Circular route Derenburg Osterholz

Follow the signage R on the green flower petal.

The hike starts at the Derenburg marketplace. You first cross the main street at the pedestrian crossing and turn into Petersilienstraße and Promenade. You pass the supermarket until the turn to the right into Friedenstraße. Follow this along a tree-lined avenue through the Rehtal towards the sports field. Leave the sports fields on your right and follow the comfortable path along the edge of the field. From here you have an unobstructed view over the fields to Halberstadt.

At the shelter, the path leads you into the predominantly deciduous forested Osterholz. Many paths are laid out very straight in their course, as if the forest section had been designed with a ruler. You cross the forest almost to the end, near federal road B 81. The signage now leads you to the right along the narrowing path. Ahead lies the steep ascent to the Thyrstein on soft ground covered with pine needles. The somewhat hidden, approx. 20 m high sandstone rock surprises with a great view of the Regenstein massif as well as the town of Blankenburg. Additionally, a bench and a shelter a few steps away invite you to a picnic.

Now it goes downhill towards the forest edge to the west side of Osterholz. From here you have an unobstructed view of the Harz mountains with the Brocken and the silhouette of Wernigerode Castle. Another bench with shelter is a popular resting place here.

You can enjoy this view again during the hike on a small hill above the fishing pond at the information board "Weg Deutscher Kaiser & Könige" (Path of German Emperors & Kings).

The circular hiking trail leaves the pine-covered, gentle hilly landscape through the deciduous forest towards the allotment gardens at Hellbach, before it goes back through the town along Gartenstraße and Promenade to the marketplace.

The route is also very suitable as a cycling route if you skip the Thyrstein and climb it on foot. A detour is possible below the rock.

There are some free parking spaces at Derenburg marketplace. Additional parking is available in the side streets.

Derenburg center, Derenburg Wernigerode Street

Bike and hiking map with city map of Blankenburg (Harz) scale 1:14,000 / 1:25,000 with 16 circular hiking routes price: 4.00 €