Two-Dams-circular hiking trail (HWN 52, 53 & 56)
Short facts
- start: Hasselfelde: At the "Hagenmühle"
- destination: Hasselfelde: At the "Hagenmühle"
- medium
- 13,13 km
- 3 hours
- 103 m
- 505 m
- 433 m
- 60 / 100
- 60 / 100
best season
An approx. 13 km long circular hike along the Hassel forebay and the Rappbode forebay.
The two-barrier-hike offers you two dams, three stamps of the Harzer Wandernadel and far-reaching views over the Harz mountains. The first part of the hike takes you along the Hassel forebay. Numerous seating options offer you the opportunity to enjoy the views and listen to the voices of nature. After crossing the dam, your next destination is the Rappbode forebay. Very close to the dam there is the "Rappbodeblick" (view on the Rappbode) with a stamping station and a viewing bench. It continues along the Rappbode forebay, a section of the Harzer-Hexen-Stieg to the Trageburg. Here you can see the view of the Brocken massif and Wurmberg mountain as a constant companion. Once you have arrived at the Trageburg, it is a good idea to take a break and stamp the 3rd stamp of the Harzer Wandernadel in your booklet before returning to your starting point.
General information
Directions
From the hiking car park behind the Hagenmühle, we hike about 3 km on the right bank of the Hassel forebay to the dam wall. Two observation points with a bench invite you to linger. The stamp point 53 of the Harzer Wandernadel is located directly at the dam.
There is a seating area by the dam wall for a long break.
With renewed strength you walk over the dam wall. Keep right there and after about 400 m turn right again onto the forest path and walk down the mountain to the "Kuhfurt-Tälchen". Here you turn left. The forest road is about 1 km steadily uphill to the hiking junction "Altes Wasserwerk". Here you can hike to "Kleiner and Großer Rabenstein". (Markers: green and yellow bar)
Otherwise we turn left at the hiking junction and follow the forest road, which leads steadily downhill to the dam wall of the Rappbode forebay. 2 display boards provide information about the useful purposes of the dam system.
We hike over the dam wall and enjoy 2 beautiful views of the reservoir and the Rappbodetal valley.
You can reach the stamping station 56 via a dead-end road that leads slightly uphill to the right behind the dam wall to a rest area. From the Rappbodeblick stamping point, go back over the dam wall and follow the Harzer-Hexen-Stieg in the direction of the "Trageburg" monument, where the stamp 52 is located in the weather protection hut. Continue on the Harzer-Hexen-Stieg in the direction of Hasselfelde to the starting point.
Safety Guidelines
There are no known safety instructions.
On some sections of the route, short-term impairments, detours and road closures can occur at any time due to forest changes and storm damage. Inform yourself shortly before your hike.
Equipment
Sturdy shoes, functional clothing, backpack food, sun and rain protection are recommended.
Don't forget to pack your (mobile phone) camera, the Harzer Wandernadel stamp booklet and, if necessary, binoculars.
Tip
On this tour you have the opportunity to collect three of the coveted stamps of the Harzer Wandernadel.
No. 52 - Trageburg
No. 53 - Hassel-Vorsperre
No. 56 - Rappbodeblick Trautenstein
Getting there
You can reach Hasselfelde by car
- via the B 81 from Nordhausen
- Coming from Wernigerode via the B244, in Elbingerode branch B27 towards Rübeland, then branch L96 towards Rappbodetalsperre, branch B81 to Hasselfelde
- from Güntersberge / Stiege via the B242
- from the direction of Braunlage / Tanne via the B242
Parking
Please turn right at Hagenmühle; after 200 m you will reach the hiking car park behind the small refuge.
Public transit
You can reach the Harz town of Hasselfelde by taking the bus of the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe:
from Wernigerode and Allrode
from Halberstadt / Blankenburg
from Benneckenstein
or
with the Harzer Schmalspurbahn.
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TIP :
With the Harz Holiday Ticket, you can travel throughout the Harz region free of charge.
HATIX - free use of the public bus lines of the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe, the Q-Bus Nahverkehrsgesellschaft, the Halberstädter Verkehrs-GmbH, and the Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz in the Harz district. Now also free use in the districts of Goslar and Göttingen.
More information is available at: www.hatix.info
Literature
No literature known
Maps
Stadt Oberharz am Brocken, 1:25000, Kartenverlag Nordhausen, ISBN 978-3-86973-065-3
Additional Information
Tourist information office Hasselfelde / Stiege
Breite Straße 17
38899 Oberharz am Brocken
OT Hasselfelde
phone: 039459 / 71369
or
Tourist information office Benneckenstein / Trautenstein
Bahnhofstraße 21b
38877 Oberharz am Brocken
OT Benneckenstein
benneckenstein@oberharzinfo.de
phone: 039457 / 2612
Pavings
- Crushed Rock (88%)
- Path (5%)
- Hiking Trail (7%)