Harzer Klosterwanderweg

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harzer Klosterwanderweg
East view of the Drübeck Monastery
East view of the Drübeck Monastery
Data
length 95 kmdep1
location Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt
Markers Path markers with a red cross in a red circle on a white background
Starting point Goslar
51 ° 54 '34.4 "  N , 10 ° 25' 31.9"  E
Target point Quedlinburg
51 ° 47 '15.1 "  N , 11 ° 8' 1.2"  E
Type Distance hiking trail
particularities for the most part also suitable for cyclists

The Harzer Klosterwanderweg is a 95-kilometer hiking trail on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains . It connects twelve former monasteries and church educational institutions between Goslar in Lower Saxony and the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt.

description

Aerial view of the Wöltingerode monastery (2015)

15 so-called “angel benches” were set up along the hiking trail. Since 2017 there have also been nine red stamp boxes for the Harz hiking pin , which can be collected in a corresponding booklet. A hiking pin with a copper pilgrim's cross is awarded as a badge of achievement if all stamps are verified. In 2019, the monastery hiking trail was expanded by two stamps, so that from now on eleven stamps have to be shown to receive the badge.

The following former monasteries are located on the Harz monastery hiking trail:

Stages

The following stages are proposed on the official website:

  • Neuwerkkirche Goslar - St. Jakobushaus - Grauhof Monastery - Wöltingerode Monastery - Vienenburg (12 km)
  • Vienenburg - Ilsenburg Abbey (20 km)
  • Ilsenburg Abbey - Drübeck Abbey (3.2 km)
  • Drübeck Abbey - Himmelpforten Abbey - Wernigerode (8.7 km)
  • Wernigerode - Michaelstein Monastery - St. Bartholomew Mountain Church in Blankenburg (12 km)
  • Mountain Church of St. Bartholomew in Blankenburg - Wendhusen Monastery in Thale (8.1 mi / 13.1 km)
  • Wendhusen Abbey in Thale - St. Cyriakus Abbey in Gernrode - St. Marien Abbey in Quedlinburg (27 km)

photos

  • North-east view of the Neuwerkkirche Goslar

  • Collegiate Church of St. George and former convent building

  • View of Ilsenburg Monastery from the Buchberg

  • Remnants of the wall of the Himmelpforten monastery

  • Exterior view of the Michaelstein Monastery

  • St. Bartholomew's mountain church below Blankenburg Castle

  • Aerial view of Wendhusen Monastery (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the monastery hiking trail on the Harzer Wanderadel website , accessed on April 25, 2017
  2. ↑ Monastery hiking trail insert (report on the Harzer Wanderadel website) , accessed on April 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ Directions in the official leaflet of the monastery hiking trail (PDF document), accessed on January 22, 2019