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Heimkehle Welcome Playground – Heimkehle Show Cave loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Heimkehle

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Heimkehle Welcome Playground – Heimkehle Show Cave loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Heimkehle

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Heimkehle Welcome Playground – Heimkehle Show Cave loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Heimkehle

02:28

8.90km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 25, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Südharz

Gipskarstlandschaft Heimkehle

Biosphärenreservat Karstlandschaft Südharz

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.40 km

Medieval Deserted Village of Timderode

Highlight • Historical Site

Only a small hill in the field suggests that there could have been a village here in the Middle Ages.

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7.20 km

Rest Area on the Karst Trail

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A new, covered rest area on the karst trail, a nice place to take a break.

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8.26 km

Reesberg sinkhole on the Karst Trail

Highlight • Natural Monument

If you are interested in geology, you can follow the traces of karst and gypsum and discover many things!

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8.27 km

Historic boundary stone in Naturpark Südharz

Highlight • Monument

The boundary stones are plentiful here, and the beautiful hiking trails will take you to them.

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8.35 km

Forest Stairway to Stamp Checkpoint 214 and the Reesberg Doline

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This forest stairway leads to stamping point 214 of the Harzer hiking nobility. It is particularly beautiful here in early spring, when the wild garlic is in bloom, and the beech forest is pervaded by a delicate scent.

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8.61 km

Information Board: Dolines at Heimkehle (Karst Trail)

Highlight • Rest Area

Sinkholes are funnel-shaped depressions or hollows in the landscape and can be up to 300 meters deep.

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8.80 km

Heimkehle Welcome Playground

Highlight • Rest Area

The playground is now finished and is absolutely fantastic and informative at the same time. Based on the karst cave with its bats, the theme has been implemented in a wonderfully child-friendly way.

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8.86 km

Heimkehle Show Cave

Highlight • Cave

The show cave is one of around 200 known caves in the South Harz Karst region. There is only one other gypsum cave in the whole of Germany that is …

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8.90 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.95 km

1.87 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.45 km

3.13 km

1.47 km

841 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Thursday 25 June

35°C

17°C

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Heimkehle Welcome Playground – Heimkehle Show Cave loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Heimkehle

Medieval Deserted Village of Timderode

Rest Area on the Karst Trail

Reesberg sinkhole on the Karst Trail

Historic boundary stone in Naturpark Südharz

Forest Stairway to Stamp Checkpoint 214 and the Reesberg Doline

Information Board: Dolines at Heimkehle (Karst Trail)

Heimkehle Welcome Playground

Heimkehle Show Cave

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