherumbaus 1994 errichtet worden, mit dieser Anlage und der in Bottrop wurde die Abwasserreinigung dezentralisiert. Vorher flossen die Abwasser der Einwohner (1/4 der Abwassermenge, circa 140.000 Menschen) und der großen Betriebe (Brauereien, Hoesch, 3/4 der Abwässer) ungeklärt in die Emscher (sie wurden in weiter flussabwärts liegenden Flusskläranlagen gereinigt). Die Mischung sorge immer wieder für deutliche Geruchsbelästigungen, es stank nach faulen Eier (Schwefelwasserstoff).
Die Kläranlage wurde bei der ExtraSchicht 2012 bespielt, sie kann auch besichtigt werden und hat einen Tag der offenen Tür. Die beiden Faultürme werden Nachts grün angestrahlt.
Front zur Münsterstraße
Der Evinger Bach in Dortmund ist ein Nebenfluss des Aalbaches, der wiederum bei Deusen in die Emscher mündet. In den 1920er Jahren fingen hier die Bergsenkungen an, ab 1930 wurde mit Behelfspumpen gearbeitet, 1953 dann das Pumpwerk in Betrieb genommen. Es hebt den Evinger Bach und weitere Abflüsse aus der Dortmunder Nordstadt um mehr als 10m in den Aalbach hoch. Dazu sind 9 Pumpen installiert, die nach und nach, ja nach Wasserstand, zugeschaltet werden können (max. 12.000 Liter/Sekunde).
Inzwischen sind die Pumpen modernisiert und im 15m tiefen Keller untergebracht. In der dadurch freigewordenen Halle im Erdgeschoss gibt es Informationen zum Emscher-Umbau (interessante Archivfilme) und es wird Kunst ausgestellt: der Emscher Almanach (wieder Peter Strege), großformatige Malerei (Norbert Tadeusz), Klanginstallation (Katja Kölle), auch immer wieder aktuelle Sachen wie Fotoprojekte des Emschergenossenschaft. An besonderes Terminen (Tag der offenen Tür, Tag des offenen Denkmals, Weltwassertag, oft auch ExtraSchicht) gibt es Führungen durch das Pumpwerk und Sonntags, von 11:00-16:00 Uhr kann die dort ausgestellte Kunst besichtigt werden. Adresse: Münsterstr. 272 (Ecke Beethovenstr.)
  • Tipp: Das Pumpwerk liegt am Rande des Fredenbaumparks. Die grüne Lunge der Dortmunder Nordstadt mit jeder Menge Freizeitmöglichkeiten: Big Tipi, Grillstationen und Bootsverleih, Modellbootteich, mehrere Spielplätze, Joggingstrecke und Inlinerbahn, Minigolf, Pavillion, Jugendverkehrsgarten, Gastronomie, Lichterfest im August/September, Lageplan.Geöffnet: Park: ganzjährig durchgehend.
Wasserschloss Haus Dellwig
Der Bach im Norden von Lütgendortmund war jahrzehntelang ein typischer, mit Betonsohlen ausgelegter, offener Schmutzwasserkanal bevor 1982 die Renaturierung begann. Bemerkenswert ist das Jahr, damals dachte noch niemand daran die gesamte Emscher wieder zurückzubauen sodass der kleine Nebenfluss des Roßbaches (der wiederum in die Emscher mündet) eine Art Vorprojekt für andere Nebenflüsse darstellt. Dabei war das Projekt so erfolgreich, dass die Quell- und Teich-, Wald- und Wiesenlandschaft nördlich der Dellwiger Straße seit 1986 ein ausgewiesenes Nature reserve is. Heute leben hier wieder seltene Brutvögel (z.B. Specht, Mäusebussard, Waldkauz) und Wintergäste wie der Eisvogel (siehe auch die Bachpatenschaft des Bert-Brecht-Gymnasiums), Amphibien (Feuersalamander, Molche, Kröten), Eidechsen, Schmetterlinge und Libellen. Gleichzeitig ist der Wald beliebt bei Spaziergängern, entlang des Baches führt ein kleiner Weg, für Hunde besteht Leinenzwang.
  • Tipp 1: Gleich nebenan und auch sehr gut als Zugang geeignet ist die Zeche Zollern, 44388 Dortmund-Bövinghausen, Grubenweg 5. Tel.: (0)2361 6961111, Email: . Die Zeche wird aufgrund ihrer schmucken Ecktürmchen und Zinnen auch "Schloss der Arbeit" genannt, berühmt ist die Maschinenhalle mit Jugendstilportal und der Kampf der Bürger für den Erhalt dieses Industriedenkmals Ende der 1960er Jahre. Heute betreibt der LWL auf dem Gelände ein umfangreiches Museum der Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte des Ruhrbergbaus (Markenkontrolle, Kaue, Geleucht, Rettungswesen, Arbeitsunfälle, Ausbildung, .) aber auch das Wandern auf dem Gelände und in den Gebäuden lohnt sich. Achtung: Wegen umfangreicher Renovierungsarbeiten ist die Maschinenhalle derzeit nur im Rahmen von Führungen zu besichtigen.Geöffnet: Mo geschl., Di-So und feiertags 10:00-18:00 Uhr.Preis: Erw. 4 €, ermäßigt 2.50 €, Kinder&Jugendliche 2 €, Familien 9 €. Für den Dellwiger Bach auf dem museumseigenen Parkplatz den Fußweg in südlicher Richtung nehmen.
  • Tipp 2: Nicht so bekannt wie Zollern aber ein wahres Kleinod ist das Haus Dellwig (Wasserschloss, Heimatmuseum von Lütgendortmund), 44388 Dortmund, Dellwiger Strasse 130. Tel.: 49 (0)231 604186, Email: . Zeigt Gegenstände des Alttags aus verschiedenen Berufen und Firmen des Stadtteils, engaggierter Heimatverein, wunderschöne Fotokulisse.Geöffnet: Vom Frühlingsfest (April) bis Herbstfest (Oktober) : So/Fe 10:30-13:00 Uhr.
Göpelschacht im Park, hier gibt es eine Ausstellung zur Zeche Am Busch, die bei Emscher-Rohrleitungsarbeiten wiederentdeckt wurde
Die renaturierte Emscher auf dem Weg zum Phoenixsee, hinten die B 236-Brücke
