Football route NRW

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Football route NRW
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overall length 825 km
location North Rhine-Westphalia
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Map of the German Football Route NRW
Starting point Aachen
Target point Bielefeld
Places along the way Cologne - Leverkusen - Mönchengladbach - Krefeld - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Duisburg - Oberhausen - Essen - Gelsenkirchen - Bochum - Dortmund - Münster
Connection to Green route in Aachen;
Rhine cycle path in Cologne, Leverkusen, Düsseldorf and Duisburg
Fietsallee on the north canal in Mönchengladbach


Vennbahn (cycle path) in Aachen

ADFC certification ADFC quality cycle route with four stars
Website URL German soccer route

The German Football Route NRW is a holiday route in North Rhine-Westphalia on the subject of football, intended as an adventure cycle path . Over a length of 825 km, it connects 15 cities whose traditional associations have achieved national and international fame and leads from Aachen via the Rhineland , the Lower Rhine , the Ruhr area and the Münsterland to Bielefeld . The course of the German Football Route NRW is signposted via the NRW cycle traffic network and therefore largely follows existing cycle paths or asphalt farm roads that are closed to general vehicle traffic. Therefore, this holiday route is not suitable for driving down by car. It is planned to signpost a car route.

Emergence

The German Football Route NRW was developed by the WFLV in cooperation with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the North Rhine-Westphalia Tourismus eV based on an idea by Gregor Gdawietz, Managing Director of the WFLV. The basic idea of ​​this route was to select 15 cities in North Rhine-Westphalia whose football clubs have achieved national or international fame, so that a guided tour through North Rhine-Westphalia is created.

In the individual cities, in turn, the history of the Heimatverein is explained on the basis of eleven information boards placed in important places for the association. The importance of the square for the club itself is also listed on the boards. Further information about the association and the city is available free of charge from the tourist information brochures. In addition, detailed city ​​guides on the German Football Route NRW have been published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag for all 15 cities . They are available in bookshops at a price of 6.95 euros.

In addition to the representation of football in NRW, the promotion of tourism is also a concern of this German Football Route NRW . Michael Vesper , North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister of Sports at the time , said on the point of promoting tourism that this route for North Rhine-Westphalia will be "something like the wine route for Rhineland-Palatinate" . In order to achieve this funding, the 11 selected places were linked to the local tourist offers.

The German Football Route NRW was opened on June 15, 2005 as part of the Confederations Cup 2005 with its first stop in Cologne by Lord Mayor Fritz Schramma and Association President Hermann Korfmacher . In the course of a year, the remaining 14 stations on the route were opened, the last station on June 8, 2006 in Aachen.

Stations of the German Football Route NRW

The 15 stations of the German Football Route NRW are listed below in the order of the official numbering. The numbering starts at the westernmost station Aachen and ends in East Westphalia in Bielefeld.

Aachen

The soccer route stations in Aachen were opened on June 8, 2006 by Jürgen Linden , Lord Mayor of Aachen, Bernd Maas, Managing Director TSV Alemannia Aachen, Alfred Vianden, Member of the WFLV Presidium and Gregor Gdawietz, Managing Director of the WFLV.

The Aachen Cathedral, the fifth station in Aachen

The following eleven stations can be found within Aachen:

  1. Aachen Central Station
  2. Karmeliterstrasse
  3. Aachen brewery
  4. Elisenbrunnen
  5. Aachen Cathedral
  6. Town Hall and Town Hall Square
  7. Dorint Sofitel Quellenhof Aachen
  8. Carolus Thermen
  9. Tivoli
  10. House of Alemannia fans

Cologne

Georeferencing Map with all coordinates in Cologne: OSM


Cologne was the first stop on the German Football Route NRW and was opened on June 15, 2005 by Fritz Schramma , Lord Mayor of Cologne, Association President Hermann Korfmacher and Gregor Gdawietz.

