museum
Zollverein Coal Mine
A Bauhaus-styled colliery and UNESCO icon of the Ruhr, now a striking park of red walkways, museums and a winter ice rink.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Aplerbeck
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
About Aplerbeck
Aplerbeck sits on the route: 10 minutes from Hacheney, 35km from Zollverein Coal Mine.
Aplerbeck is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 22,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Hacheney, about 4 km away.
Aplerbeck (German pronunciation: [ˈaːplɐbɛk]) is a borough (Stadtbezirk) of the city of Dortmund in the Ruhr district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 1929, it has been a suburb of Dortmund, located in the city's south-east. The river Emscher, a tributary of the Ruhr, crosses Aplerbeck.
Aplerbeck was firstRead more
documented as a village in 899. The place is associated with the death of two martyrs both named Ewald in the 7th century, according to the Golden Legend. Aplerbeck was the location of mining and heavy industry as part of the Ruhr from the 19th century to 1926, resulting in a larger population and the building of a representative town hall and a larger church. A psychiatric hospital of regional importance, founded in 1890, is still in operation, now as LWL-Klinik Dortmund.
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Within an hour or so of Aplerbeck: Zollverein Coal Mine (35 km), Wuppertal Schwebebahn (38 km), Classic Remise Düsseldorf (60 km).
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Aplerbeck is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 4 km from Hacheney.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 21,600
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.4833, 7.5500
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Aplerbeck
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Wuppertal Schwebebahn
The world's oldest electric suspension railway glides above the Wupper River, a 1901 engineering marvel still in daily use.
38 km · about 45 min drive
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Classic Remise Düsseldorf
A magnificent classic car centre in a restored locomotive roundhouse filled with rare vehicles, workshops, and automotive lifestyle shops.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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