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From Stapelburg through the Eckertal – hiking along the Green Belt

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From Stapelburg through the Eckertal – hiking along the Green Belt

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From Stapelburg through the Eckertal – hiking along the Green Belt

04:44

16.4km

350m

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This circular hike takes you from Stapelburg on the northern edge of the Harz up to the Rabenklippe and the lynx enclosure of the Harz National Park. Stapelburg is located directly on the former inner-German border. Buildings too close to the border were demolished. Along the former border river Ecker,…

by BUND e.V.

Last updated: July 19, 2024

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Nationalpark Harz

Oker- und Eckertal in den Landkreisen Goslar und Wolfenbüttel

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82 m

German Unity Monument at the Ecker Bridge

Highlight • Monument

Here the fence opened on 11/11/1989.

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1.05 km

Jungbornplatz Parking Area

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The ideal starting point for hikes in the Eckertal.
Full quickly on the weekend.

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1.30 km

Old railway bridge over the Ecker

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On June 11, 1976, Walter Otte was killed here by Staff Sergeant Erwin G. of the GDR
Border troops murdered.

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1.63 km

Wild Garlic Forest

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I like the smell of wild garlic.

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5.73 km

Großes Stöttertal

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Great Stöttertal a rather arduous way

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6.84 km

Raven Crag

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A place to stay. You can take the mountain bikes with you onto the terrace. Great view rewarded for the climb up there ...

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6.98 km

Lynx enclosure at the Rabenklippe

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Eye to eye with the lynx

The brush ears are back in the Harz forests. But like all cats, they are very shy. So anyone who sees them in the …

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7.35 km

View of the Stötertal Valley

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Beautiful view of the Bad Harzburg area

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10.6 km

Ilsenburger Bank Shelter

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This shelter not only offers the opportunity to sign a guest book, but also to enjoy a wonderful view of Stapelburg, Veckenstedt, Wernigerode, etc.

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12.5 km

Ice Age Boulder with Information Board

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Boulder from the Ice Age with information board = an impressive, well-travelled witness.

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16.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.8 km

4.41 km

975 m

199 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.8 km

4.25 km

1.22 km

112 m

< 100 m

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Sunday 12 July

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Comments

October 12, 2024,Eckertal, Ahlsburg, Rabenklippe und ein wenig Luchs

There are mushrooms on the Ecker 🍄 🍄,
on the Ahlsburg it is stone 🪨🪨.
For the ravens it is the cliffs,
and the lynx, which is being looked after.

Nice round for a later start together with @Tequi and Lissi🐕. The Ecker naturally also had a lot of water and was often dammed up to form pools by fallen …

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January 19, 2025,Rabenklippe

We started from the Eckertal hiking car park in cool -2 degrees and fog.
Today's goal was the Rabenklippen.
First we went up the Ilsenburger Stieg to the Kohlenweg junction.
The higher we got, the sunnier and warmer it became.
At the first rest stop at the shelter it was an incredible 15 degrees.
You could almost sit in a …

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July 17, 2024,Eckertal/ Rabenklippe/ Wandern am Grünen Band

Wonderful tour through shady forests, initially always along the Ecker. There are also very interesting historical places with information boards. Later it goes uphill to the Rabenklippe, from which you have a beautiful view of the Brocken. It is also worth stopping for a rest! If you are lucky, the lynxes will show up in the lynx enclosure right next …

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October 12, 2024,Pilzige Ecker, Ahlsburg & die klippigen Rabenluchse 15,8km

Today we went from blue skies to the cloudy 1:00 p.m. start in Eckertal, where @Ulf und Felizitas ✝️🇱🇻 in Reunion🌟🫂 and the sun were already shining - the latter through the veil.
Up the beautiful railway embankment, but in contrast to May, not only was the ramp a jungle, but now the embankment was also in the hands of …

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August 16, 2021

This circular hike takes you from Stapelburg on the northern edge of the Harz up to the Rabenklippe and the lynx enclosure of the Harz National Park. Stapelburg is located directly on the former inner-German border. Buildings too close to the border were demolished. Along the former border river Ecker

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From Stapelburg through the Eckertal – hiking along the Green Belt

German Unity Monument at the Ecker Bridge

Jungbornplatz Parking Area

Old railway bridge over the Ecker

Wild Garlic Forest

Großes Stöttertal

Raven Crag

Lynx enclosure at the Rabenklippe

View of the Stötertal Valley

Ilsenburger Bank Shelter

Ice Age Boulder with Information Board

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