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Gläserner Mönch – Belvedere Tower (Halberstadt) loop from Halberstadt-Spiegelsberge

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Gläserner Mönch – Belvedere Tower (Halberstadt) loop from Halberstadt-Spiegelsberge

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Gläserner Mönch – Belvedere Tower (Halberstadt) loop from Halberstadt-Spiegelsberge

04:31

16.9km

190m

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: August 9, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.15 km

Five-Finger Rock and Devil’s Chair near Halberstadt

Highlight • Natural Monument

From both sandstone rocks you can look at the other, past the Five Finger Rock which is more striking, but the Teufelskanzel has a beautiful view and a small cave.

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3.84 km

Viewpoint overlooking the Klusfelsen

Highlight • Viewpoint

A very nice resting place with a great view.

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9.23 km

Crow Hut Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

There is a small bench right by the road. From there you can climb a few meters up the slope and experience this beautiful view from the Krähenhüttenfelsen. What a view and the perfect place for an extended break!

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10.2 km

Fuchsklippe Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great stamping station and nice rest area.

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11.1 km

Gläserner Mönch

Highlight • Natural Monument

Wonderful view of Halberstadt, the Brocken and the entire area. There are a few steep steps to climb, but the view is worth it.

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11.4 km

Stairway to the Gläserner Mönch

Highlight • Trail

After 177 steps you are at the top

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13.1 km

Meding Schanze Memorial and World War I Trench, Halberstadt

Highlight • Historical Site

In 2014, the First World War, which broke out 100 years ago, will be commemorated all over the country. 40 states were involved in this war, in which a total of around 70 million soldiers were under arms. Until the start of the Second World War in 1938, it was the most extensive war in human history. The First World War claimed almost ten million lives and around 20 million wounded among the soldiers. The number of civilian casualties is estimated at a further seven million. To this day, this war is not interpreted uniformly by the various warring parties. The First World War went down in military history as trench and positional warfare, but above all as a gas war, because weapons of mass destruction were used for the first time. The Harz region was not involved in this fighting. However, it was involved in the war. The town of Halberstadt was a garrison town from 1623 and developed over the centuries into one of the most important in Central Germany.
This long period of military presence, which only ended in 1993 with the withdrawal of the Soviet army, has left numerous regional traces.
This includes the Meding Schanze, a relic of the First World War, which has, however, been largely forgotten.
This war memorial is located off the well-known hiking trails in the Spiegelsberge.
You can find it if you follow the zoo fence at the Spiegelsberge hunting lodge and take the road down to the left towards Lindenberg.

(Source: wissenswertes.ausflugsziele-harz.de)

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Belvedere Tower (Halberstadt)

Highlight • Monument

This tower, which is part of the overall concept of the "Spiegelsberge" park, was built by Spiegel around 1780. On the substructure and the intermediate section with the slanted windows, there are remains of animal depictions in the rusticated masonry, an expression of the new "feeling for nature". When we climb the tower, the window facing the direction we are walking gives us a view of the Brocken. Source: display board

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16.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.98 km

6.51 km

2.78 km

627 m

Surfaces

8.32 km

3.62 km

1.94 km

1.89 km

1.03 km

104 m

Elevation

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Highest point (200 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Saturday 22 August

21°C

11°C

13 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

March 25, 2024,#11/24 Klusfelsen,Fünffingerfelsen,Gläserner Mönch

At my daughter's request to hike 3 days in a row, the first tour took us to Klusfelsen. No rain so let's get going. The three of us walked through this great area and had a wonderful day with great weather🌞🥾🎒

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October 24, 2023,Klusfelsen – Gläserner Mönch Runde von Halberstadt-Spiegelsberge

Thanks to komoot users we found this interesting area today. We started from the hotel, had a good breakfast, in Halberstadt and recorded from Halberstadt - Spiegelsberge. The weather held up well for about 80% of the round. Now we are both 🐶🙋‍♀️ dry again and satisfied that we were able to do such a nice lap.

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August 30, 2025,Rund um Halberstadt: Klusberge, Gläserner Mönch, Spiegelsberge

The beautiful weather is luring us into the beautiful nature around Halberstadt today.
We start with the Klusberge Mountains, magnificent stone formations. We continue through beautiful deciduous forest and field paths to the "Glass Monk." If you look closely, you can actually make out a monk's face looking to the left.
We continue on truly stunning forest paths through the …

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May 10, 2024,2024 - Deutschland - Harz - Von Halberstadt zu den Klusfelsen und zum Gläsernen Mönch

I particularly liked this hike. Geological highlights, lots of forest, wonderful views and historical places could be found on this hike. The starting point was the stadium in Halberstadt. From here we went to the Klusfelsen, the Fünffinger-Felsen and later to the Teufelskanzel. These geological highlights have been around for several millennia.
From here the hike led through the Klussiedlung …

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April 26, 2026,Glaeserner Mönch - Bismarck-Turm - Belvedere-Turm (HZ, Halberstadt)

Tour technical data:
3.6 km/h average
6:32 h duration
4:41 h moving

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October 5, 2022,Thekenberge🍁Klusfelsen🍂 Spiegelberge

Today I'm taking you on an autumn hike again 🍁🥾🍄🍂. This time we started south of Halberstadt near Langenstein. We went over the glass monk to the Thekenberge, then right through the Klusfelsen with really great, intense colors today: the yellow rocks in the warm autumn light with an azure blue sky 👍, more is really not possible... and then …

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January 2, 2022,Gläserner Mönch – Belvedere Halberstadt Runde von Langenstein

Very nice hike with spring-like temperatures, this morning still gray in gray, the sun came out in the afternoon.

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June 25, 2023,Im Schatten der Hexen - Klusberge, Thekenberge, Spiegelsberge

In the shadow of the witches - short route

After my last hike in the Halberstadt mountains two years ago, I visit this favorite place again with my aerobics group. While the last route was 25 km long and still led via Langenstein, here is the short version:

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Gläserner Mönch – Belvedere Tower (Halberstadt) loop from Halberstadt-Spiegelsberge

Five-Finger Rock and Devil’s Chair near Halberstadt

Viewpoint overlooking the Klusfelsen

Crow Hut Rock

Fuchsklippe Viewpoint

Gläserner Mönch

Stairway to the Gläserner Mönch

Meding Schanze Memorial and World War I Trench, Halberstadt

Belvedere Tower (Halberstadt)

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