Barefoot path

The soles of the feet painted on the tree to mark the path of the “barefoot wanderfit” health trails in Bad Iburg

On the 3.5 km long barefoot path near Bad Sobernheim in Rhineland-Palatinate.

A barefoot path is a walking route on which special sensory impressions and the associated relaxation can be experienced by walking barefoot . Shorter footpaths with different floor materials, but also kilometer-long barefoot hiking trails are summarized under this term. Such leisure activities serve the purpose of promoting health and exercise skills (not only of children), arousing interest in nature or simply creating original attractions for events or for tourism.

Common Embodiments

Footpath for a street festival

Footpaths

We are happy to set up routes with different materials for events and remove them again after the event. To do this, the materials are placed on fleece webs or in flat boxes or cardboard boxes.

For playgrounds, schoolyards or as a supplement to nature adventure trails , Kneipp or sauna facilities, firmly enclosed path sections with different materials are suitable. Barefoot stretches of around 10 to 100 meters in total are usually laid out here.

“Indian ladder” on the Staufenberg-Nienhagen barefoot path in Lower Saxony

Barefoot hiking trails

Many of the barefoot trails offered as tourist attractions are marked and regularly maintained barefoot hiking trails of 1 to 5 km in length with a path that is well suited for walking barefoot. Local conditions are used to include muddy stretches or stream crossings as experience stations and to set up sensing routes from materials typical of the landscape. Balancing routes over differently arranged tree trunks or boulders also provide variety.

There is also hiking literature describing barefoot trails of varying difficulty and hiking guides who offer barefoot hikes.

Barefoot parks

If a barefoot path in a larger area with a wide range of experience options such as feeling paths is equipped with a variety of materials, experience stations, playground elements, perception stations for all the senses, Kneipp opportunities, etc., and is intensively cared for and maintained, the name barefoot park is justified, which some also use Initiatives for their experience offer was chosen.

People like to create barefoot parks as a supplement to spa facilities; for this it is necessary to orientate oneself to a standard which corresponds to the expectations of the visitors. The basis should be a route that is well suited to walking barefoot, one or more kilometers and offers the sensory experience of varied floor coverings and materials. Feeling wood , stones , bark mulch , lawn , clay , mud and water should convey a special stimulus, as well as train concentration, strengthen the musculoskeletal system and strengthen the immune system. Furthermore, adventure opportunities such as play and balancing stations and water experiences ( treading water ) should be included. An essential criterion must be regular care and maintenance that eliminates the risk of injury to visitors and keeps the system in a clean condition.

Barefoot trails that are important for tourism

Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Barefoot Park Dornstetten (length 2.4 km)
Park with all the senses, Gutach (Black Forest Railway) (length 2.1 km)
Barefoot path Kohlplattenwald, Ötisheim (length 1.5 km)
Zeller barefoot path, Zell-Weierbach (length 1 km)
Tieringen barefoot path (length 900 m)
experience trail Hechingen (length 895 m)
Barefoot path in the Bad Bellingen spa gardens (length 800 m)
Barefoot path Creglingen (length 800 m)
Muggenbrunn barefoot path, Todtnau (length 600 m)
Bad Säckingen barefoot path (length 400 m)

Bavaria

On the barefoot path near Spalt in Middle Franconia (Bavaria)

Seeblick barefoot hiking trail in Taching am See (length 5.3 km)
Bad Bayersoien barefoot course (length 1.9 km)
Panorama barefoot hiking trail on the Kranzberg near Mittenwald (length 1.6 km)
Barefoot path in the Bad Wörishofen spa park (length 1.5 km)
Barefoot and Naturlebnispfad Windelsbach (length 1,5 km)
Barefoot Wonnen-Weg on Brombachsee near Spalt (length 1.3 km)
Barefoot path in the nature education area of the Center for Environment and Culture in Benediktbeuern (length 400 m)

Brandenburg

Brandenburg's first barefoot hiking trail in Bad Belzig (length 8.6 km)
Barefoot Park Beelitz-Heilstätten (length 3.1 km)
Barefoot adventure park Uckermark Gerswalde (length 800 m)
Barefoot path Dannenwalde (Gransee) (length 750 m)

