The 52 km tour with an elevation gain of 1,010 meters takes you past fascinating wood art and old water wheels via the villages of Holzhau, Hermsdorf, Frauenstein, Mulda and Dorfchemnitz.
Through the valley of clattering mills into the adventure world of Blockhausen. The huge wooden water wheels drive the mills in the Gimmlitz valley with a powerful squeaking and rushing sound. They spit out a curtain of clear water. The hammers and mortars of the grinding and stamping mills develop enormous forces that you could not muster on your own. Enormous forces are also developed by the screeching chainsaws that carve amazingly filigree works of art from the gigantic blocks of wood at the annual chainsaw world championship. In Blockhausen, you are immersed in a gigantic fantasy settlement made of wood in the middle of the Martin family's private forest. There is probably nowhere else with such a large collection of wooden sculptures. The highlight is the 40-meter-long table. Carved from a single tree trunk, it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
