Heap Kissinger height
39 hectares of land, 55 meters high: The statistics for the Kissingerhöhe, a tailings dump that was heaped up between 1974 and 1998, are absolutely presentable. However, other figures are really impressive: 17 kilometers of hiking and Nordic walking trails have now been laid out, and 500.000 trees and bushes have been planted. The result: an exciting recreation area that has had its own landmark with the orange "Halden sign" since 2018.
Slate and sandstone, so-called "deaf rock" from coal mining, form the "foundation" of the Kissinger Höhe, which was created by the nearby Ost mine. This was created by bringing together several independent works, including Heinrich Robert, Königsborn, Werne, Monopol, Grimberg 3/4, Victoria 1/2 and Haus Aden. Around 470 million tons of coal have been mined here since mining began before the turn of the century. In 2010, the Ost mine was shut down. The development agency "CreativRevier Heinrich Robert", founded in 2017, is to convert the site into a residential and commercial area. Nevertheless, the conversion of the former mining heap has already been successful: The Kissinger Höhe with its three peaks is a sought-after destination in the region and a popular Nordic walking area with designated routes. A mining educational trail with trams, pulleys, buckets, grabs and electric locomotives is a reminder of the site's past.
Embedded in the Lippepark Hamm, the Kissinger Höhe was equipped with a so-called "Halden sign" in 2018. The orange, accessible spiral serves both as a viewing platform and as a landmark. The company Berghaus Architekten from Hamm won the "Halde2015" competition in 5 with their unusual design. In the future, the "Haldenzeichen" will mark all five heaps of the "Haldenfamilie" in the Lippepark Hamm.
The site and the heap with the various works of art, the barefoot path and heap signs are freely accessible XNUMX hours a day, all year round.
