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longest Malerweg stage, runs through the Saxon Switzerland National Park, 625 meters in altitude, refreshments available
Neumannmühle - Buschmühle - Arnstein - Neuer Weg - Kleinstein - Sturmbauers Eck - Räumichtmühle- Mühlschlüchte Großes Pohlshorn - Kirnitzsch - Zeughaus - Wolfsschlüchte - Rosssteig - Katzstein - Großer Winterberg - Schmilka
Neumannmühle
Schmilka
The fifth stage leads you first a piece upstream the Kirnitzschtal to the Buschmühle. You hike left in the direction of Arnstein (archaeological remains of a medieval rock castle). Then you reach the Neue Weg and the Kleinstein with a view and Sturmbauers Eck to the road in the direction of Räumichtmühle, which you follow to the junction of the Mühlschlüchte. A natural, steep path leads you up to the Großer Pohlshorn. You hike down to the Kirnitzsch and then through old spruce and silver fir stands to the Zeughaus. From here, the trail climbs up through the Wolfsschlüchte, over the Rosssteig and the Katzstein to the summit of the Großer Winterberg, the second highest mountain in Saxon Switzerland. This 556-meter-high basaltic breakthrough is crowned by the plate of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains by a mountain restaurant and an observation tower; next to it, in the former "ice house", another national park information center invites you to visit. Afterwards, the Malerweg leads down into the Elbe Valley to the small village of Schmilka. Here you will come directly to the Schmilka water mill. Based on the copperplate engraving by A. L. Richter, the mill was reconstructed in 2007 and has been fully functional again since then.
GPS data updated 2021
Can be walked all year round, not in icy or snowy conditions.
Detailed stage descriptions: https://malerweg.link/gps Please note detours: https://malerweg.link/status
Sturdy shoes required
In the organic village Schmilka daily changing events and rituals take place. Here, not only a visit to the sauna is worthwhile in the evening, but also a lecture on the history of Saxon Switzerland.
via Sebnitz direction Ottendorf or via Bad Schandau direction Lichtenhainer Wasserfall
Parking lot - Neumannmühle
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Order now: "Wandern im Elbsandsteingebirge" (Publisher: Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz e.V.)
Order here: Malerweg-Shop
Tourist Information Hinterhermsdorf: +49 03 59 74 / 52 10
Hosts with the certificate "Hiker-friendly along the Malerweg" along the 5th stage
Hiking with dogs:
This stage should not be a problem with dog.
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