Forest sculpture trail
WaldSkulpturenWeg Wittgenstein – Sauerland | |
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Sculpture which came first? near Bad Berleburg |
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Data | |
length | 23.4 km |
location | in the Rothaargebirge ; Wittgensteiner Land , Sauerland ; North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) |
Markers | blue gate on a white background |
Starting point |
Bad Berleburg / Town Hall 51 ° 3 ′ 14.8 ″ N , 8 ° 23 ′ 35.4 ″ E |
Target point |
Schmallenberg / Rathaus 51 ° 8 ′ 45.4 ″ N , 8 ° 17 ′ 6.2 ″ E |
Type | trail |
Height difference | 371 m |
The highest point |
740 m above sea level NHN ( ⊙ ), on the Rothaarkamm near Schmallenberg - Schanze |
Lowest point |
369 m above sea level NHN ( ⊙ ), in the Schmallenberg spa park on the Lenne |
Level of difficulty | heavy |
season | all year round |
The WaldSkulpturenWeg Wittgenstein – Sauerland , mostly just called WaldSkulpturenWeg , is a 23.4 km long hiking and sculpture path in the Rothaargebirge between the cities of Bad Berleburg ( Siegen-Wittgenstein district ) and Schmallenberg ( Hochsauerlandkreis ) in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).
The sculptures on the hiking trail, which opened on October 29, 2000, were erected between 2000 and 2010. The waymark is a blue gate on a white background. The path is supported by the Kunststiftung NRW .
overview
The forest sculpture trail - created exclusively in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge Nature Park - leads from Bad Berleburg on the Eder tributary Odeborn in the southern Wittgensteiner Land over the main ridge of the Rothaargebirge (Rothaarkamm) to Schmallenberg on the Ruhr tributary Lenne in the northern Sauerland ; thus he crosses the Rhine-Weser watershed . It shares sections of the route with the European long-distance hiking trail E1 and the Rothaarsteig ; he also passes the Kyrillpfad Schanze .
course
The course of the Forest Sculpture Trail - with sculpture numbers (for an overview of sculptures, see section Project and Sculptures ) and with height information in meters (m) above sea level:
The route begins in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in Bad Berleburg at the town hall (Poststrasse 42) on the federal highway 480 . There is the first of two information boards "as portals to the WaldSkulpturenWeg" and to the work of art consisting of several small information boards along the way, The Competition (1; approx. 418 m ); The city's tourist information center is located in the neighboring house to the north.
Initially, the path leads south along Poststrasse and bends west before the city center. After crossing the Odeborn , it passes Berleburg Castle . Then it runs, together with the European long-distance hiking trail E1 , uphill to the north and, after crossing the forest area on Berg Burgfeld ( 586.2 m ) and an agricultural area, reaches the sculpture What was first? (2; approx. 540 m ), which stands as a gold-colored egg about 6.5 m high at the edge of the forest on the southeast flank of the Windbrachekopf ( 597.6 m ).
Then the path leads north in the forest east above the Trüfte (Trufte) over the west flank of the Windbrachekopf and then east above the Trüfte source stream Österze (Osterzebach) over the west flank of the Laubberg ( 615.1 m ); Both mountains can be hiked over the eastern flank without missing a sculpture. The sculpture Die Grünstation (3; approx. 595 m ) is located on the northern flank of the Laubberg . Close to the summit, over the eastern flank of the Bärenköpfchen ( 628.6 m ) lying between the Österze in the west and the Lausebach tributary Litzige in the east , the path reaches the sculpture Der Falke (4; approx. 720 m ) a little further north-northwest near the Österze .
The path then runs between Österze and Litzige up to the Rothaarkamm and a few meters west of a forest path crossing ( 705.7 m ) reaches the sculpture Stein-Zeit-Mensch (5; approx. 707 m ). Shortly afterwards it meets the Rothaarsteig mountain path in this direction . Almost 300 m west-north-west of this path junction is the suspension bridge (approx. 680 m ) near the source of the Hochgelmker Siepen, which belongs to the catchment area of the Latrop ; The forest ecosystem nature trail is attached to the bridge .
Passing the suspension bridge about 260 m to the east, the path runs together with the mountain path directly on the border of Bad Berleburg (Siegen-Wittgenstein district) and Schmallenberg (Hochsauerland district) to the north and almost 50 m east of the Saukopf summit ( 716.3 m ). From there it leads to the hikers' car park at the end of Kreisstraße 39 ( 697.2 m ), which is a cul-de-sac from southern Bad Berleburg past the hamlet of Homrighausen (approx. 480 m ) to the hamlet of Kühhude (approx. 677 to 698 m ) in a large clearing ) runs; both belong to Bad Berleburg. Continuing along the border, towards the northeast, it reaches the sculpture No easy game (6; approx. 717 m ), which is located near the source (approx. 714 m ) of the small Schladebach tributary Schlümperbrüche (Schlümper Bruchsiepen) .
After passing the Schlümperbrüchequelle spring, the path leaves the Rothaarsteig mountain path . It bends to the northwest and runs from now on finally on Schmallenberger district. In doing so, it reaches its highest point on the path, which is close to a point on the path at an altitude of 738.5 m at an altitude of almost 740 m ; About 550 meters further north-west, it runs again over a path point of about the same height. Then, shortly after passing a water tank ( 739.5 m ), the path reaches the sculpture Der Krummstab (7; approx. 738 m ). The Kyrill -Pfad Schanze begins and ends near this sculpture .