The RheinEnergieStadion, home ground of 1. FC Köln and station number 3 in Cologne

The following ten stations can be found within Cologne:

  1. Cologne Cathedral : The towers of Cologne Cathedral are shown in the club crest of 1. FC Cologne . In 1983, the funeral service for the master trainer Hennes Weisweiler was held here.World icon
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  2. Sportklause Nelles World icon
  3. Rheinenergiestadion : The stadium, which is mainly used by 1. FC Köln , was opened in 2004 and has a capacity of 50,000.World icon
  4. 1. FC Köln Museum: The museum is located under the north stand of the RheinEnergieStadions and shows numerous exhibits from the club's history. This also includes the coin that caused the defeat against Liverpool by a coin toss by the referee in the quarter-finals of the European Cup.World icon
  5. German sports university World icon
  6. Geißbockheim: The club home of 1. FC Köln named after the mascot billy goat Hennes .World icon
  7. South Stadium World icon
  8. Südfriedhof
  9. German Sport & Olympic Museum
  10. town hall

Leverkusen

The Leverkusen station was opened on March 9, 2006, the second after Cologne, by Lord Mayor Ernst Küchler and the Vice President of the WFLV, Karl-Josef Tanas and Gregor Gdawietz.

The BayArena, station number 2 in Leverkusen and home ground Bayer 04 Leverkusen

The following eleven stations can be found within Leverkusen:

  1. Morsbroich Castle
  2. BayArena
  3. Office Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the BayArena
  4. Lindner Hotel BayArena
  5. CaLevornia leisure pool
  6. Havana restaurant
  7. town hall
  8. Forum Leverkusen
  9. Neuland Park
  10. Bayer Casino
  11. Youth Football Center Kurtekotten

Mönchengladbach

On March 27, 2006 the Mönchengladbach station was opened by WFLV Vice President Walter Hützen , Lord Mayor Norbert Bude and Borussia Mönchengladbach President Rolf Königs and Gregor Gdawietz.

Station number 8: Rheydt Castle

The following eleven stations can be found within Mönchengladbach:

  1. Bökelberg
  2. Borussia Park
  3. Restaurant "Alt Eicken"
  4. town hall
  5. Holiday Inn
  6. old market
  7. Fan house and fishing grounds at Borussia Park
  8. Rheydt Castle
  9. Main cemetery
  10. Rheydt main station
  11. Memorial in Borussia Park

Krefeld

As the third from last station, Krefeld was opened on June 6, 2006 by Lord Mayor Gregor Kathstede and Gregor Gdawietz.

Linn Castle, seventh stop in Krefeld

The following eleven stations can be found within Krefeld:

  1. Grotenburg Stadium
  2. Training area / stadium "Lassenhofweg"
  3. Town hall / market square Uerdingen
  4. Silk weaver house
  5. Krefeld Zoo
  6. Bayer chemical park
  7. Linn Castle
  8. Central Station
  9. Horse racing track
  10. Wilhelmshöhe restaurant
  11. Restaurant Kleinlosen

Dusseldorf

With Düsseldorf, the penultimate station of the German Football Route NRW was opened on June 7, 2006 . Mayor Joachim Erwin , the chairman of the board of Fortuna Düsseldorf Peter Frymuth , vice-president of the WFLV Walter Hützen and managing director of the WFLV, Gregor Gdawietz, unveiled the ten other information boards that were attached to the town hall.

Fortuna Düsseldorf's home ground: The ESPRIT arena

The following eleven stations can be found within Düsseldorf:

  1. Dusseldorf Airport
  2. ESPRIT arena / Rheinstadion
  3. Hotel Hilton
  4. Town hall / market square
  5. District Court
  6. Benrather Hof (today: Sevens)
  7. City Museum Düsseldorf
  8. MedienHafen (see Düsseldorf-Hafen )
  9. Central Station
  10. Hoffelder Hof
  11. Paul Janes Stadium

Wuppertal

On July 1, 2006, the information board attached to the town hall was replaced by the mayor Peter Jung and the then President of Wuppertaler SV Borussia , Friedhelm Runge , the WFLV presidium member, Dieter Stagm and the managing director of the WFLV, Gregor, in place of the other boards installed in Wuppertal Gdawietz, revealed.

