VIA ROMEA GERMANICA / Neustadt/Harz - Nordhausen (GER21)

Short facts

  • start: Neustadt/Harz St. Georg Kirche (Church)
  • destination: Rathaus Nordhausen (town hall of Nordhausen)
  • medium
  • 8,96 km
  • 3 hours
  • 159 m
  • 296 m
  • 191 m
  • 40 / 100
  • 60 / 100

best season

Official route description - Stage 21 The approx. 2200 km long pilgrimage route "VIA ROMEA GERMANICA" from Stade to Rome on its route between Neustadt / Harz and Nordhausen. European Cultural Route of the Council of Europe

Starting point in Neustadt is the St. Georg church. From there, the tour takes you from the forests of the Harz to the wide countryside of the southern Harz. After a hike through the landscape of the southern Harz, we reach Nordhausen.

General information

Directions

We start at the St. Georg Church in Neustadt / Harz. "Steinstraße" and then "Torstraße" lead us over the state road to the left into "Rüdigsdorfer Weg". After a right turn, this becomes a dirt road. Then it goes to a wooded height. After we have crossed this, we go back down into a valley and then immediately get back to a ridge. The path to Rüdigsdorf takes us through a wooded area.

Continue straight ahead through Rüdigsdorf ("Wolfsgasse", "Winkelberg") and then continue on the country road in the direction of Nordhausen. After a long right turn on the country road, we turn left onto a field path. The path now leads uphill again. At the top we follow the ridge path and then go back down the mountain. The path becomes a concrete path shortly before Nordhausen and then becomes a road ("Am Kuhberg"). Continuing on "Gumpestraße" we reach federal highway 4, which we follow to the left in the direction of the city center on "Philosophenweg" and "Wallrothstraße".

We then turn half right into the street "Altendorfer Stiege". We reach the center via the streets "Altendorf", "Barfüsserstrasse", "Kranichstrasse" and "Engelsburg". At the town hall we reach the destination of the tour.

Equipment

Sturdy shoes. Clothes adapted to the weather.

Getting there

Neustadt im Harz is only a few kilometres away from Nordhausen. Neustadt is connected to the motorway network (BAB 39) and the federal road network (B4) via Nordhausen (Southern Harz).

Parking

Parking available.

Public transit

Information about how to get to Neustadt / Harz can be found on the municipality's website, section "Transport connections".

Additional Information

Pavings

  • Asphalt Coating (41%)
  • Street (9%)
  • Hiking Trail (29%)
  • Crushed Rock (4%)
  • Path (17%)

Weather

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