Haard forest edge
To the north, the town ends at the Haard, a large wooded area where only thin forest paths cross the map, creating a quiet, open half of the image.
Minimalist map poster · Germany
51.6420° N / 7.2645° E
A former mining town on the northern edge of the Ruhr, where housing estates meet the wide forest of the Haard.

One city, five moods
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The map
Oer-Erkenschwick lies on the northern edge of the Ruhr area, in the district of Recklinghausen. The town grew from two villages, Oer and Erkenschwick, and the map still shows it: two centres joined by twentieth-century districts. North of the town, the street network stops abruptly where the Haard begins, a large forested upland with a network of paths.
Like much of the Ruhr, the town was shaped by coal mining. Pit sites and miners' housing estates, with their regular rows of streets, defined its growth for decades. Since the mines closed, green corridors and leisure areas have taken over some of that space, while the Haard to the north is now known as a place to hike and cycle.
An Oer-Erkenschwick map poster shows the typical Ruhr contrast between built-up land and open landscape. In the south, the streets are dense and interconnected, and in the north the lines give way to forest paths. The two former village centres give the map two focal points rather than one, which makes the composition unusually balanced.
To the north, the town ends at the Haard, a large wooded area where only thin forest paths cross the map, creating a quiet, open half of the image.
The old centres of Oer and Erkenschwick are still recognisable as separate clusters, linked by the residential districts that grew between them.
The regular rows of streets in former colliery housing estates form small, orderly patterns that recall the town's mining past.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
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Why Oer-Erkenschwick
For people from Oer-Erkenschwick, this map holds both the mining history and the forest on the doorstep. It works well in a hallway, a study or as a gift for someone who has moved away from the Ruhr.
You can personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line, for example with a street, a pit name or a year. Choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, as HD files or as a printed poster.
Oder poster Oer-Erkenschwick| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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