Easy hikes and walks around Huy

Here is the stamp box Huy- Fallstein, with an information board and resting places.

The gatehouse was built in the late 15th century. Through the construction of the castle at that time, the main access to the castle, previously located in the west, could no longer be used, thus making this access from the north necessary. Drawbridges were built over both moats, which were up to 6 m deep. The inlets in the gate vaults, of the gatehouse and the main gate to the inner bailey, through which the raised bridges were integrated into the wall, still exist. The gatehouse was originally built in timber-frame construction with hardwood and stone infill. Four, perhaps even six, toilet oriels, which also served defensive purposes (boiling pitch or water), were attached to the outer fronts. The rooms of the gatehouse served as living quarters and guardrooms for the castle guards. [ Source: Information board on site ]

Huy-Fallstein checkpoint No.16 "Blechbude Wilhelmshall"

Opening hours: Thursday and Friday 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Saturday, Sunday and on public holidays from 10:00 AM or by appointment [Source: Information board on site]

A blossoming Pentecost morning dawned. In gentle light, the sun sent its golden rays over forest and field. The morning bells of Huysburg had barely faded when the devil and his followers climbed the mountain to preach to them. That small hilltop was to serve as his pulpit. He described the world's charms and its splendor to his listeners in the most magnificent colors. But the monks of Huysburg had already heard of Satan's beginnings. One of them therefore descended. With great power, he proclaimed to them the message of the Kingdom of God. Great was the devil's disappointment when he saw all his listeners abandon him and devoutly listen to the monk's words. Enraged, he seized his tail and leaped down the mountain. However, when he reached Anderbeck, his shoe, filled with dirt, pinched him so badly that he had to sit down for a while. He took off his boot and dumped the earth on the ground, creating a small hill which the locals, some of whom had witnessed the event, called "Cuckoo Hill." The devil then continued his journey to Braunschweig, hoping to find more receptive listeners there. But he had scarcely passed through Badersleben when his other boot, the one covering his hoof, began to pinch. As he beat it, a "Kisserling" (a type of stone) weighing about 20 hundredweight fell to the ground. This large stone still lies in the Glüsig, north of Badersleben. Since Satan is said to emerge from beneath it every night around midnight, the old people of Badersleben warn the young people by saying: "Don't go through the Glüsig at night; for that's where the devil comes out from under the Kisserling!" [Also source: http://www.huywald.de/ ]

The Huysburg Monastery (Benedictine Priory of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven) is a Benedictine monastery at an altitude of around 300 metres on the Huy, a wooded ridge north of the Harz Mountains and nine kilometres north-west of Halberstadt in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt. Assigned to the municipality of Huy under constitutional law, the Huysburg Benedictine Monastery belongs to the diocese of Magdeburg under canon law, but is exempt from it. The patron saint is Mary. The Huysburg is the first stop on the Way of St. James in the Harz region and is located on the southern route of the Romanesque Road. (Source: Wikipedia)

Not very well maintained, lots of weeds.

Large and free parking lot, good starting point for a circular walk or to collect stamps.