Moltkewarte Tower – Moltkewarte Sangerhausen loop from Wettelrode

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Harz Mountains

Mansfeld-Südharz

Sangerhausen

Moltkewarte Tower – Moltkewarte Sangerhausen loop from Wettelrode

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Moltkewarte Tower – Moltkewarte Sangerhausen loop from Wettelrode

04:44

17.3km

270m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Gipskarstlandschaft Pölsfeld

Biosphärenreservat Karstlandschaft Südharz

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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104 m

Wettelrode Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Pretty blue oasis and beautiful place for excursions with refreshments

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4.08 km

View of Hohe Linde Spoil Tip

Highlight • Monument

150m high, very impressive, path is well maintained here

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4.38 km

Moltkewarte Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

The tower was built in 1903 and is a real eye-catcher 👍

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4.39 km

Mehlwächte shelter at the Moltkewarte

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Covered shelter at the control room, the other seats are available or free.

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4.39 km

Moltkewarte Sangerhausen

Highlight • Monument

The tower and snack bar are open on Saturday and Sunday. Very nice tower, reminiscent of Rapunzel...

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12.1 km

Bench with a View of Grillenberg

Highlight • Viewpoint

This region is simply good for the soul.

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12.2 km

Grillenburg castle ruins (HWN 208)

Highlight • Castle

The size of the ruins only hints at their former importance.
First mentioned in writing in 1217, they have been in disrepair since the beginning of the 17th century.

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15.5 km

Viewpoint

15.9 km

View of the mining area

Highlight • Historical Site

You can sit down on the small bench and enjoy the great view of the pyramids.

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17.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.59 km

5.72 km

1.76 km

1.62 km

479 m

120 m

Surfaces

6.93 km

4.81 km

2.28 km

1.69 km

1.37 km

210 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

12°C

3°C

21 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

July 29, 2023,Wanderung 208,222,209 😊

Hiking tour number 1 with Annett, Alina and Sandra.

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April 10, 2023,3 Stempel um Wettelrode💚 und das beste Ostergeschenk🐰😍🫶

Today was the last day in the southern Harz for us, but also the most exciting! So please excuse the slightly longer text today!

First of all, I smuggled pictures of the Heimkehle cave into the tour, just to show you how grandiose it is in the natural cave (€5.50 entry and €5 if you want to take photos😉, of …

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June 3, 2023,Wanderung Wettelrode

For HWN purists, stamps are very poor or not shown at all, therefore detracting from an otherwise beautiful hike.

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August 21, 2022,Wanderung rund um Wettelrode

Today a tour from the Molktewarte HWN 209 to the Wettelrode show mine HWN G 222 and mining educational trail HWN 222 then to 🍨 eat artificial pond HWN G 208. From here to Grillenberg, unfortunately the kiosk at the forest pool was closed, no coffee ☕️. So on to the Grillenburg HWN 208. Then it went back to Wettelrode. …

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April 27, 2025,Sangerhausen | Grillenburg - Wettelrode - Moltkewarte

The weather was too nice to head straight home. Instead, we earned three HWN stamps. From Grillenberg, we hiked up to the Grillenburg Castle ruins (HWN 208), then through the fields toward Wettelrode with its beautiful mining trail about copper mining in the region (HWN 222). The trail then led us via Lengefeld up to the Moltkewarte (HWN 209). After …

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September 26, 2021,der Harz, HWN Geisterstempelstelle Schaubergwerk Röhrigschacht 26.09.2021

HWN (Harzer Wander Nadel) ghost stamp office. I became aware of this ghost stamp location on Röhrigschacht in various outdoor guides.
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The tour: from Lengefeld to Moltkewarte HWN 209, past the Hohe Linde waste dump to the mining nature trail and stamping point 222, on to Grillenberg to the ruins of Grillenburg stamping point 208.
On the way back, …

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