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Heinrichs Eck Viewpoint – Heinrich Cotta's Grave loop from Tharandt

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Saxony

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Heinrichs Eck Viewpoint – Heinrich Cotta's Grave loop from Tharandt

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Heinrichs Eck Viewpoint – Heinrich Cotta's Grave loop from Tharandt

02:45

9.65km

220m

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: May 14, 2026

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Weißeritztalhänge

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Train Station

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2.48 km

Historic charcoal kiln site on the Weißeritz Valley slopes

Highlight • Historical Site

A beautiful place with a lot of history, once a year there is also a charcoal sale.

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7.56 km

Heinrichs Eck Viewpoint

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Heinrichs Eck is a lookout point in the Tharandt forest and offers a wonderful view of the valley.

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7.60 km

Johann Friedrich Judeich studied forest science at the forest academy in Tharandt and economics in Leipzig from 1846 to 1848. In 1849 he became an unskilled worker at the royal Saxon forest management institute, in 1857 he entered the service of Count Rudolf von Morzin (1801-1881) as the administrator of a large forest property in the Bohemian Giant Mountains, and in 1862 he was headed the newly built forest school in Weißwasser (Bohemia) by the Bohemian Forestry School Association ), but from then on he was appointed director of the Tharandt Forest Academy in 1866 and appointed to the Secret Forestry Council in 1876 and to the Secret Forestry Council in 1878. Judeich was a long-time member of the Railway Council of the Royal Directorate General of the Saxon State Railways. In 1892 he became a member of the Leopoldina.

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7.67 km

Heinrich Cotta's Grave

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"Johann Heinrich Cotta (born October 30, 1763 in the forestry house Kleine Zillbach between Zillbach and Wasungen, † October 25, 1844 in Tharandt) was an important German forestry scientist and one of the founders of this branch of science he has received world renown. Wikipedia - Heinrich Cotta

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7.90 km

Tharandt Forest Botanical Garden

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Trees from many parts of the world have been planted in the forest botanical garden of Tharandt and serve as visual aids for visitors and students.

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8.55 km

Saxon State Arboretum (Forest Botanical Garden)

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8.73 km

View of the Badetal Valley

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8.79 km

Ruins of Tharandt Castle

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The castle was built at the beginning of the 13th century at the behest of Margrave Dietrich von Meißen to protect himself against the neighboring burgraves of Dohna. Already in 1224 it burned down during a campaign, but was rebuilt in 1240-1256. At the end of the 14th century, the castle was fortified in such a way that it was considered one of the strongest in the country. The burgraves of Dohna, who were very powerful in the border region (but also acted as robber barons), lost all of their importance in the course of the Dohna feud (1385-1402), so that Tharandt Castle also lost its defensive function. It was fought over during the Hussite invasion of 1429 and, due to its strength, served as a storehouse for the elector's documents and valuables.
From 1476 Duchess Sidonie temporarily stayed at the castle. She was the daughter of the Bohemian King George of Podebrady and was married to the Saxon Duke Albrecht to seal the Treaty of Eger, which regulated the Saxon-Bohemian border that is still valid today. From 1500 she lived there permanently until her death in 1510. After that, the castle was no longer inhabited and was gradually dismantled. The neighboring mountain church was built on part of the castle complex and from castle materials in 1626-1629.
From the end of the 18th century, the castle ruins came back into consciousness in the course of the castle romanticism and were processed by many romantic painters and draftsmen.

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9.65 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.78 km

980 m

959 m

637 m

284 m

Surfaces

4.30 km

2.15 km

1.53 km

1.37 km

199 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (220 m)

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Friday 3 July

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29 %

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Heinrichs Eck Viewpoint – Heinrich Cotta's Grave loop from Tharandt

Historic charcoal kiln site on the Weißeritz Valley slopes

Heinrichs Eck Viewpoint

Judeich Memorial Grave

Heinrich Cotta's Grave

Tharandt Forest Botanical Garden

Saxon State Arboretum (Forest Botanical Garden)

View of the Badetal Valley

Ruins of Tharandt Castle

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