WatersideWalk Zellerfelder Kunstgraben
Short facts
- start: Oberer Kellerhalsteich car park on the B 241 Zellerfeld - Goslar
- destination: Oberer Kellerhalsteich car park on the B 241 Zellerfeld - Goslar
- medium
- 12,07 km
- 3 hours 10 minutes
- 149 m
- 597 m
- 453 m
- 60 / 100
- 40 / 100
best season
Hiking tour around the Spiegeltal valley. The Zellerfelder Kunstgraben ditch was especially important for mining in Zellerfeld.
The water transport ditches in the Upper Harz are true masterpieces of water engineering. You can see this particularly well on this 12 km circuit along the Zellerfelder Kunstgraben. The walls of natural stone, small bridges and stone arches show how much effort the miners put into building the ditches.
Water was very valuable for mining in the Harz. The water wheels at the mines were needed, for example, to hoist the extracted ore to the surface. This required a lot of water. The water needed to be transported to the mines. There always needed to be enough water, even when there was little or no rain.
The mines in Zellerfeld were high up on the hills. Therefore the water needed to be brought to the mines from even higher areas. These higher areas were far away. So the ditch goes a long way through the Harz. The walk passes ponds as well as stony and dangerous places in the water, and even a waterfall.
General information
Directions
This circular walk starts at the Großer Kellerhalsteich. Walk around 100 m along the road in the direction of Zellerfeld. From there you can walk slightly uphill to the bank of the ditch. Now follow the ditch all the way to the Stadtweger Teich pond. Keep following the ditch across the high meadows near to Zellerfeld.
Tip
A highlight in the Spiegeltal valley is the waterfall. The waterfall was also created when the miners built a water transport ditch.
Parking
Parking at the Großer Kellerhals pond
Literature
Martin Schmidt: WasserWanderWege – Ein Führer durch das Oberharzer Wasserregal – UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe, 4. Auflage, Papierflieger Verlag GmbH, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-86948-200-2 UNESCO-Welterbe - Bergwerk Rammelsberg, Altstadt Goslar und Oberharzer Wasserwirtschaft Faltbroschüre im DIN lang Format, die die zugehörigen touristischen Einrichtungen entlang der Oberharzer Wasserwirtschaft mit einem Kurztext und Fotos darstellt. Auf der Rückseite befinden sich drei Übersichtskarten, die die Welterbe-Wege, die touristischen Ziele und die Lage des Welterbes insgesamt zeigen. Preis: 2,00 € Erhältlich bei allen Touristinformationen der Region oder online unter shop.harzinfo.de.
Additional Information
Oberharzer Bergwerksmuseum
Bornhardtstr. 16
38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Tel. 05323 98950
info@oberharzerbergwerksmuseum.de
www.oberharzerbergwerksmuseum.de
Stiftung UNESCO-Welterbe im Harz
Bergtal 19
38640 Goslar
Tel: 05321 750 114
info@welterbeimharz.de
www.welterbeimharz.de
Pavings
- Crushed Rock (10%)
- Street (2%)
- Path (75%)
- Hiking Trail (9%)
- Asphalt Coating (5%)