Best short 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 beautiful memories: of childhood, of carefree times in nature and of fairy...

Barrier-free nature trail in the Hainich National Park There are a few teaching stations along the way where you can put your knowledge of the "treasures" of the national park to the test. The route begins at the Mallinde hiking car park near Berka vd Hainich on the western edge of the national park. Halfway the path leads into a forest meadow, at the edge of which you can already hear the rippling of the Silberborn spring, which gives it its name. There has always been a linden tree above...

Temporary hiking trail in the Hainich National Park This hiking trail offers entertainment 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 hiking symbol "Wildcat Tracks". There is a slight incline between the wildcat barn and the wildcat clearing at the beginning of...

Historic 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 diameter of 5.45 m, you hike through a species-rich mixed deciduous forest with an alder quarry and historical boundary stones. Magnificent meanders and interesting tree shapes can be seen at the stone ditch. In the further course you can discover lush white Märzenbecher carpets in March. The short circular route 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 finds from the Opfermoor. The hike begins at the Rüspelsweg hiking parking lot (near Flarchheim), but can also be started at Am Zollgarten (near...

Close-to-nature hiking trail in the Hainich National Park The road has to be crossed twice in the 3.5 km route. The route is named after the many oak trees along the route. Therefore he follows the hiking symbol "acorn". It starts at the "Thiemsburg" car park not far from the national park center. Highlights of the hike: - Medieval refugee castle - Near-natural forest - hornbeams and beeches - Two closely entwined beeches - Old European 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 vd Hainich and leads over the legendary Silberbornlinde and the Sulzrieden desert along the southern slope of the Burgberg and then back to the hiking car park. Those who hike this way can clearly see the effects of climate change in the Hainich National Park. The course of this path was relocated in April 2020, as the beech trees that were dying away on...

Varied hiking trail in the Hainich National Park The short nightingale trail runs exclusively across the open spaces of the southern Kindel, which are structured in a varied way by hedges and groups of bushes. Ornithologists in particular will not tire of discovering here. A hike in the early morning or evening hours is particularly recommended. The route begins at the "Kindel" hiking car park on the B 84 between the towns of Grossenlupnitz and Behringen. Arrived at the highest point of the...

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 Paths" in the Hainich National Park, a project of 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 parking lot, two kilometers southwest of Mülverstedt, right next to the...