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Wernigerode Town Hall – View of the Zillierbach Reservoir loop from Braunlage

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Wernigerode Town Hall – View of the Zillierbach Reservoir loop from Braunlage

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Wernigerode Town Hall – View of the Zillierbach Reservoir loop from Braunlage

03:50

50.3km

860m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 20, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 5.98 km for 110 m

After 12.3 km for 73 m

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4.39 km

Harzer Bachtäler Forest Trail

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The thing is neither flowy nor rooty but simply devastated by the forest.

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6.50 km

Elendstal Nature Reserve – Footbridge and Stream

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Wonderfully shady route through the forest. And you rediscover a lot.

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10.9 km

Röverbruch

Forest

12.3 km

A very special highlight in the Harz is the old Brocken Railway, which has been running regularly up the highest mountain in the Harz since 1992. This is a so-called "adhesion railway": despite the steep route profile, the railway climbs the summit solely due to the friction between the drive wheels and the rails and does not require any gears or anything similar. This means that the route has the highest station of all German adhesion narrow-gauge railways.

Enough of the technical highlights. Purely from an experience point of view, a train journey like this is of course extremely exciting. If you still prefer to climb to the Brocken by bike, I fully understand. But maybe the Brocken Railway is an option for the rest of the family? Take a look here, there is all the information about the railway: hsb-wr.de/mehr-erfahren/streckennetz/brockenbahn.

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14.4 km

Trail Parallel to the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway

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Now there are hardly any trees here and in many places the railway is clearly visible.

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18.5 km

Thumkuhlental

Forest

19.3 km

Schwarzenberg Mining Museum Water Wheel

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It's amazing what they came up with

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25.6 km

Wernigerode Town Hall

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On the south side of the market square is the pretty town hall of Wernigerode. Around 1420, Count Heinrich built the town hall as a playhouse with a wine cellar. 20 years later he donated the building to the city. After another eventful history and several comprehensive renovations and extensions to the building, the town hall is now often used by couples as a wedding venue.

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