World Heritage Cycling Tour: Water in the Depths

Logo World Heritage Cycling Tour: Water in the Depths
Logo World Heritage Cycling Tour: Water in the Depths
Tour data
39.73km
188 - 596m
Distance
937hm
938hm
Ascent
04:00h
 
Duration
Brief description

By E-bike or mountain bike following the route of historic mining drainage galleries between Clausthal-Zellerfeld and Gittelde.

Difficulty
medium
Rating
Technique
Fitness
Landscape
Experience
Starting point

Kaiser Wilhelm II Shaft, parking lot, Erzstraße 24 in 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Route
Clausthal-Zellerfeld (565 m)
0.6 km
Clausthal (571 m)
0.9 km
Zellerfeld (559 m)
5.0 km
St. Salvatoris
5.2 km
Hirtenbrunnen
5.2 km
Hotel Rathaus
10.1 km
Wildemann (520 m)
10.2 km
Landhaus Wildemann
10.3 km
Köppelblick
11.3 km
Quellenweg Tränke
12.2 km
Spinne
13.2 km
Schweinebraten
13.7 km
Ev. Stadtkirche St. Antonius
18.8 km
Bergstadt Bad Grund (Harz) (358 m)
18.8 km
Rösteberg (358 m)
20.7 km
Gittelde
23.5 km
Rösteberg (358 m)
26.6 km
Bergstadt Bad Grund (Harz) (358 m)
28.3 km
Ev. Stadtkirche St. Antonius
28.4 km
Clausthal-Zellerfeld (565 m)
39.6 km


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Description
In the Upper Harz there are around 92 km of drainage galleries that belong to the UNESCO World Heritage in the Harz. These are underground galleries through which the water can flow out of the mines.

This tour for E-bikes goes from Clausthal-Zellerfeld to Gittelde on the western edge of the Harz.

The cycle route runs directly above the Ernst-August-Stollen drainage gallery. There are various places where you can take a break.

The tour is 43 km long. It starts from the car park next to the Kaiser Wilhelm II Schacht in Clausthal-Zellerfeld.

Most of the time you will be riding on forestry tracks but there are also some narrow trails and places with large roots. The tour takes around 4 to 5 hours.

The tour is very varied and is well-suited to E-bikes.

Directions
The tour starts and ends in Clausthal-Zellerfeld.

On the ride to Wildemann you pass the Ottiliae Shaft. In Wildemann you can visit the 19-Lachter-Stollen Visitor Mine. The next stop could be in Bad Grund. For example with a visit to the Knesebeck Shaft Mining Museum.

In Gittelde you will reach the portal of the Ernst-August-Stollen drainage gallery. The gallery is named after King Ernst August of Hannover. The portal is the entrance to the gallery.

From Gittelde you ride back to Bad Grund then continue past the Wiemannsbucht Schaft and back to Clausthal-Zellerfeld, to the Kaiser Wilhelm II Schacht.

Highest point
596 m
Endpoint

Kaiser Wilhelm II Shaft, parking lot, Erzstraße 24 in 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Height profile
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Tips

On the way from Wildemann to Bad Grund you can visit the museum and cave at the "HöhlenErlebnisZentrum Iberger Tropfsteinhöhle".

Additional information
 

Stiftung UNESCO-Welterbe im Harz

Bergtal 19
38640 Goslar
Tel: 05321 750 114
info@welterbeimharz.de
www.welterbeimharz.de

 

 eBike-Rental

OutdoorCenter

HarzAltenauer Straße 55
38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Tel: 05323 982460
www.harzagentur.de

 


Directions

Via the Bundestraße 241 (Altenauer Straße).

Public transportation

At the Kaiser Wilhelm II Shaft, the HarzBus lines 830 and 861 go to the Ostbahnhof stop.


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