One day in Witten 🇩🇪 GERMANY

One day in Witten! 🇩🇪

Witten is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

What to see in one day in Witten?

•The Witten town hall is the seat of the city council and a large part of the city administration of the city of Witten. The town hall, completed in 1926, is registered as a monument in the city's list of monuments.

•The Johanniskirche is a listed, Evangelical Lutheran church building in Witten, in the Ennepe-Ruhr district in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is considered the oldest building in the city.

•The Berger Monument is a lookout tower in Witten in North Rhine-Westphalia. The 21 m high tower is located north of the Ruhr on the foothills of the Ardey Mountains. It is part of the Hohenstein local recreation area, two kilometers southeast of Witten city center, and the industrial culture route with thematic route 12: History and present of the Ruhr.

•The Ruhr is a 219.3 km long, right and eastern tributary of the Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) with a catchment area of 4485 km².

•Hardenstein Castle is a ruined castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The remains lie east of Herbede on the Ruhr River, surrounded by mountains, and are not easily accessible. Nearby ruins show that the castle was once part of an important mining centre, probably dating to the Middle Ages; the earliest records, from the 16th century, support this. The castle features in the legend of the Nibelungs.

•In the Hohenstein game reserve in Witten, parents and children can experience local animals up close. The game reserve is home to 150 animals in ten species. A petting enclosure particularly attracts children. Small goats and sheep want to be petted and fed. Guinea pigs, pigeons and chickens live in the immediate vicinity of the petting enclosure.

•The Märkisches Museum Witten is a museum in Witten. It primarily presents modern German painting.

•The LWL Industrial Museum Zeche Nachtigall is a technical museum in Witten-Bommern. The museum, a branch of the LWL Industrial Museum, is located on the old site of the Nachtigall colliery at Nachtigallstrasse 35–37. Today it is the anchor point of the Industrial Heritage Route and an information center for the Ruhr Area Geopark.

•The Muttental mining hiking trail in the Muttental area in Witten is a nine-kilometer-long circular route south of the Ruhr. This mining trail was created starting in 1972 and was completed in 1977. The showcases are looked after by the Association for the Promotion of Mining Historical Sites in the Ruhr Region.

•Haus Herbede is a manor in the Ruhr Valley and is located in the Herbede district of Witten, not far from Lake Kemnader.

•Lake Kemnader lies between Bochum, Hattingen and Witten. It is the youngest of six Ruhr reservoirs. The construction of the reservoir was part of the Ruhr University's planning. It was created by the Ruhr Association and completed in 1979. The content is around three million cubic meters of water with an average height of 2.4 meters. Hiking and cycling trails surround the lake. The circular route around the reservoir is around eight kilometers long.

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[elsvaughn]

My family lives in Witten. I've never been, but im going this coming spring. I'm pretty excited!

[RudolfLips]

Sehr schöne Musik, stimmt mich melancholisch, stamme aus Witten und hab dort 73 Abi gemacht!😢

[carlosmaia]

Ich besuchte zwischen 1976 und 1982 die Grundschule in Gerristshule und hatte dort einen Lehrer, Herrn Zimmermann. Ich habe es wirklich genossen, in dieser Stadt zu leben.

[Покарител-мм]

Был я Виттене . маленький чистый город

[SternderNacht-ug]

Ja ihre Werke da. Witten nach Feng shui gebaut❤ vieles früher hier❤.