6 hours border experience between Oberwiesenthal and Boží Dar

18.63 km long

Round trip

Difficulty: difficult

Condition: very difficult

Great panorama

Hiking

Skisprungschanzen in Oberwiesenthal — © Dirk Rückschloss, Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge | CC-BY

Silberzwergl Hütte — © ERZ 50, Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge | CC-BY

über Felder und Wiesen — © Dirk Rückschloss, Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge | CC-BY

4:55 h
18.63 km
389 m
380 m
883 m
1,081 m
198 m
Start: Vierenstraße Kurort Oberwiesenthal (below the open-air stage)
Destination: Vierenstraße Kurort Oberwiesenthal (below the open-air stage)

The hike crosses the border between Germany and the Czech Republic and offers a perfect combination of sporting challenge and breathtaking Ore Mountains scenery.

The trail begins in the spa town of Oberwiesenthal. The highest town in Germany is the starting point of the almost 18.6 km long border experience. After the start, the route leads steadily uphill and downhill on forest paths and mountain trails, always accompanied by the character of the ridge region and the nearby national border. If you wish, you can take a short detour to the Amtssteigfelsen, which offers incredible views of the region.

Passing the Bächelhütte and the Börnerwiese nature reserve, you reach Tellerhäuser and can take a break at the "Zwergentreff". Now you cross the border into the Czech Republic. The route continues through dense forests and along marked hiking trails towards the village of Boží Dar (Gottesgab). There is plenty to discover along the way, as hikers are on the Christkindlweg trail. The village of Boží Dar is picturesquely situated on the Erzgebirge plateau and offers a welcome change: culture, history and a typical Erzgebirge atmosphere await you here.

Finally, you return to Germany and the idyllic Zechengrund. At its end, hikers reach Oberwiesenthal again on the left, where they have the opportunity to take a stroll and stop for a bite to eat.

Pavements

Street

Asphalt

Gravel

Trail

Path

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

Directions

The hike begins in the center of the spa town of Oberwiesenthal (Germany's highest mountain town) and initially leads uphill on Vierenstraße towards K1, the lift and Prjiut in the direction of "Fichtelberg Base Camp" (formerly Sportbaude Waldeck). A large part of the trail follows the signs "Jens-Weißflog-Tour". At the base camp, turn left onto the Ausrückeweg and then left to the Hirschfalzhütte. Follow the Jens Weissflog tour through the forest until you reach the road and the Bächelhütte. Cross the road and hike downhill to the Zwergentreff. From there, walk to the border and cross it. Turn left at the next junction and do NOT follow the signs for the Jens Weißflog Tour. Instead, keep left. After a short time you will come across the markings again. This is because the Jens Weißflog Tour makes an approx. 7-kilometer loop at this point and then rejoins your hike. So you follow the markings again and after a short time you reach Boží Dar. The hike takes you through the village and over the border again. Immediately after the border, deviate from the markings and turn right. Continue through the Zechengrund and via Keilbergstraße, Zechenstraße and Büttnerweg back towards the starting point.

Tour information

Loop Road
Stop at an Inn

Equipment

We recommend weatherproof clothing, sure-footed shoes and rucksack provisions for the tour.

Carry your identity card (as the tour crosses the border into the Czech Republic)

Directions & Parking facilities

Route via the B95 in the direction of Annaberg-Buchholz and on to Oberwiesenthal. Alternatively, take the A4 highway (Chemnitz-Mitte exit) or the A72 highway (Reichenbach exit). From Chemnitz the distance is about 60 km.

Parking lots Oberwiesenthal:

At the ski stadium

At the ice and sports arena

At the Hüttenbach

At the Annaberger Str.

At the suspension railroad

At the toboggan slope

Rotes Vorwerk

Vierenstraße/ E.-Riedel-Straße

Parking lots Tellerhäuser:

on the border slope

at the S271 Tellerhäuser

Parking lots in Gottesgab: 362 62 Boží Dar-Ostrov nad Ohří

By train to Chemnitz main station - from there take bus 210 via Annaberg-Buchholz directly to Oberwiesenthal. Alternatively, take the Erzgebirgsbahn to Cranzahl - change to the historic Fichtelbergbahn (narrow-gauge railroad) to the Kurort Oberwiesenthal station.

Bus stops along the route:

Tellerhäuser, turning loop

Oberwiesenthal, New House

Oberwiesenthal, Bächelhütte

Oberwiesenthal, market

Oberwiesenthal, railroad station

Additional information

Oberwiesenthal(https://www.oberwiesenthal.de/) and Boží Dar(https://www.bozidar.cz/de/) offer numerous sights and places to stop for refreshments.

Author

Anni Borrmann, TVE

Organization

Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge