Springorumtrasse – Towpath along the Ruhr loop from Dortmund-Lütgendortmund Nord

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Springorumtrasse – Towpath along the Ruhr loop from Dortmund-Lütgendortmund Nord

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Springorumtrasse – Towpath along the Ruhr loop from Dortmund-Lütgendortmund Nord

02:19

54.3km

340m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

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The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 5.80 km for 68 m

After 6.40 km for 470 m

After 6.93 km for 336 m

After 17.1 km for 328 m

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Start point

Train Station

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12.4 km

Springorum Cycle Path Entrance Unistraße

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Once briefly shouldered the bike and you can reach the beautiful Springorum bike path, which leads through the middle of Bochum and ends after about eleven kilometers in Bochum Dahlhausen …

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12.9 km

Springorumtrasse

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Railway embankment converted into a cycle path - here you can ride on great surfaces like on rails! Roads run under bridges, so you can get through Bochum quickly and easily. Exemplary! 👍

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17.3 km

Weitmar Castle Bridge

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The castle bridge is great. Below leads the Springorumradweg, which later becomes the coal railway.
Cross the bridge to Weitmar Castle and the park, which is also crossed by many …

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26.9 km

Towpath along the Ruhr

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The Ruhr is here, just south of the weir in Hattingen, very beautiful. The groynes are flat and have a pebble beach, where in good weather both humans and cow …

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29.4 km

Ruhr Waterfalls at Hattingen

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It's worth getting off your bike here and listening to the rushing of the Ruhr for a while. Two small but wide steps ensure that the water of the Ruhr …

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33.5 km

Rauendahler Wald

Forest

36.1 km

Ruhraue Stiepel Riverside Path

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formerly Rumpelpfad, now well asphalted and widened

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38.5 km

Kemnader See Weir

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Very nice cycle path around the Kemnader Lake, asphalted and partly with three separate paths for pedestrians, skaters and cyclists. Good starting point for a ride along the Ruhr Valley …

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