Glockenstein (HWN 73) – Stecklenburg Castle Ruins loop from Münchenberg

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Glockenstein (HWN 73) – Stecklenburg Castle Ruins loop from Münchenberg

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Glockenstein (HWN 73) – Stecklenburg Castle Ruins loop from Münchenberg

02:12

6.84km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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124 m

Stecklenberg Village Church

Highlight • Religious Site

A small fountain in Stecklenberg.

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1.32 km

Wurmbach Trail

Highlight • Trail

It's simply wonderful to experience the watercourse in a wildly romantic setting

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1.60 km

Wurmbach Cascades

Highlight • Waterfall

Completely dried up at the moment

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1.94 km

Bergmannstieg

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Steep path to the bell stone

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2.97 km

Glockenstein (HWN 73)

Highlight • Natural Monument

A really beautiful stone, which unfortunately stands there rather bleak. He was left with just one tree. It will take a while until he is in a forest again!

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5.52 km

Witch Tree at the Lauenburg Castle Ruins

Highlight • Natural Monument

Very impressive and a great highlight. Please do not enter or climb on it.

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6.45 km

Stecklenburg Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

A great highlight 👍

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6.57 km

Ascent to Stecklenburg

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A rustic path leads up to Stecklenburg.

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6.84 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.31 km

2.10 km

2.04 km

355 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.03 km

3.00 km

672 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

13°C

7°C

98 %

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Comments

May 26, 2022,HWN 187 und HWN 73

A really nice corner here. The tour starts quite difficult with endless stairs. It's only uphill at first. There are a few spots where you can take a breather. On the way to the Glockenstein it gets very difficult again. But after that the way back to the village almost goes by itself.☺️

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June 29, 2024,Kurze Wanderung im Wurmbachtal

Nice and warm and steep 🤣 the Lauenburg is always a highlight, especially the old castle is well worth seeing 🤣🤣🤣

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April 15, 2025,Harzerwandernadel 73, 187 Sonderstempel Stecklenberg

Calling all navigation users, reception is down in this area. Even offline tours are unavailable.

We and others got a bit lost. I've uploaded the planned tour.

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November 8, 2025,Familienwanderung Stecklenburg - Sommerklippen und durchs Wurmbachtal

Hey

Here's the video for the tour:

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February 18, 2024,Stecklenberg

It is always interesting what kind of castles and palaces the Harz had in the early history of Germany. Stecklenberg is a small lighthouse.

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June 1, 2022,Burgfräulein Nuki lässt bitten 🏰👑🛡👑🏰 (HWN 73 Glockenstein - HWN 187 Burg Lauenburg - HWN 990828 Stecklenburg)

Swimming quality: 👎🏻
Kneipp quality: 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Wurmi meets Wurmibach 😃 Yeah, the Wurmibach really exists and we started right next to it today. He led us a good part of the way through the beautiful, majestic Wurmbachtal with its gigantic granite cliffs covered in wool. Today master was allowed to choose the tour and so our plan #todaynoaltitudemeters was doomed …

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April 5, 2022,Stecklenburg – Lauenburg (HWN 187) Runde von Stecklenberg

Now I've finally managed to see the tree with the great, strong roots, what power there is in life 💪🌳
A really nice tour with many highlights 🙏🌈

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March 7, 2026,Stecklenberg HWN 73 & 187 & B&S Stecklenburg

Today we hiked another "please not in summer" tour. Although at times it felt like we were two HSB steam locomotives, we puffed and panted our way up the mountain to the Glockenstein 🥵
First, we hiked up to the B&S stamp box at the Stecklenburg ruins. The remaining ruins are already impressive. Then we continued to Lauenburg and the …

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