The historic town hall is one of the eleven stations in Wuppertal

The following eleven stations can be found within Wuppertal:

  1. Stadium at the zoo
  2. Zoo restaurants
  3. University hall
  4. Historic town hall
  5. Administration house in Elberfeld
  6. Wicküler City
  7. Elberfeld Central Station
  8. Oberbarmen Bahnhof suspension railway station
  9. Town hall Barmen
  10. Uellendahl district sports facility
  11. Hotel Horather Schanze

Duisburg

The Duisburg station on the German Football Route NRW was opened on April 25, 2006 in the presence of Mayor Adolf Sauerland , MSV Duisburg President Walter Hellmich , Hermann Korfmacher (President of the WFLV) and Gregor Gdawietz, Managing Director of the WFLV.

First stop in Duisburg: The MSV Arena

The following eleven stations can be found within Duisburg:

  1. MSV arena
  2. Sports school Wedau
  3. Duisburg Zoo
  4. Duisburg Central Station
  5. Mercatorhalle in the CityPalais
  6. Steigenberger Duisburger Hof
  7. town hall
  8. "The record"
  9. Duisburg inner harbor
  10. Training ground and clubhouse
  11. Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord

Oberhausen

On May 15, 2006, Mayor Klaus Wehling and the President of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen , Dirk Buttler, unveiled the information board at the town hall on behalf of the other ten in the city. On the part of the WFLV, Hermann Korfmacher, President of the WFLV and Gregor Gdawietz, Managing Director of the WFLV, were present.

The following eleven stations can be found within Oberhausen:

  1. Central Station
  2. Old market
  3. Training ground, office and fan shop
  4. Luise Albertz Hall
  5. town hall
  6. Oberhausen Theater
  7. New center of Oberhausen
  8. Best Western Park Hotel Oberhausen
  9. Niederrhein Stadium
  10. Oberhausen Castle
  11. Rhenish Industrial Museum

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With the unveiling of the information board at the Philharmonie Essen Saalbau by Mayor Wolfgang Reiniger , the Essen station was opened on May 18, 2006. Other guests present were ex-soccer professional Frank Mill, the managing director of Rot-Weiss Essen , Nico Schäfer , as well as Hans-Jürgen Weber, member of the executive committee of the WFLV and Gregor Gdawietz, managing director of the WFLV.

Helmut Rahn's monument at the Georg-Melches-Stadion, the first stop in Essen

The following eleven stations can be found within Essen:

  1. Georg Melches Stadium
  2. Matthew Cemetery
  3. Friesenstube
  4. Grugahalle
  5. Villa Huegel / Restaurant Huegoloss
  6. Uhlenkrug stadium
  7. Essen Philharmonic Hall building
  8. Central Station
  9. Essen Town Hall
  10. Kennedyplatz
  11. Zeche Zollverein

Gelsenkirchen

Mayor Frank Baranowski opened the eleventh station of the German Football Route NRW on May 9, 2006 in the presence of Schalke 04 President Gerhard Rehberg and WFLV officials Hermann Korfmacher and Gregor Gdawietz .

The Parkstadion, the former venue of Schalke 04, is a station in Gelsenkirchen

The following eleven stations can be found within Gelsenkirchen:

  1. Central Station
  2. Border road
  3. East cemetery
  4. Schalke Market
  5. Fan bar "Auf Schalke"
  6. Glückauf-Kampfbahn
  7. Veltins Arena
  8. Schalke Museum
  9. S04 office and fan shop
  10. Park Stadium
  11. the small museum

Bochum

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On May 30, 2006, Mayor Ottilie Scholz unveiled the information board attached to the town hall, thus opening the Bochum station. Other guests at the unveiling were VfL Bochum's supervisory board chairman Werner Altegoer and the president of city rival SG Wattenscheid 09 , Rüdiger Knaup . The WFLV was represented by its President Hermann Korfmacher and Managing Director Gregor Gdawietz.

