Kammweg stage 06 "From Kühnhaide to Satzung"

This stage begins at the hiking parking lot in Kühnhaide in the wild and romantic "Schwarze Pockau" valley and leads through pure natural landscape in the Schwarzwassertal nature reserve. We follow a hiking trail along the Grüner Graben, an artificial water channel. Built in the 17th century, this was a masterpiece of mining at the time. Over 8 km, it carries water with minimal current as a source of energy to power the mining technology in the former pits of Pobershau. After idyllic loops, the Kammweg leaves the valley on the Neubrückenweg. In the forest in the direction of Kühnhaide, you pass the "Wirtsgarten" moor and peat cutting area on the edge of the village of Kühnhaide, where peat was mined until 1989. Cottongrass, titch marsh sedge, pipe grass and bog bilberry thrive here. The latter is the habitat of the raised bog yellow butterfly, an endangered butterfly species. Rewetting measures began in 2004 to preserve the habitat. Always along the edge of the forest with a view of the border village, the trail crosses a moorland area in Herrenhaide on a safe forest path. On the Stengelhaide moorland nature trail, which is a 2 km circular route, visitors can learn all about the formation and development of an upland moor typical of the Ore Mountains. After leaving the trail at Zeuggraben, we continue through mixed forest to the crossing of Wildhäuser Straße on the Poetenweg towards Reitzenhain. In the village, the trail leads along a beautiful meadow path for a while, then along the Zeuggrabenweg towards Reißigmühle. You can take a short break at the lovingly restored site of the former Reißigmühle mill, which gave the district its name, or, after crossing under the B174, at a memorial stone to the local poet Anton Günther. Opposite the connecting road between Reitzenhain and Satzung, a short forest path first runs along the Neue Welt in the direction of Hirtstein, then continues in a straight line along the Auerhahnweg to the hiking parking lot on the road between Steinbach and Satzung. Here you need to gather your strength to climb the Hirtstein (890 m) on beautiful meadow paths through deciduous forest. A geotope and natural monument of European importance is the basalt outcrop in the form of a 15-metre fan or palm frond. Information boards reveal its extraordinary history. If the weather conditions are favorable, the Hirtstein offers a magnificent panoramic view of the Ore Mountains, sometimes even as far as the Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig. The hosts on the Hirtstein and in the town center of Satzung take care of our well-being. If you want to cover a longer distance, you can continue along the Grüne Graben at the start of the stage and experience the Black Water Valley in all its scenic facets: Rock formations, Katzenstein viewpoint, nature conservation center, Lamaranch, restaurant/hotel and, once you reach the beautiful mountain village of Pobershau, numerous museum offerings.