Best historic site trails in South Harz Nature Park

Varied circular hiking trail in the Südharz Nature Park, Thuringia A very scenic loop through the southern Harz. On the trail, which leads through idyllic forests from one breathtaking viewpoint to the next, participants of the Harz Hiking Needle will find two stamping points. There are also several QR codes and information boards along the route, which reveal interesting facts about the geology of the region, for example. A short detour to the Rabensteiner Stollen visitor mine is...

Varied, picturesque circular hike in the southern Harz Mountains, Thuringia. A beautiful hike that starts from the car park at Waldbad Neustadt. The trail first leads towards Ebersburg and then on to the Neustadt dam. You return to the starting point of the tour via the Hohnstein ruins. Highlights of the tour: - View of the dam - Idyllic nature - Picturesque landscape

Varied hike through the Southern Harz Nature Park, Saxony-Anhalt This route leads from Wernigerode via the Zillerbach dam and Trautenstein to Nordhausen and can be covered by mountain bike or on foot. Typical Harz mountain landscapes, two large dams, idyllic river valleys and romantic villages make this tour from north to south a real pleasure. There are several charming places to stay overnight and stop for refreshments in the small villages. The route is accessible by bus and train and can...

This route follows stage 6 of the Harzer Grenzweg, a long-distance trail from Hornburg to Tettenborn, beginning in Hohegeiß and ending in Tettenborn. The final segment leads along a forested ridge line through the Green Belt, passing the historic Drei-Länder-Stein monument from 1749 and the remnants of the Wendeleiche viewpoint. Hikers encounter distant views of the Brocken summit before descending through open fields, rural villages, the Sachsensteinhütte, historic gypsum kilns, and the...

Beautiful day trip for cycling from Nordhausen This beautiful circular tour is ideal for a relaxed day trip by bike. It starts and ends in Nordhausen at the railway station. From there, it leads up a slight incline to the Neustadt reservoir, which lies to the north of the starting point. There are a few hills on the tour, such as the Schloßberg and the Heidelberg, which repeatedly provide short, somewhat strenuous passages.

Popular hike in the Harz Nature Park, Thuringia. This hike begins at the Dreiländerstein, the former border point during the division of Germany and since 1990 the border between Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. From here, you walk along the former inner-German border, over the Ehrenberg to Walkenried Monastery. As the monastery was dissolved in the 16th century, only the ruins of the monastery church remain today. A Cistercian museum has been housed in the well-preserved cloister...