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Circular route through the Tharandter Forest

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  • Start: Spa square spa town Hartha
  • Destination: Spa square spa town Hartha
  • Medium
  • 7,52 km
  • 1 hour 59 minutes
  • 127 m
  • 408 m
  • 330 m

A circular route through the Tharandter Forest starting from the spa town of Hartha. It passes, among others, the Ernemann Hut, the Kling Spring, up to the basalt quarry at Ascherhübel and the Bell Chair.

A circular route through the Tharandter Forest starting from the spa town of Hartha. First, it passes the Ernemann Hut, named after Heinrich Ernemann, a Dresden entrepreneur in the cinema and photo industry. He owned a villa built in 1900 called "Heinrichs Eck" in the spa town of Hartha (today: Am Hartheberg 21) and was a patron of the town. The route continues into the valley of the Triebisch River to the Kling Spring. Then, it leads along the sandstone quarry "Spechtshausener Switzerland" to the basalt quarry at Ascherhübel with the Witch's House. At the "Snack bar at the edge of the forest" in Spechtshausen there is the possibility to stop for a break. Afterwards, the route continues to the Spechtshausen Forestry Office and the Prussian Redoubt from 1762. Over the Bell Chair in the spa town of Hartha, the path returns to the starting point.

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  • Street (8%)
  • Tarmac (5%)
  • Gravel (8%)
  • Hiking trail (69%)
  • Path (7%)

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