Ennepe-Ruhr District: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Ennepe-Ruhr District combines historic old towns with half-timbered architecture, industrial heritage and Bergisch slate houses. For travellers interested in historic townscapes and regional architectural heritage, these features provide a specific point of reference.

You can rent a holiday apartment in the Ennepe-Ruhr District.

For further location options, visit the pages for Breckerfeld, Ennepetal, Gevelsberg, Hattingen, Herdecke, Schwelm, Sprockhövel, Wetter and Witten.

Nature

The Ennepe-Ruhr District is promoted as the green part of the Ruhr region in central North Rhine-Westphalia and presented as a region of rivers, lakes and wooded hilly landscapes.

The district's visitor landscape includes the Ruhr and several reservoirs, which are used for boat trips and water-based leisure activities.

Geographical Location

In the surrounding area, the Hardenstein Ruins, approximately 8.5 km to the north, Blankenstein Castle, approximately 10.1 km to the northwest, the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum, approximately 17.7 km to the northwest, and Rodenberg House, approximately 21.8 km to the northeast, are mentioned as named points. The named elevations Winterberg, approximately 9.2 km to the west, Nacken, approximately 9.2 km to the northeast, Buscherberg, approximately 9.4 km to the east, and Käseberg, approximately 9.5 km to the southeast, are also included.

Activities

Regional tourism information lists numerous hiking trails, bouldering and climbing experiences, cycling tours, canoeing and water sports in the Ennepe-Ruhr District. Visitor-oriented material from the region also highlights old castles, moated castles and industrial monuments. Published hiking material includes twenty routes in the Ennepe-Ruhr District, including Ruhrside routes as well as valley, Wupper and mining-history routes.

Between Wetter and Herdecke, Avalonia is described as a bouldering area with around 200 routes on sandstone, siltstone and claystone.

Cycling Routes

The Ruhr Valley Cycle Route runs through the Ennepe-Ruhr area between Hattingen, Witten, Wetter (Ruhr) and Herdecke; along the route, you will find former railway lines and paths beside the river.

The regional cycling options include the Ennepe Loop, From the Ruhr to the Ruhr and routes with gentle gradients on former railway tracks.

Local Life

The historic town centres of the Ennepe-Ruhr leisure region offer dining options described as „cosy dining establishments“.

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