Discover 7 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Lünen (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Horstmarer See, Stadtkirche Sankt Georg, and Cappenberger See. Also, be sure to include Seepark Horstmar in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Lünen (North Rhine-Westphalia).
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Horstmarer See
Lake Horstmar is a lake of about nine hectares in the Lünen Seepark in the Lünen district of Horstmar. It borders directly on the Datteln-Hamm canal and is located on the area of the former Landesgartenschau Lünen.
It is not normally fed by the Datteln-Hamm Canal, but there is an access that can be opened if the water loss is too great; however, in the past this has never been necessary.
The lake was created from a former mining subsidence area and agricultural land and was renaturalized or created for the State Garden Show in 1996. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Prussian harbor and Schwansbell Castle.
Stadtkirche Sankt Georg
The Protestant City Church is a listed church building at St.-Georg-Kirchplatz 1 in Lünen, a town in the Unna district.
Address: St.-Georg-Kirchplatz 1, Lünen
Cappenberger See
Lake Cappenberg was formed by the expansion of a former dredge hole and is located in Lünen in the Nordlünen statistical district, one of the three former villages of the former Altlünen municipality.
Address: Cappenberger See 1, Lünen
Seepark Horstmar
Seepark Lünen is a park landscape in the Lünen district of Horstmar. A large area is occupied by the nine-hectare Horstmar Lake.
The park was created as part of the State Garden Show in 1996 on a former mining area of the Preußen colliery. The grounds of Seepark Lünen are located directly on the Datteln-Hamm Canal. On the other side of the canal is Schwansbell Castle. The park has an area of 63 hectares.
The center of the park is Lake Horstmar with a water surface of nine hectares. The southern part of the lake is designated as a nature reserve, while the northern shore serves as a lido. In addition, a natural amphitheater with grass steps was created in the so-called Horstmarer Loch, a depression caused by mining. Together with the Prussian dump, this shows the ups and downs of the landscape changed by mining.
In October 2007, the first disc golf course in North Rhine-Westphalia was inaugurated in a part of the lake park and has since enriched the leisure offer.
The Lünen lake park and the Prussia slag heap are part of the Route of Industrial Heritage. From October 1, 2020, swimming in the lake will be allowed again.
Address: Schwansbeller Weg/Baukelweg, 44532 Lunen
Hansesaal Lünen
Address: Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 41, Lünen
Christuskirche Horstmar
The Christuskirche in the Lüner district of Horstmar is a Protestant church that was consecrated in 1913. The church and the parsonage are listed buildings and were chosen as monument of the month by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe in January 2009.
The church is located in the immediate vicinity of the Ludwig-Uhland-Realschule (LUR) and the bus stop Horstmar, Realschule, which is served by line R11 of the Verkehrsgesellschaft Kreis Unna (VKU).
Address: Preußenstraße 170, 44532 Lünen
Bürgerhaus Horstmar
Address: Lanstroperstr. 6, Lünen