Harzer Klosterwanderweg
Harzer Klosterwanderweg | |
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East view of the Drübeck Monastery |
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Data | |
length | 95 km |
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
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:
- Neuwerkkirche Goslar
- Collegiate Church of St. Georg near Goslar
- Wöltingerode Abbey near Vienenburg
- Ilsenburg Monastery
- Drübeck Abbey
- Remains of the Himmelpforten monastery near Wernigerode
- Michaelstein Monastery near Blankenburg (Harz)
- Mountain church St. Bartholomäus in Blankenburg (Harz)
- Wendhusen Abbey in Thale
- Collegiate Church of St. Cyriakus in Gernrode
- St. Marien Monastery on the Munzenberg in Quedlinburg
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
St. Bartholomew's mountain church below Blankenburg Castle
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the monastery hiking trail on the Harzer Wanderadel website , accessed on April 25, 2017
- ↑ Monastery hiking trail insert (report on the Harzer Wanderadel website) , accessed on April 26, 2019.
- ↑ Directions in the official leaflet of the monastery hiking trail (PDF document), accessed on January 22, 2019