Then the path leads through the Schmallenberg district of Schanze , where it passes the former Landwehr road barrier (with parking lot; 715.9 m ; cultural monument) and crosses the valley path of the Rothaarsteig. A little north of the village it runs past a soldiers' grave ( 711.7 m ). From then on, leaving the Rothaarkamm , it leads northwards down to the sculpture Der Hexenplatz (8; approx. 530 m ), which is almost 400 meters east-northeast of the actual path at a forest path junction ( 525.4 m ) in the valley of the Hartmecke tributary Lüttmecke ; Downstream is the Lüttmecke residential area belonging to the Schmallenberg district of Oberkirchen . The path then leaves the European long-distance hiking trail E1.
After leaving the wooded area, the path bends north of Almert to the west-southwest, in order to reach the sculpture Blinker II - Ein Lichtspieltheater (9; approx. 531 m ) about 200 m northeast of the Almertwäldchen (max. 531.7 m ). to run away. Then he leads through the Schmallenberg district Grafschaft . There it runs along Kreisstraße 17 (part of the Hochsauerland-Höhenstraße ), crosses the Lenne tributary Grafschaft with it and bends south from the road ( 416.4 m ) directly after the Grafschaft monastery . Then it reaches north-north-west of the forest path kehre am Mühlenteich ( 441.6 m ), where it crosses the county tributary Bremecke (Mühlenbach) , the sculpture Über den Teichen (10; approx. 435 m ) standing on the edge of the forest above the brook valley . Then the path leads northwest to K 17, to cross it and the Grafschaft stream (approx. 388 m ) and then westwards, a little above the stream, to the core town of Schmallenberg. From the entrance to the village it runs through the Schmallenberger Kurpark , where it crosses the Lenne . Shortly after crossing it, the path reaches its lowest point of the path immediately west along the river, which is still in the park on the western bank of the Lenne at about 369 m altitude.
The path then runs, passing the Auf dem Werth chapel , up to the Schmallenberg Town Hall (Unterm Werth 1) , the transition between the Unterm Werth streets at the intersection ( 390.5 m ) with Fleckenberger Straße (K 17) and Oststraße (K 17) and Weststrasse stands. At the end of the path there is the second of the two information boards “as portals to the WaldSkulpturenWeg” and to the artwork The Competition (11; 390 m ). To the north of this is the historic city center .
Project and sculptures
On or near the WaldSkulpturenWeg there is a project (two large information boards and several display boards) and nine sculptures - each with geo-coordinates , height in meters (m) above sea level, artist and (creation) year / s, more geographically Location and information link:
No. | Name [project (P) / sculpture (S)] |
coordination naten |
Height ( m above sea level ) |
Artist | Year / s | Geographical location (in or near a village / on a mountain / stream / pond, etc.) |
info |
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1 |
The competition (P) (1st information board) |
⊙ | 418 | Jochen Gerz | 2002-2004 | Bad Berleburg / Town Hall | link |
2 | What came first (S) | ⊙ | 540 | Magdalena Jetelová | 2007-2009 | Bad Berleburg / Windbrachekopf | link |
3 | The green station (S) | ⊙ | 595 | Gloria Friedmann | 2006 | Bad Berleburg- Homrighausen / Laubberg | link |
4th | The falcon (S) | ⊙ | 720 | Alan Sonfist | 2005 | Bad Berleburg- Kühhude / Saukopf | link |
5 | Stone-time-man (S) | ⊙ | 707 | Nils-Udo | 2001 | Bad Berleburg-Kühhude / Saukopf | link |
6th | Not an easy game (S) | ⊙ | 717 | Ansgar Nierhoff | 2000 | Bad Berleburg-Kühhude / Schlümperbrüche | link |
7th | The crook (S) | ⊙ | 738 | Heinrich Brummack | 2005 | Schmallenberg - Schanze / Kyrillpfad Schanze | link |
8th | Hexenplatz (S) | ⊙ | 530 | Lili Fischer | 2003 | Schmallenberg- Oberkirchen / Lüttmecke | link |
9 |
Blinker II (S) A movie theater |
⊙ | 531 | Timm Ulrichs | 2007-2010 | Schmallenberg- Almert / Almertwäldchen | link |
10 | Over the ponds (S) | ⊙ | 435 | Andreas Oldbod | 2001 | Schmallenberg county / mill pond | link |
11 |
The competition (P) (2nd information board) |
⊙ | 390 | Jochen Gerz | 2002-2004 | Schmallenberg / Town Hall | link |
References and comments
- ↑ a b c Route WaldSkulpturenWeg Wittgenstein – Sauerland with map view and tour description as well as information and information. a. for the length of the path, on waldskulpturenweg.de
- ↑ a b c d e Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
- ↑ a b Kyrill-path Schanze - calm after the storm , on schmallenberger-sauerland.de
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ a b WaldSkulpturenWeg - If you are already there ... (Brochure), accessed on September 16, 2015, on waldskulpturenweg.de (PDF; 4.9 MB)
- ↑ a b The sculpture The Falcon is also the monument of the lost falcon called
- ↑ WaldSkulpturenWeg: Sculptures , on waldskulpturenweg.de
- ↑ Information on sculptures and artists as well as impressions and sometimes videos (etc.), on waldskulpturenweg.de
- ↑ a b About the project The competition includes two information boards at the beginning and end of the route, and several display boards along the way!
literature
- Uwe Rüth (Ed.): WaldSkulpturenWeg Wittgenstein – Sauerland , Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-86832-002-2 , with booklet for hikes
Web links
- Waldskulpturenweg (official homepage), on waldskulpturenweg.de
- Forest sculpture trail Wittgenstein-Sauerland , GPS data and OSM hiking map, on ich-geh-wandern.de
- Encounter with forest and art: The Forest Sculpture Trail Wittgenstein – Sauerland , on lwl.org
- Crook sculpture on Rothaarsteig , Panorama, on panorama-sauerland.de