Best easy trails in Hainich National Park

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...

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...

Temporary hiking trail in the Hainich National Park This hiking trail offers fun for young and old. It shows the natural habitat of the wildcat and is a wonderful addition to a visit to the wildcat village of Hütscheroda. The route begins above the show enclosure in Hütscheroda, the so-called wildcat clearing, not far from the wildcat barn and follows the "wildcat tracks" hiking symbol. There is a slight incline between the wildcat barn and the wildcat clearing at the start of the hike. It...

Barrier-free nature trail in the Hainich National Park There are several educational stations along the trail where you can put your knowledge of the "treasures" of the national park to the test. The route starts at the Mallinde hiking car park near Berka v. d. Hainich on the western edge of the national park. Halfway along, the path leads into a forest meadow, at the edge of which you can already hear the Silberborn spring that gives the trail its name. Above it, a lime tree - the...

Official hiking trail in the Hainich National Park This beautiful route starts at the Harsberg car park and leads along a wide path, always slightly uphill, into the national park. There are two options for the way back to the starting point: the short route leads within the national park via the primeval forest path back to the car park. The longer route leads out of the national park across meadows and fields past a worthwhile viewpoint with an impressive view over the Werra valley. The...

Historical hiking trail in the Hainich National Park near the treetop path From the "Thiemsburg" car park, past the "Old Oak", the thickest tree in the national park with a circumference of 5.45 m, you hike through species-rich mixed deciduous forest with an alder quarry and historical boundary stones. Magnificent meanders and interesting tree shapes can be seen along the Steingraben. Further on, you can discover lush carpets of white March berries in March. The short circular trail is the...

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...

Near-natural hiking trail in the Hainich National Park The 3.5 kilometre trail crosses the road twice. The route is named after the many oak trees along the route. It therefore follows the "acorn" hiking symbol. It starts at the "Thiemsburg" car park not far from the national park centre. Highlights of the hike: - Medieval fortress - Near-natural forest - Hornbeams and copper beeches - Two closely entwined copper beeches - Old copper beech - A detour to the stone ditch

Legendary circular hiking trail in the Hainich National Park The circular hiking trail starts at the Mallinde hiking car park near Berka v.d. Hainich and leads via the legendary Silberborn lime tree and the Sulzrieden deserted settlement along the southern slope of the Burgberg and then back to the hiking car park. Hikers on this trail can clearly recognise the effects of climate change in the Hainich National Park. The route of this path was relocated in April 2020, as the beech trees dying...