Die Emscher bildet die südliche Grenze des Westfalenparks in Dortmund. Sie ist hier noch nicht renaturiert, dazu bekommt sie leider noch zu viele Abwasserzuläufe. Allerdings ist der Schmutzwasserkanal anlässlich der Bundesgartenschau 1991 bereits unter die Erde verlegt worden. Zu den dabei gefundenen und dokumentierten Schächten und Stollen der Zeche "Am Busch" gibt es im Park im rekonstruierten Göpelschacht "Christine" eine Ausstellung. Wer die Emscher sehen will muss allerdings nicht in den Westfalenpark sondern zum Ende der Buschstraße (dort parken), der Fuß-/Radweg verläuft außerhalb ! des Parks entlang des Flusstals.
Was man zwischen Park und der ehemaligen Deponie Hymphendahl sieht ist der renaturierte Flusslauf ohne echtes Emscherwasser sondern nur von kleinen Quellen, Grund- und Regenwasser gespeist. Wenn einmal die Umgestaltung fertig ist (geplant 2014) wird die Emscher hier wieder durchfließen. Sie kommt dem Park auch schon entgegen, denn 2012 wurde die Emscher-Aue am Hoetgerpark (von der Mündung des Hörderbaches bis zur Klusestraße) bereits fertiggestellt. So kann man nun vom Westfalenpark bis zum Phoenixsee flanieren.
Und wer sehen möchte wie die Emscher hier früher geführt wurde - ein altes Stück des Hoeschkanals wurde extra erhalten. Die Emscher-Aue selbst ist eingezäunt und kann nicht erkundet werden, das hat außer den Naturschutzgründen auch Sicherheitsaspekte: bei Starkregen schwillt der Fluss heftig an und die Aue ist dafür als Rückhaltebecken ausgelegt. Was beim Spaziergang so idyllisch-natürlich aussieht ist eben doch ein Wasserbauwerk mit durchaus technischen Funktionen.
Achtung: Im zuge der weiteren Umbaumaßnahmen zwischen Westfalenprak und Dortmund-Hoerde kann es auch zu Sperrungen des Weges entlang der Emscher kommen, bitte auf tagespresse achten.
  • Tipp 1. Wenn man schon mal da ist dann auch gleich in den Westfalenpark, 44139 Dortmund, An der Buschmühle 3. Tel.: 49 (0)231 50-26100, Fax: 49 (0)231 50-26111, Email: . Sehr beliebtes Ausflugs- und Erholungsziel, verschiedene Gärten, Deutsches Rosarium, Spiel- und Sportplätze, Festwiese, Teiche, Erlebnispfad, Parkeisenbahn (Erw. 3€, Kind bis 15 J. 1€, Betrieb 11:00-18:00 Uhr), Sessellift (Erw 2€, Kind 1€, Betrieb: Sa/So/Fe 12:00-17:00 Uhr, nur April-Okt.), Florianturm (Erw. 3,50€, 10:00-22:00 Uhr), Naturschutzhaus, Deutsches Kochbuchmuseum (inzw. geschl.), Kindermuseum mondo mio!, Puppentheater, Regenbogenhaus, Balettzentrum, AltenAkademie, Kneippanlagen, Boots- und Bollerwagenverleih, mehrere Gastronomiebetriebe, plan.Geöffnet: unterschiedlich für die Zugänge: (alle Mo-So): Ruhrallee 10:00-18:00, Florianstraße 9:00-23:00, Blütengärten, Baurat-Marx-Allee und Buschmühle 9:00-21:00, Hörde 9:00-20:00 Uhr.Preis: 3,00€/P. bis 18:00 Uhr, danach billiger. Familie 6€ oder 9€, Jahreskarten 32€, Kombitickets mit Florianturm möglich.
  • Tipp 2: Am anderen Ende der Emscher-Aue liegt der Phoenixsee, Dortmund, Phoenixseestraße oder Hörder Hafenstraße. E-mail: . Künstlicher See auf dem ehemaligen Hoeschgelände, 2012 geflutet, Freizeit- und Gastronomiebereiche schon teilweise vorhanden, Rundweg um den See 3,4km. Die Emscher fließt nördlich und getrennt vom See entlang.
Was im Westfalenpark mehr eine Marketingmaßnahme ist und in Dortmund-Hoerde mit dem Umlauf nördlich des Phoenixsees auch viel Aufsehen erregt ist im weiteren Oberlauf der Emscher eher unscheinbar, dafür aber um so wichtiger. Denn hier hat es noch den Platz um dem Fluss ein breites Bett geben zu können. Seit 1998 werden sukzessive von Holzwickede aus Regenwasserrückhaltebecken und getrennte Abwwasserkanäle gebaut. Der noch relativ kleine Fluss wird von den Betonsohlen befreit und in ein geschwungenes Bett zurückgebaut.
An der Station in Dortmund-Aplerbeck an der Vieselerhofstraße kann man sich dazu informieren.
Quellteich am Emscherquellhof
Die Emscher entspring in Holzwickede im Hixterwald am sogenannten Emscherquellhof (Quellenstraße 2). Der 1801 erbaute "Lünschermannhof" ist ein typischer Westhellweghof mit Fachwerk, Haupt- und Backhaus, Scheune und Stallungen. Er wurde bis 2003 als privater Reiterhof betrieben und danach von der Emschergenossenschaft liebevoll restauriert, sodass er heute für Schulungen und Ausstellungen genutzt wird. The Quellen der Emscher sammeln sich in einem Teich im Innenhof, es sprudeln dort circa 50 Liter Wasser pro Minute.
Der Hof ist von Mai bis August geöffnet, jeden 2. Sonntag 11:00-16:00 Uhr. Führungen sind nach vorhergehender Absprache (E-Mail [email protected] oder Telefon 49 (0)2301/919817) möglich: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00. In den Räumen des Haupthauses ist die Ausstellung untergebracht, sie beschäftigt sich mit der Geschichte des Hofes (einschließlich Renovierung) und dem Alltag des bäuerlichen Lebens sowie dem Genertionenprojekt Emscher-Umbau. Die Plattform am Quellteich ist durchgehend zugänglich, dort sind neben Infotafeln auch "Wasser-Worte" (lyrische Zitate rund um das Thema Wasser).
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Die Emscher und viele ihrer Nebenflüsse sind immernoch in weiten Strecken kanalisierte Wasserläufe, die bei dem plötzlichen Hochwasser nach einem Regenguss oder an Pumpstationen und Tunnel aufgrund der steilen und glitschigen Böschung zu einer tödlichen Falle werden können. Die Ufer sind eingezäunt, was man auch beachten sollte, die meisten Abschnitte werden videoüberwacht.