Hesse

Bad Orb barefoot path (length 4 km)
Barefoot path Hoher Meißner (length 1.5 km)
Hofbieber barefoot adventure trail (length 1 km)
Kneipp barefoot path in Bad Schwalbach (length 750 m)
Barefoot adventure trail in the spa gardens of Bad Endbach (length 550 m)

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Barefoot path in the IGA Park , Rostock (length 2 km)

Lower Saxony

Barefoot Park Egestorf in Lower Saxony

Barefoot path "Von Korffscher Weg" in Oederquart (4 km circular hiking trail)
Health trails "barefoot wanderfit" in Bad Iburg (length 3.2 km or 2.2 and 1.4 km)
Barefoot Park Lüneburg Heath in Egestorf (length 2.7 km)
Barefoot path Staufenberg- Nienhagen (length 2.5 km)
Barefoot Park Harkebrugge in Barßel (length 1.6 km)
Barefoot path in the TreeRock adventure park Hochsolling in Silberborn (length 900 m)
Barefoot Park Uslar (length 500 m)
Barefoot and information path Wacholderhain Merzen -Plaggenschale (length 500 m)
Four hundred water barefoot path in Bad Bodenteich (length 400 m)

North Rhine-Westphalia

Barefoot on the ant trail at Nottkamp in Schermbeck (length 4.2 km)
Barefoot park and barefoot path on the Kissinger Höhe in Hamm (length 2.5 km)
Tilbeck barefoot walk in Havixbeck (2.5 km)
Barefoot path Elten in Emmerich (length 1.8 km)
Barefoot Park Lienen (length 1 km)
Barefoot path in Jungbornpark Repelen in Moers (length 1 km)
Adventure barefoot path in the Bad Wünnenberg spa park (length 900 m)
Barefoot path on the Rothaarsteig in Langewiese near Winterberg (length 600 m)

Rhineland-Palatinate

Barefoot path in the Ludwigshafen-Rheingönheim wildlife park in Rhineland-Palatinate

Barefoot path Bad Sobernheim (length 3.5 km)

Barefoot path Ludwigswinkel (length 1.6 km)

Barefoot path in the multi-generation park Grenderich (length 1.5 km)

Hillesheim barefoot path (Eifel) (length 1.5 km)

Adventure barefoot path at the Höhenhof in Holzbach (length 1.5 km)

Schillingen barefoot path (length 1.5 km)

Thalfang barefoot path (length 1.2 km)

Barefoot path at the sand meadow pond in Sankt Martin (Palatinate) (length 500 m)

Saarland

Barefoot hiking trail Waldhölzbach in Losheim am See (length 1.7 km)

Saxony

Barefoot path through the Wettinhain in Burgstädt (length 2.5 km)
Barefoot path on the Mandau in Mittelherwigsdorf (length 1 km)
Erlbach barefoot path (length 600 m)

Schleswig-Holstein

BARFUSSpark Schwackendorf in Hasselberg (length 1.5 km)
Barefoot path in Todesfelde (length 1.3 km)

Thuringia

Barefoot Panorama Trail Frankenheim (length 2.9 km)
Barefoot Park Lohmühle in Georgenthal (length 800 m)

Austria

Moor treading pool on the barefoot path of the Hexenwasser near Söll in Tyrol

Hexenwasser near Söll in Tyrol
Wenigzell Barefoot Park in Styria
Bizauer Moos barefoot path in Bizau , Vorarlberg
Cross-border barefoot path Schrattenberg - Valtice
Romantic Bründlweg (10 km) on the Pogusch between St. Lorenzen in Mürz Valley and Turnau, Styria

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : Pictures of Barefoot Paths - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Wikibooks: Walking barefoot - learning and teaching materials

Barefoot park guide

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[Wenigzell-64] Kleine Zeitung, Graz, July 7, 2009: We walked barefoot through Wenigzell

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