The following eleven stations can be found within Bochum:

  1. town hall
  2. VfL fan booth
  3. Central Station
  4. Moritz Fiege private brewery
  5. Rewirpowerstadion
  6. Zoo and fossilium Bochum
  7. Centennial Hall
  8. Klaus Steilmann GmbH & Co. KG
  9. Propstei St. Gertrud
  10. Town hall Wattenscheid
  11. Lohrheidestadion

Dortmund

Mayor Gerhard Langemeyer opened the station in Dortmund together with Reinhard Rauball , President of Borussia Dortmund , on May 15, 2006. President Hermann Korfmacher and Managing Director Gregor Gdawietz were present from the official side of the WFLV.

The "Rote Erde" stadium is the eighth station in Dortmund. In the background you can see the current BVB stadium, the Westfalenstadion.

The following eleven stations can be found within Dortmund:

  1. Central Station
  2. French fries red and white
  3. Borsigplatz
  4. Hoeschpark
  5. Park Inn Dortmund City Center
  6. Town hall on Friedensplatz
  7. Messe Westfalenhallen Dortmund
  8. Red Earth Stadium
  9. Westfalenstadion
  10. Megastore and Hall of Fame
  11. Casino Hohensyburg

Muenster

The penultimate station of the German Football Route NRW in Münster was opened on June 3, 2006 with the unveiling of the information board at the town hall by Lord Mayor Berthold Tillmann together with Georg Krimphove , member of the Presidium of Preußen Münster . Klaus Jahn as a member of the executive committee of the WFLV and WFLV managing director Gregor Gdawietz were officially present.

The Westphalian Wilhelms University is a station in Münster

The following eleven stations can be found within Münster:

  1. Westphalian Wilhelms University
  2. Aawiesen
  3. historical town hall
  4. Johann-Conrad-Schlaun-Gymnasium
  5. Felix "Fiffi" ​​Gerritzen residence
  6. Central Station
  7. Hall Münsterland
  8. WestLotto
  9. Office of SC Preußen 06 Münster
  10. Municipal Prussian Stadium
  11. Old Mill

Bielefeld

The 15th and last station of the German Football Route NRW was opened on May 30, 2006 by Mayor Eberhard David and Arminia Bielefeld's President Hans-Hermann Schwick when they unveiled the information board at the Sparrenburg . The WFLV was represented by chairman Manfred Knipping and managing director Gregor Gdawietz.

The Sparrenburg is one of the eleven stations in Bielefeld

The following eleven stations can be found within Bielefeld:

  1. SchücoArena (traditionally 'Alm')
  2. Tinneff (formerly the Arminia Bielefeld club )
  3. Sparrenburg
  4. town hall
  5. Theater on the old market
  6. Kesselbrink
  7. City Hall
  8. Central Station
  9. Seidensticker hall
  10. Rußheide Stadium
  11. Training grounds Arminia Bielefeld

literature

  • German soccer route. Adventure bike path NRW. Cycle tour map 1: 75,000 (with booklet). BVA Bielefelder Verlagsanstalt, Bielefeld 2014, ISBN 978-3-87073-475-6 .
  • Gregor Gdawietz, Roland Leroi: German Football Route NRW - a project of the West German Football and Athletics Association. In: Dieter H. Jütting (Ed.): Football in the West. Empirical studies and association projects (= Edition Global-Local Sport Culture , Volume 22). Waxmann, Münster a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8309-1830-1 , pp. 209-218.

Web links

Commons : Football route NRW  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ New ADFC quality cycle route in NRW awarded at www.adfc-nrw.de, accessed on January 28, 2018
  2. ↑ Auto-Route on deutsche-fussballroute.de, accessed on January 28, 2018
  3. ^ Starting shot for the football route project , on de.fifa.com, accessed on May 31, 2019
  4. ↑ German football route: List of cities with their stations ( memento from September 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 10, 2018
  5. ↑ Fan bar "Auf Schalke": Neuer Lächter, on sfcv.de, accessed on May 31, 2019
  6. ↑ NRW GERMAN FUSSBALLROUTE , on www.dortmund-tourismus.de, accessed on June 10, 2018

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '1.4 "  N , 7 ° 3' 0.2"  E