Bell trail

Bell trail
Data
length	22 km
location	Saxony , Ore Mountains ( Germany )
Start / finish point	Deutschneudorf
Type	Circular hiking trail
Level of difficulty	light
season	all year round
particularities	Germany's first bell hiking trail

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The first German Glockenwanderweg is an approximately 22 km long circular hiking trail in the Saxon Erzgebirgskreis . It was inaugurated on April 18, 2015. The Glockenwanderweg leads through the villages of Deutschneudorf , Brüderwiese , Deutscheinsiedel , Seiffen , Oberseiffenbach , Oberlochmühle and Deutschkatharinenberg . The name of the hiking trail is derived from the 16 stations on the trail, which leads past various bells . The properties that the bells once and now are intended to have are different. The hikers encountered along the trail prayer, Eternity and Taufglocken and the school, fire, hours, porcelain, art and Häuer bell. For this purpose, some bells were hung on the side of the path in individual and specially built bell stalls.

History and interesting facts

The reason for the creation of the bell hiking trail was the question of what should happen to the old bells of the Deutschneudorfer church after a new bell ring was installed there in 2012. The old cast steel bells were cast in Bochum in 1869 . It was decided to hang the bells on the edge of a hiking trail in newly erected belfry and to create a circular trail with several stations. Three bells were designed by design students at the TU Dresden . All of the bells that have been erected are related to the history of the Saxon border region of the Erzgebirge. The bell hiking trail with its 16 stations today and 4 additional information boards also addresses the mining of copper and tin in the region, which are essential components of bronze bells.

Stations

No	station	place	location	image	comment
1	Bells ringing in the Deutschneudorf church	Deutschneudorf	50 ° 36 '15 "N, 13 ° 27' 46" E
2	Fire bell, old syringe house	Deutschneudorf	50 ° 36 ′ 17 "N, 13 ° 27 ′ 47" E
3	Old baptismal bell, Deutschneudorf	Deutschneudorf	50 ° 36 '36 "N, 13 ° 27' 45" E
4th	Old prayer bell, Brüderwiese	Brothers meadow	50 ° 37 ′ 17 "N, 13 ° 28 ′ 41" E
5	Bells ringing at the Deutscheinsiedel church	German hermit	50 ° 37 '54 "N, 13 ° 29" 37 "E
6th	Sounding toys, Seiffen open-air museum	Seiffen	50 ° 38 ′ 21 "N, 13 ° 28 ′ 46" E		Erzgebirge Open Air Museum Seiffen
7th	Bells of the Seiffen mountain church	Seiffen	50 ° 38 ′ 50 ″ N, 13 ° 27 ′ 6 ″ E		Seiffen mountain church
8th	Zimbelstern on the organ of the Seiffen mountain church	Seiffen	50 ° 38 ′ 50 ″ N, 13 ° 27 ′ 6 ″ E		Zimbelstern
9	Pinge "Geyerin", witness of the tin mining in Seiffen	Seiffen	50 ° 38 ′ 47 "N, 13 ° 27 ′ 15" E		The open-air stage is also the station of the historic mining trail
10	School bell, Oberseiffenbach	Oberseiffenbach	50 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ N, 13 ° 27 ′ 12 ″ E /		Oberseiffenbach cemetery
11	Chapel on the way, Oberlochmühle	Oberlochmühle	50 ° 37 ′ 12 "N, 13 ° 25 ′ 27" E
12	Bell made of Meissen porcelain	Oberlochmühle	50 ° 37 ′ 6 ″ N, 13 ° 25 ′ 30 ″ E
13	Old eternity bell	Deutschkatharinenberg	50 ° 36 ′ 48 ″ N, 13 ° 26 ′ 8 ″ E
14th	Chimney bell	Deutschkatharinenberg	50 ° 36 '44 "N, 13 ° 26" 21 "E		Huthaus Fortunastolln (Adventure Mine Amber Room)
15th	Art bell, Schachtkaue Beyer	Deutschkatharinenberg
16	Hour bell, Anton-Günther-Stein	Deutschneudorf	50 ° 36 '28 "N, 13 ° 27' 26" E		Anton-Günther-Stein hour bell

Web links

Commons : Glockenwanderweg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Bell trail. In: www.seiffen.de. April 18, 2015, accessed November 7, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tourist Information Kurort Seiffen: Fleyer, First German Glockenwanderweg , 2017.
2. ↑ Tourist Information Kurort Seiffen: Fleyer, First German Glockenwanderweg , 2017.