Wet triangle

Name: Wet triangle
Address: Am Hafen 15, Hörstel, Steinfurt, 48477, Deutschland
Telephone: +49 (0) 5454 9111 12

Am Hafen 15, 48477 Hörstel

Vantage point/Observation tower

The Wet Triangle connects the Mittelland Canal with the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Bergeshövede. The important account point for inland navigation is also known as a popular destination for tourists. With its red lookout pavilion and memorial stone, the Red Triangle makes a nice stop on a cycling or hiking tour through Münsterland.

History

The Nasse Dreieck was built in 1916 in the Bergeshövede district of Hörstel. The idea was to link the newly built Mittelland Canal with the Dortmund-Ems Canal inaugurated by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1899. And so it came to pass. After nine years of construction, the Bevergern-Minden section was opened in 1915 and the Minden-Hanover section the following year.

The Nasse Dreieck developed further in the following years with a lock and several bridges. Restaurants and other businesses followed. Today, only the harbour and a bunker station still bear witness to this. The emergence of motorised self-propelled boats declined and towboat navigation in the canals was discontinued.

Therefore, the Wet Triangle lies in idyllic tranquillity today. With the covered lookout point "Red Box" at the Wet Triangle, there is nevertheless plenty to discover on your own cycling or walking tour.

Map

Wet triangle

Am Hafen 15, 48477 Hörstel

Contact Person

Stadtmarketing Hörstel UG

Details

Price Info

Admission
Free admission: 0 €

Direction

Arrival
By car:
The Nasse Dreieck can be reached quickly via the A30.
Take exit 10 Hörstel in the direction of Hörstel/Hopsten.
Turn right onto Bergeshöveder Straße.
Just before the Mittellandkanal turn right again onto Huckbergstraße and follow the road until you reach your destination.
By public transport:
Take the train (RB65, RE15) to Rheine.
From there take the train RB61 or RE60 and get off at "Hörstel".
Continue with the taxi shuttle T60(guests must call the operator themselves) to "Bevergern Altes Amtshaus".
Then 1.2 km walk to the destination.
Parking
There is a free car park a few metres from the Nasssen Dreieck.
Huckbergstraße 99, 48477 Hörstel
This makes the Nasse Dreieck an ideal starting point for a trip to Münsterland.