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North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Kreis Recklinghausen

Datteln

Dattelner Lake – Datteln Water Cross loop from Ahsen

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Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Kreis Recklinghausen

Datteln

Dattelner Lake – Datteln Water Cross loop from Ahsen

Moderate

4.6

(64)

299

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Dattelner Lake – Datteln Water Cross loop from Ahsen

02:03

32.1km

100m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

Tips

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

You may need to carry your bike.

After 7.11 km for 12 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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5.95 km

Dattelner Lake

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2 canals meet... This is what happens here, and it's nice to look at, but it's particularly interesting because of the nearby locks

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7.03 km

Alte Fahrt

Lake

8.16 km

Old Canal Bridge over the Lippe

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The old route of the Dortmund-Ems canal between Datteln and Olfen is a structural masterpiece. Opened in 1899, the canal overpass of the Lippe is particularly striking. Highly recommended.

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8.27 km

Alte Fahrt Aqueduct (Alte Fahrt Bridge), Hohe Mark - Westmünsterland Nature Park

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8.99 km

Alte Fahrt between Datteln and Olfen

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The Alte Fahrt is a disused branch of the Dortmund-Ems Canal. With the growing ship traffic on the canal, various side arms had to be built as early as 1929, just 30 years after it was opened. Larger ships in particular were able to use side arms of the canal and thus avoid each other. Many years later the main canal was widened at the crucial points and the so-called second voyages were dismantled or separated from the main canal. Many of the former tributaries are now closed biotopes and invite you to go on discovery tours on foot or by bike.

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12.2 km

Alte Fahrt Three-Arch Bridge over the Stever

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The canal bridge over the Stever led the Alte Fahrt of the Dortmund-Ems-Canal (DEK) in the north of Olfen over the Stever.

The bridge is one of three historic bridges of the Alte Fahrt of the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal. Further south, the DEK crosses the Schiefe Brücke the east road in Olfen and with another canal bridge the Lippe.

The canal transfer was designed in the style of historicism under the direction of the Royal Prussian Chief Building Director Karl Hinckeldeyn and executed in 1894. It is very similar to the other two bridges, as the faces of all three buildings are made of Ruhr sandstone.

At the bridge start the Steverauen, a renatured recreational area with half-grazing rear cattle and Konik horses, which extends to the Füchtelner mill.

Bridge trough and Old Ride are no longer filled with water in this area. They were included in the hiking and biking trails around Olfen.

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15.7 km

Stever Raft Landing

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In addition to the raft dock, there is also a wooden observation tower with a view of a stork's nest, a dog bathing area, a huge picnic area and plenty of space for cars (presumably for the raft riders).
There is nothing else here and you can quickly cycle past if you don't know this beautiful place.

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19.4 km

Stever floodplain

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View of the bridge of the Alte Fahrt from 1893. There is now a bike path where the ships used to go.

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32.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.2 km

8.21 km

3.03 km

2.22 km

447 m

Surfaces

14.8 km

10.9 km

3.04 km

1.90 km

1.48 km

< 100 m

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Tuesday 28 July

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Dattelner Lake – Datteln Water Cross loop from Ahsen

Dattelner Lake

Old Canal Bridge over the Lippe

Datteln Water Cross

Alte Fahrt Aqueduct (Alte Fahrt Bridge), Hohe Mark - Westmünsterland Nature Park

Alte Fahrt between Datteln and Olfen

Alte Fahrt Three-Arch Bridge over the Stever

Stever Raft Landing

Stever floodplain

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