Schlaan

Schlaan is a nature reserve in Castrop-Rauxel, Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schlaan is situated nearby to the suburb Behringhausen, as well as near Holthausen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bladenhorst Castle and Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof.

Bladenhorst Castle

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Bladenhorst Castle is a moated castle in the suburbs of the city of Castrop-Rauxel.

Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof

Railway station

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Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the German city of Castrop-Rauxel. It is situated on the S2 line of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, stopping every half hour. Additional, the RE 3 and the RB32 both stop hourly.

Voßnacken

Nature reserve

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Voßnacken is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herne and Gerthe.

Herne

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Herne is a city of 156,000 people in the Ruhr area. Part of the city escaped the extensive bombing that destroyed other Rugr cities in World War II, so there are still many historical buildings, especially in the Herne-Mitte district, many of them from the Wilhelminian era.

Gerthe

Suburb

Gerthe is a part of the city of Bochum in the Ruhr area in Germany. Up to the 19th century Westphalian was spoken here. Gerthe is a district in the working-class north of Bochum, in the northeast, bordering Herne and Castrop-Rauxel.