Bergbauwanderweg Wattenscheid, Mining trail in Bochum, Germany.

The Bergbauwanderweg Wattenscheid is a signposted walking route through the former coal-mining area of Wattenscheid-Eppendorf and Wattenscheid-Höntrop, opened in 1992 and reworked from 2018. It was originally 4.8 km long; since the redesign it is divided into an Eppendorf loop and a Höntrop loop, each walked clockwise from the overview board at Talstraße, corner of Höntroper Straße. Panels mark sites such as the Storksbank adit (1740–1833), the Zechenbahnbrücke of Maria Anna & Steinbank, and the colliery Vereinigte Engelsburg (1829–1961).

The Eppendorfer Heimatverein initiated the trail, supported by RAG Aktiengesellschaft, the NRW-Stiftung, the Fachhochschule Georg Agricola and Deutsche Montan Technologie; the boards were made by the Revierarbeitsgemeinschaft für kulturelle Bergmannsbetreuung in Herne. It was inaugurated on 11 October 1992 and was then 4.8 km long. From 1998 parts were closed on private land and others lost to new housing, and many signs were stolen or illegible. Renewal began in 2018, with six new boards and a route split into an Eppendorf and a Höntrop section; most boards were handed over in December 2020.

The panels were produced by the Revierarbeitsgemeinschaft für kulturelle Bergmannsbetreuung in Herne, and the trail was opened on 11 October 1992 on the initiative of the Eppendorfer Heimatverein. They name the mines with their operating years, such as Zeche Vereinigte Engelsburg (1829–1961) and the Storksbank adit (1740–1833). The route is divided into an Eppendorf loop and a Höntrop loop, both walked clockwise.

The redesigned trail starts at the overview board at Talstraße, corner of Höntroper Straße, and is split into an Eppendorf loop and a Höntrop loop, both walked clockwise. The board for shaft 4 of Zeche Maria Anna & Steinbank still stands at the old start by the Höntroper Straße car park, away from the shaft site itself.

The panel for Zeche Maria Anna & Steinbank shaft 4 is drawn on the overview map at the shaft and the Höntroper Loch, but it actually stands at the old starting point by the car park on Höntroper Straße, with no local connection to its content. The route was reworked from 2018 and split into an Eppendorf loop and a Höntrop loop, both walked clockwise.