VIA ROMEA GERMANICA / Hasselfelde - Neustadt/Harz (GER20)

We start at St. Antonius Church at the market in Hasselfelde. At the traffic light junction we turn right into "Stieger Straße". At the Hassel river we turn left into "Kittelstraße", which transitions into a field path at the end. The path leads us over the Hassel meadow to the "Domäne", a farmstead with a bus stop at B242. At the farmstead we turn left again into a wide gravel path and continue to the country road L 95. We cross it to the right and then walk towards the village of Stiege.

In the village, we pass Stiege castle and the church, cross the main street and walk along "Lange Straße" towards the station, passing the stave church Stiege. Behind the station, we turn left and then after a right curve continue straight ahead. Across a meadow through a small forest always straight ahead.

At the stop of the Harz narrow-gauge railway "Birkenmoor" continue straight ahead. Always further south, we cross the little river Beere (border of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia). At the forestry "Birkenmoor" half left (straight) following the "Old Post Road". We pass close to the Neustadt reservoir on the left and then turn right towards the Hohnstein castle ruins. From the castle ruins it goes downhill towards Neustadt. On the way down into the town we make a sharp left once. In the town center we reach the destination, St. George Church.

Sturdy footwear, weather-appropriate clothing.

A hiking route through the forests of the Harz.

Hasselfelde lies on federal roads 242 and 81. This means the town can be easily reached from the north via Blankenburg, from the south via Nordhausen. From the west you reach Hasselfelde via Braunlage and from the east via Harzgerode.

Parking spaces are available along the B 242 in the town center.

Hasselfelde has a railway connection of the Harz narrow-gauge railways (HSB). The HSB network is connected to the station in Wernigerode from the north and to the station in Nordhausen from the south. From both cities as well as from Blankenburg, it is possible to reach Hasselfelde regularly, several times daily, with the buses of the Harz transport companies.

Information about the timetables can be found on the HVB website.

Lines: 261 or 265

Pilgrimage route "VIA ROMEA GERMANICA"