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Scenic from Sebnitz into the Kirnitzschtal

At a glance

  • Start: National Park Station Sebnitz
  • Destination: Stop Lichtenhainer Waterfall
  • Medium
  • 16,56 km
  • 6 hours
  • 458 m
  • 429 m
  • 160 m

This scenic route hike takes you from Sebnitz via the Panoramaweg to the Großstein and from there into the Kirnitzschtal via the Kuhstall to the Lichtenhainer Waterfall.

The route has a moderate profile but is still rated as moderately difficult due to its almost 17 kilometres in length, but it requires no special skills. It runs relatively flat over Lichtenhain after a short but sharp climb out of Sebnitz and crosses the Panoramaweg, which offers an interesting view over almost the entire Hintere Sächsische and Böhmische Schweiz, and in good weather even as far as the Hoher Schneeberg.

Further towards the Kirnitzschtal, you pass the so-called Großstein - an impressive viewpoint over the Kirnitzschtal into the Hintere Sächsische Schweiz.

Afterwards, the route goes a bit into the Sächsische Schweiz National Park - specifically into the Kleiner Zschand - to the famous Kuhstall, which is worth discovering and exploring.

From the Kuhstall, the route returns to the Kirnitzschtal to the Lichtenhainer Waterfall, where the route ends appropriately.

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