Saugrabenweg

The Saugraben circular trail in Hainich is beautiful and varied. Thanks to @fadenkäfer for the suggestion! Right now it's the best time, because the wild garlic is in full bloom and it smells everywhere.

Another Wednesday hike to the Hainich because of the cool weather. The starting point was the car park at the fox farm near Mülverstedt. The name of the path was really "Germanic cult path" - not an invention of ours.

Today I planned the tour with plenty of time, parking near Kammerforst at the Zollgarten hiking car park. It wasn't about the kilometers for me, but rather the time to enjoy the uniqueness of the Hainich at this time of year. So I sat for almost an hour on the bench between Buchengrund and Nesselgrund, drinking coffee and listening to the sounds of nature and admiring all the many early bloomers🌱🌼 The 🐦 did their best🎶🙂. I was amazed that the "Fuchsfarm" restaurant was open👍 on a Thursday. So there were 🍨 and ☕️ outside. On the way back, I found a dead lamb by the side of the road, visibly injured by someone; it looked as if it had been pecked at.

Went to the Hainich with the family today. The route was to hike along the "Saugrabenweg". In quite muddy conditions we went sliding through the forest and towards the end through a "bush landscape". The weather was also good - only one or two sleet showers had to be endured.

From the NP Hainich website: "Back to the times of our ancestors on the Germanic cult path Eight pre-Christian sanctuaries are presented on the Germanic Cult Trail, but these are not reconstructions on authentic sites. Rather, it is illustrated that the primeval forest was also part of the Germanic world - a world that the sacrificial moor museum near Niederdorla documents with finds from the sacrificial moor."

My dear friend Anja is visiting for a few days and we set out on the Saugrabenweg in Hainich in the best weather. We almost had the hiking trails to ourselves. We saw a single family. We saw cowslips, hollow larkspur, wood anemones, daphne, fragrant violets, wild garlic and much more in abundance. Splendid. On the way back we went to the Ubis and paid a visit to Pauline, the rescued dormouse, and brought her some carrots and apples. She will soon be released into the wild after recovering from her illness. Kind regards, Janice

Barefoot through the forest! Perfect to "massage" the foot reflex zones and prevent many complaints

ᗪᗴᖇ Տᗩᑌᘜᖇᗩᗷᗴᑎᗯᗴᘜ 🐗 ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟᴘᴀʀᴋ ʜᴀɪɴɪᴄʜ 💚🌳🌿 📍Starting point: Zollgarten Kammerforst car park. It still smells of wild garlic and it hasn't completely faded yet. ♟️I was also able to collect 2 Touringen stamps: 💮41 UBIS 💮42 Hünenteich A great place to stop for a break is the "Brotzeit Fuchsfarm" 🦊I also had a short break here 🌭🍺 The Saugraben circular trail can be started from the Zollgarten car park or from the car park at the Fuchsfarm.