Varied circular hike following the footsteps of Karl Stülpner, the Robin Hood of the Erzgebirge, from Scharfenstein in the Zschopau valley via Großolbersdorf back again.
Marking: white-green-white; historical educational trail
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Varied circular hike following the footsteps of Karl Stülpner, the Robin Hood of the Erzgebirge, from Scharfenstein in the Zschopau valley via Großolbersdorf back again.
Marking: white-green-white; historical educational trail
Scharfenstein train station, 09430 Drebach, Bahnhofstr. 45
Scharfenstein train station
Down Bahnhofstr. - along Karl Stülpner path past Stülpner stone and death house - upstream along Brauerbach - always follow (green) uphill - later on a field path cross Hohen Tannweg - through young forest and through the hollow of the Holzbach past Bauers Ruh and the Heini Wittig memorial plaque up to Großolbersdorf - follow street at town hall past guesthouse Linde and church on Schulstr. to Sättlerhaus and the cemetery with the Stülpner grave - past Schnitzerheim on Warmbadstraße with Stülpner hill - before the brook bridge turn right through a farmstead and later on Grünauer Straße downhill - at the following signpost right towards Scharfenstein - over a field and forest path to the Zschopautal trail - along the hiking hut and Besenberg back to Scharfenstein.
Recommended hiking map from Verlag Dr. Barthel, Central Erzgebirge - East part. ISBN 3-89591-019-8;
LVA, hiking map sheet 22 Zschopau, ISBN 978-3-86170-314-3
Sights
1) Adventure castle with tower view and informative castle trail, closed on Monday.
2) Historical educational trail Scharfenstein
3) Stülpner stone and death house
4) Ensemble of town hall square, pond, guesthouse "Zur Linde" and church
5) Village museum Sättlerhaus, Schulstraße 16, April – Oct., Sat. + Sun. 2:00 – 5:00 pm, Tel. +49 37369 1410
6) Stülpner hill, Warmbadstraße 16, April – Oct. Sun 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Tel. +49 37369 1410
7) Karl Stülpner’s grave at the cemetery
8) Nature educational trail "Grünauer Tal"
Places to eat and drink
Café lumipöllö lounge, Drebach OT Scharfenstein, Bahnhofstr. 45, Fri-Sun, Tel. +49 152 23438810
Sports home, Drebach OT Scharfenstein, Hopfgartener Str. 35 D, Tel. +49 37369 9690
Butcher Göhler, Großolbersdorf, Am Rathaus 2, open Mon – Fri, Tel. +49 37369 5675
Guesthouse "Zur Linde", Großolbersdorf, An der Kirche 1, closed Mon-Tue, Tel. +49 37369 9323
Scharfenstein train station, 09430 Drebach, Bahnhofstr. 45
Bus - lines 233 and 238
Train - line 517 Erzgebirgsbahn
Tourist Information Greifensteine
Greifensteinstraße 44
09427 Ehrenfriedersdorf
(+49) 37346 687-0
www.greifensteine.de
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