Best forest trails in Unstrut-Hainich

Barrier-free nature trail in the Hainich National Park. Enchanted forest giants. Talking ravens. Root dwarves. White women in the mist. Whispering branches. Good fairies. The jungle is deep and dark, and suddenly a wonderful clearing opens up unexpectedly. A fairytale forest. Anyone who enters the Hainich Forest is transformed - one way or another. The fact that the Hainich Forest is so unique also makes it a place of fond memories: of childhood, of carefree times in nature and of fairy...

Varied, idyllic hiking trail in the Hainich National Park. The Saugrabenweg circular hiking trail is signposted with the "wild boar" symbol. The beautiful loop leads through the Brunstal valley in Mülverstedter Holz. The beech forests here in the Hainich National Park are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hike can be started from the "Am Zollgarten" car park near Kammerforst or from the "Fuchsfarm" car park directly at the "Brotzeit Fuchsfarm" snack bar and takes around 3 hours. Sturdy...

Family-friendly circular hiking trail in the Hainich National Park, Thuringia The Hünenteich hiking trail is a certified quality trail in the Hainich National Park. Over a short distance, this circular hike gives an impressive impression of the varied and wild nature of the Hainich. You walk through unspoilt beech forests, which are under special protection as part of the Wartburg-Hainich UNESCO World Heritage region, and pass alder quarries and old orchards. Geological highlights such as...

Popular circular hiking trail on two well-known long-distance hiking trails This hike starts at the Weberstedt hiking car park. From here, the hike initially follows the route of the Hainichland Trail into the UNSECO World Heritage Site "Ancient Beech Forests of Germany". After a while, the route then turns off onto the Rennstieg before finally following the route of the Hainichland Trail again.

Popular circular trail in the Hainich National Park Eight pre-Christian sanctuaries are presented on the Germanic Cult Trail, but these are not reconstructions on authentic sites. Rather, the trail illustrates that the primeval forest was also part of the Germanic world - a world that is documented by the Opfermoor Museum near Niederdorla with artefacts from the Opfermoor. The hike begins at the Rüspelsweg car park (near Flarchheim), but can also be started at Am Zollgarten (near...

Barrier-free nature trail in the Hainich National Park The "Path of Encounter" in Brunstal is one of a total of four "Thuringian Primeval Forest Trails" in the Hainich National Park, a project organised by WWF Germany. The aim of the Thuringian primeval forest trails is to promote acceptance and ecological understanding of forests that are not used for forestry through experiencing them. This route starts at the "Fuchsfarm" hiking car park, two kilometres southwest of Mülverstedt, right...