Ortloh

Ortloh is a forest in Recklinghausen, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia. Ortloh is situated nearby to the suburb Röllinghausen, as well as near Pöppinghausen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bladenhorst Castle and Bruchwald Brandheide.

Bladenhorst Castle

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

Bruchwald Brandheide

Nature reserve

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Bruchwald Brandheide is a nature reserve.

St. Antonius (Recklinghausen)

Church

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St. Antonius (Recklinghausen) is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herne and Castrop-Rauxel.

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.

Castrop-Rauxel

Town

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Castrop-Rauxel, often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.