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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Bottrop

Gladbeck

Mottbruchhalde – Mottbruchhalde Crater loop from Horst

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Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Bottrop

Gladbeck

Mottbruchhalde – Mottbruchhalde Crater loop from Horst

Moderate

4.5

(10)

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Mottbruchhalde – Mottbruchhalde Crater loop from Horst

03:02

11.7km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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Natroper Feld

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649 m

Halde 22

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The Halde 22 is a small and quite old spoil heap in Gladbeck on the border to Essen and Bottrop. Even if the Halde 22 is completely overgrown in the meantime, its small and winding paths still invite you to climb. Due to its remoteness and its larger, more well-known siblings, Halde 22 has almost been forgotten. This makes her much calmer and also has something enchanted about her. The only pity is that the vantage point at the summit is so overgrown that the summit compass no longer allows a view of the former collieries and other industrial landmarks marked there.

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1.03 km

View from Halde 22

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Unfortunately, very destroyed banks up here on the heap.

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2.94 km

Natroper Feld Wetland

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A biotope at the foot of the slag heap. Depending on the season, the residents sometimes sing about it loudly...

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4.45 km

Mottbruchhalde

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A slag heap rarely frequented by people, offering a beautiful view and a narrow summit ridge.

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4.76 km

View of Halden Graf Moltke III / IV

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The heap is completely fenced. And yet it is something special - it harbors an old secret inside.
When the bombings increased towards the end of the Second World War, miners dug a tunnel into the large tailings dump. It was a tunnel with numerous side rooms and branches. The mighty mountain masses offered good protection for people. The so-called Moltke tunnel was converted into a hospital in 1945, in the last year of the war. It should provide protection for staff and patients. This hospital tunnel still exists today, but is not accessible. On the contrary: Due to the danger of collapse, all access points are sealed and the heap is cordoned off all around. In places, there have even been cave-ins when the ceiling of the tunnel collapsed under the pressure of the weight of the overburden and the forest that had grown over the many decades. At times, a declaration as a memorial was considered, but was rejected.

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