Hagen

Worth seeing in and around Hagen

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   FernUniversität in Hagen

   The University of Hagen is a public research university that is primarily focused on distance teaching. While its main campus is located in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the university maintains more than 50 study and research centers in Germany and throughout Europe.

   1.4 km · public research university that is primarily focused on distance teaching based in Hagen, Germany · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hengsteysee

   The Hengsteysee is a reservoir on the Ruhr river between the cities of Hagen, Dortmund and Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built in 1929 and is one of five reservoirs on the Ruhr.

   5.5 km · reservoir · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Osthaus-Museum Hagen

   The Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum is an art museum in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The center of the museum is a building whose interior was designed by Henry van de Velde to house Karl Ernst Osthaus' art collection, open to the public as the Museum Folkwang.

   1.4 km · museum in Germany · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hagen Open-air Museum

   The Hagen Westphalian Open-Air Museum is a museum at Hagen in the southeastern Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

   3.6 km · open-air museum in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St. Peter

   Church in Dortmund, Germany

   6.2 km · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Klusenberg

   The Klusenberg is, at 254.33 m above NHN, the highest elevation on the territory of the city of Dortmund. The Klusenberg part of the Ardey Hills lies west of the Hohensyburg.

   6.2 km · mountain in Germany · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Syberg

   The Syberg is a hill in the Ruhr in the southern part of Dortmund, 240 m above sea level, which is part of the Ardey Hills. The Syberg is home to the Sigiburg, the Vincke Tower, a monument to Emperor William I and other points of interest.

   6 km · mountain in Germany · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Theater Hagen

   Hagen Theatre is a performance venue in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It offers musical theatre, ballet, plays, children's and young people's theatre, and concerts by the Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen.

   1.4 km · theatre and opera hosue in Hagen, Germany · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Elsey Abbey

   Elsey Abbey, earlier Elsey Priory, is a former women's religious house located near Elsey, now part of Hohenlimburg, Hagen, Germany. It was founded in about 1220 by Friedrich von Isenberg for Premonstratensian canonesses and endowed with the local parish church and other possessions.

   5.5 km · Monastery · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Mahnmal Bittermark

    The Mahnmal Bittermark is a memorial place in Bittermark, a borough in the city of Dortmund, Germany. The place commemorates about 300 people killed by the Gestapo in Bittermark city forest and in the Rombergpark between March 7 and April 12, 1945.

    9.1 km · memorial place in Dortmund · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Castles

1. 01
   Schloss Hohenlimburg

   Alter Schlossweg 30,.

2. 02
   Wasserschloss Werdringen

   Werdringen 1,.

3. 03
   Saint Johannis
4. 04
   LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen
5. 05
   Osthaus Museum Hagen

   Art gallery at Hagen-City, the world's first Museum of contemporary art in 1902.

6. 06
   Emil Schumacher Museum

   Museumsplatz 2,.

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Things to do

Walking in the hills surrounding the city centre, with an excellent network of hiking trails. Cycling along the rivers flowing through the city, and along the adjacent lakes of the Ruhr valley, like the

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Where to eat

1. 01
   Cafe Bistro Mundial

   Potthofstr.

2. 02
   Mykonos

   Hohenlimburger Str.

3. 03
   Kipos

   Dödterstr.10,.

4. 04
   La Fontana

   Helferstr.

5. 05
   Vapiano Hagen

   Elbersufer 1/Märkischer Ring 88, 58095 Hagen, hagen1@vapiano.de.

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Getting to Hagen

Airports

Dortmund (DTM), 19 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 51 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 61 km

Stations

Hagen Central Station, 1.6 km · Wetter (Ruhr) station, 7.1 km · Hagen-Wehringhausen station, 2.8 km · Schwerte (Ruhr) station, 9.8 km · Hagen-Westerbauer station, 6.6 km

• Düsseldorf → Hagen

  51 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · €6–9
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• Köln (Cologne) → Hagen

  61 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · €8–11
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• Büren → Hagen

  78 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · €10–13
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