"Border stories up close" - heath, legends, border triangle

11.77 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Great panorama
Hiking
  • 3:08 h
  • 11.77 km
  • 189 m
  • 189 m
  • 478 m
  • 667 m
  • 189 m
  • Start: Hikers' car park Hochheide (between Kirchhundem-Heinsberg and Panorama-Park Sauerland); access via Kirchhundem-Heinsberg (Bergstraße)
  • Destination: Hikers' car park Hochheide
The themed hikes "Border stories up close" bring cultural and natural history on the Rothaarsteig to life through informative anecdotes and stories. This circular tour tells the story of the Heinsberger Heide, the Hufeisenstein and the Dreiherrnstein.

Exciting stories about cultural and natural history in a beautiful landscape (Hochheide and Schwarzbachtal nature reserves) combined with an audio and hiking experience over a length of around 11 km. Audio stories Heinsberger Heide, Hufeisenstein, Dreiherrnstein for download!

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Gravel
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suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

From the Hochheide hiking car park, the tour initially leads along the Rothaarsteig (hiking sign: horizontal R on a red background) towards Schwarzbachtal and the Rhine-Weser Tower. In the Schwarzbachtal valley (nature reserve), the circular tour follows the Rothaarsteig access path (hiking sign: horizontal R on a yellow background) towards Röspe.
Attention! If you want to find the Hufeisenstein and its history, leave the Rothaarsteig access trail at the "Hufeisenstein" signpost and take hiking trail A1 for a few metres towards the Haberg nature reserve. At the height where a forest path branches off to the right, after a few steps turn left "through the bushes" to Kurze Dörbach and with a trained eye you will recognise the Hufeisenstein.
After this short exploratory detour, follow the Rothaarsteig access path again until the next crossroads (location name: An der Röspe 1).  From here, follow the hiking trail marked with a K in a white circle, initially heading south. After around 4.5 kilometres, the hiking trail marked with the K leads us directly to the Dreiherrnstein. The audio history provides an exciting insight into the cultural history of this border triangle and tells of more than just peaceful conflicts.
From the Dreiherrnstein, the Rothaarsteig leads northwards to the Heinsberger Hochheide. After around 1.5 kilometres, you reach the heathland. Here it is worth listening to the history of the Heinsberger Heide and the "Dicken Stein" before reaching the starting point, the Hochheide hiking car park, just a few metres away.

The three audio stories of this adventure tour are available for download as a podcast.

Tour information

  • Cultural Interesting

  • Loop Road

Equipment

Comfortable hiking boots, provisions (no refreshment stops on the hiking route)

Directions & Parking facilities

Kirchhundem-Heinsberg via the mountain road towards the Hochheide hiking car park
Hikers' car park Hochheide
The Heinsberg Ludwig bus stop is 2 kilometres from the tour. This is served by the bus route R93 .

Author

Tourist-Information Lennestadt & Kirchhundem
Hundemstraße 18
57368 Lennestadt

Organization

Tourist-Information Lennestadt & Kirchhundem

License (master data)

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Safety guidelines

Information about the rescue signs

Most hiking trails run away from villages and settlements and every hiker has thought about what would happen if an emergency were to occur. How can I be found here? Where am I anyway? Can the emergency services reach me?

In an emergency, things have to move quickly! That's why the hiking trail network in the Lennestadt & Kirchhundem region is equipped with so-called rescue signs throughout. The green and white badges attached to the posts of the signposts have a number that you must give when making an emergency call. This way, the emergency services know exactly where you are and valuable time can be saved.

Map

Hiking map of Lennestadt & Kirchhundem, 1:25,000
Tourist Information Lennestadt & Kirchhundem
Hundemstr. 18, 57368 Lennestadt
www.lennestadt-kirchhundem.de

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"Border stories up close" - heath, legends, border triangle
57399 Kirchhundem