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Sorge Border Museum – Sorge Border Museum loop from Hohegeiß

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Sorge Border Museum – Sorge Border Museum loop from Hohegeiß

Moderate

4.5

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Sorge Border Museum – Sorge Border Museum loop from Hohegeiß

03:37

12.8km

290m

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 26, 2026

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Harzer Bachtäler

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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934 m

Aussichtspunkt Brockenblick

Viewpoint

2.42 km

Kolonnenweg Border Path Towards Sorge

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Remembrance of German/German past.

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2.73 km

Parucke

Forest

3.80 km

Kolonnenweg (Green Belt) – Former Border Patrol Road

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Hiking on the border paths is a constant reminder of the recent history of Germany and makes us aware of how happy we can be to have overcome the division.

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4.99 km

From the Demarcation Line to State Border – A Chronology

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a very interesting information board

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5.15 km

View of Wurmberg and Brocken

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Beautiful view of the Wurmberg and the Brocken surrounded by a piece of German history.

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5.47 km

Border gate and original border signal fence Sorge

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A beautiful hike with lots of information about the former FRG/GDR border.

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5.48 km

Border Gate at the Harz Open-Air Museum

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This relic is the border signal fence (here the modified version with a lane gate, built at great expense in the early 1980s). Due to topographical reasons, it stood at …

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5.50 km

Sorge Border Museum

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Originally preserved border system with dog run system of the former inner-German border. In addition, detailed information boards. Definitely worth seeing!

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5.72 km

Sorge Border Museum

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Every time I am moved anew when I walk past remnants of the wall that divided Germany until 1989 or border towers. The open-air museum on the “Ring of Remembrance” …

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12.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.57 km

1.10 km

1.04 km

1.02 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.67 km

3.18 km

2.52 km

2.23 km

1.16 km

Elevation

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Highest point (630 m)

Lowest point (480 m)

Weather

Friday 10 July

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Sorge Border Museum – Sorge Border Museum loop from Hohegeiß

Kolonnenweg Border Path Towards Sorge

Kolonnenweg (Green Belt) – Former Border Patrol Road

From the Demarcation Line to State Border – A Chronology

View of Wurmberg and Brocken

Border gate and original border signal fence Sorge

Border Gate at the Harz Open-Air Museum

Sorge Border Museum

Sorge Border Museum

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