Ellrich–Walkenried Cycle Path – Ruins of Walkenried Abbey loop from Ellrich
Ellrich–Walkenried Cycle Path – Ruins of Walkenried Abbey loop from Ellrich
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Ellrich–Walkenried Cycle Path – Ruins of Walkenried Abbey loop from Ellrich
02:13
32.1km
270m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 11, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 25.7 km for 213 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.01 km
View of Burgberg
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2.66 km
Ellrich–Walkenried Cycle Path
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3.26 km
Border Opening and Rotbuchenfest Memorial Walkenried-Ellrich
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4.65 km
Cycle Path Between Walkenried and Ellrich
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On the one hand, it allows you to avoid using the relatively narrow roads that are dangerous for cyclists; on the other hand, the newly built part of the path ends relatively centrally on the field path leading from Walkenried to the former "Aukopf" vantage point.
The further cycle paths to Bad Sachsa, Wieda or Zorge can be reached from here just as easily as access to the Kaiserweg leading from Tilleda to Goslar: harzinfo.de/erlebnisse/tour/kaiserweg
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18.3 km
Historic Gypsum Kiln (HWN 192)
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These meadows, which originally belonged to Sachsa, were sold to the nearby Walkenried monastery in 1238.
The monks of the monastery created ponds here for self-sufficiency in fish, as they did not eat meat. The monastery rebuilt the village of Neuhof, which had been devastated in the power struggles between the Klettenberg and the Hohnstein counts, as a business right outside the gates of the monastery.
Due to the population decline in the 13th and 14th centuries, the number of lay brothers also decreased and the agricultural land was cultivated by farmers who paid rent to the monastery and lived in Neuhof.
After leaving the monastery in 1668, the Duke of Brunswick inherited the monastery properties and incorporated them into a foundation. Even today, many lands here belong to the Brunswick monastery property.
The 3 km long crane pond nature trail leads from the start at the village community center and through the three interconnected pond systems. The Prieststein nature reserve and the historic gypsum kiln are on the route.
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22.7 km
Hirseteich Cycling Path
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23.8 km
Priorteich–Sachsenstein Cycle Path
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27.0 km
Ruins of Walkenried Abbey
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28.0 km
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
32.1 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
10.0 km
9.03 km
8.88 km
2.56 km
1.67 km
Surfaces
21.3 km
5.26 km
2.77 km
1.35 km
1.12 km
337 m
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Elevation
Highest point (310 m)
Lowest point (230 m)
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