Sandgrube Homberg
Sandgrube Homberg is a nature reserve in Ratingen, Mettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia. Sandgrube Homberg is situated nearby to the hamlet Oberheide, as well as near Nieder Heide.- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve in Germany
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gräfgenstein Castle and Ratingen Ost Railway Station.
Ratingen Ost Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Stefan Flöper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ratingen Ost is a station situated in Ratingen in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia and is a station of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. It was opened in 1872 as the Ratingen station of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company along with the Ruhr Valley Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mettmann and Ratingen.
Mettmann
Photo: Nils Siebert, Public domain.
Mettmann is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, east of Düsseldorf and west of Wuppertal. It is the capital of the Mettmann district.
Ratingen
Town
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Ratingen is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Heiligenhaus
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heiligenhaus is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the suburban Rhine-Ruhr area. It lies between Düsseldorf and Essen.
Sandgrube Homberg
- Categories: Naturschutzgebiet, protected area, and recreation area
- Location: Ratingen, Mettmann, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.2953° or 51° 17′ 43″ northLongitude
6.9237° or 6° 55′ 25″ eastInception
2003Open location code
9F387WWF+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1370356452OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q62065461
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Sandgrube Homberg” goes by many names.
- German: “Naturschutzgebiet Sandgrube Homberg”
- German: “NSG Sandgrube Homberg”
- German: “Sandgrube Homberg”
- Spanish: “NSG Sandgrube Homberg ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Homberg and Oberheide.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include JoSchänk 64 and Feuerwache Homberg.
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