eMotorcycle Route: World Heritage Meets Forest Nature
Short facts
- start: Förster Strasse, Osterode am Harz OT Förste
- destination: Förster Strasse, Osterode am Harz OT Förste
- 159,95 km
- 2 hours 17 minutes
- 2024 m
- 829 m
- 150 m
- 80 / 100
best season
Go on a fantastic day trip by motorbike – and discover a lot of interesting places in the UNESCO World Heritage in the Harz.
On this motorcycle route you will ride through fabulous natural scenery, through right-hand and left-hand bends, uphill and downhill. Even on hot days the temperatures remain comfortable. This is what makes motorcycling fun.
But in addition to the scenic route there is a lot more to see on this tour: the Imperial Palace in Goslar, Walkenried Monastery, places of interest from the old mining industry as well as the water management systems at the Rammelsberg and in the Upper Harz. And a lot more…
The tour will take you at least six hours. With eMotorcycles the duration also depends on battery charging time.
General information
Directions
The motorcycle tour is 155 km long. It starts and finishes in Förste, near Osterode. Ride out of Förste on the Förster Straße in the direction of Osterode. Then turn left onto the B 241 main road. Shortly after this, join the B 243 in the direction of Herzberg. Continue on the B27 and B243 until the turning for Bad Sachsa. Turn immediately right into Bahnhofstraße and ride to Neuhof. In Neuhof turn left onto Harzstraße. This will take you to Walkenried.
Keep going to the centre of the village. There you should turn left onto Wiedaer Straße. Stay on this road and ride into the Harz.
After the village of Wieda turn left onto the L 600 in the direction of Braunlage. After Brunnenbachsmühle you will reach a roundabout. Take the third exit onto the B 4. The B 4 is a main road. Take the first exit and ride in the direction of Bad Lauterberg. At Oderhaus turn right towards Sankt Andreasberg.
In Sankt Andreasberg follow the Clausthaler Straße out of the village towards Bad Harzburg. Do not ride all the way to Bad Harzburg but at Sonnenberg turn left onto the B 242. At the next junction turn right onto the B 498 and ride in the direction of Altenau. Stay on the B 498 through Altenau and continue to Goslar. There you should turn left onto the B 241 and continue to the Historic Town of Goslar.
The B 241 circles around the Historic Town of Goslar. Beyond the turning to the Rammelsberg Mine turn right onto the B 82. Stay on the B 82. Note: at the junction before the railway bridge you need to turn left. The B 82 becomes a fast main road. Stay on this road past Astfeld to Langelsheim. At the exit "Langelsheim-Süd" leave the main road and turn immediately right into the scenic Innerste Valley (in the direction of Lautenthal). This road will take you to Lautenthal and then to Wildemann.
After Wildemann turn right onto the B 242. At the next junction turn left onto the Clausthaler Straße to the village of Bad Grund. Stay on the road until you pass through Windhausen.
Beyond Windhausen ride through a small tunnel under the B 243. Immediately after the tunnel turn right towards Gittelde and then immediately left to Eisdorf. After Eisdorf turn left in Nienstedt. This will take you back to Förste, where the tour started.
Tip
Stop in the romantic Oker Valley. Here you will find the "smallest kingdom in the world". It is called Romkerhall and is famous for its tasty giant cream puffs (German: Windbeutel).
Getting there
Über die Bundesstraße B243 (Abfahrt Windhausen oder Abfahrt Osterode-Mitte). Von der Autobahn 7 (Abfahrt Echte) aus über Willershausen und Westerhof.
Additional Information
Stiftung UNESCO-Welterbe im Harz
Bergtal 19
38640 Goslar
Tel: 05321 750 114
info@welterbeimharz.de
www.welterbeimharz.de
Pavings
- Asphalt Coating (2%)
- Street (82%)
- Unknown (14%)
- Crushed Rock (2%)
- Hiking Trail (1%)