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Die anderen Flüsse im Ruhrgebiet haben auch eigene Themenrouten:

literature

  • Michael Steinbach ; Regional association Ruhr (Ed.): On the way to the blue Emscher; Vol.13. eat, 2000, Industrial heritage route.

Web links

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Industrial Heritage Route
Themed routes 1: Duisburg: city and harbor - 2:Zollverein industrial cultural landscape - 3: Duisburg: industrial culture on the Rhine - 4: Oberhausen: industry makes the city - 5:Krupp and the city of Essen - 6: Dortmund: Dreiklang, coal, steel, beer - 7:Industrial culture on the Lippe - 8: Erzbahn-Emscherbruch - 9: Industrial culture on Volme and Ennepe - 10: Brine, steam and coal - 11: Early industrialization - 12: Past and present of the Ruhr - 13: On the way to the blue Emscher - 14: Canals and shipping - 15: Lanes in the area - 16: Westphalian mining route - 17: Rhenish mining route - 18: Chemistry, glass and energy - 19: Workers' settlements - 20: Entrepreneur villas - 21: Bread, grain and beer - 22: The myth of the Ruhr area - 23: Parks and gardens - 24: Industrial nature - 25: Panoramas and Landmarks - 26: Sacred buildings - Iron & Steel (in preparation) - Water (in preparation) - Bochum - industrial culture in the heart of the district - Gelsenkirchen (in preparation)
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