Circular route at Martin's forest adventure trail Ellefeld

We start the hike at the parking lot/motorhome parking at the "Old Bath Ellefeld" on Hohofen Street heading southeast. We walk along a small allotment garden settlement and come to a game enclosure. On the left and right of the path, we can observe fallow deer and red deer.

After about one kilometer of walking distance, we reach the start of the forestry educational trail, greeted by an information sign, and along the route, an M-shaped marker shows us the way. 

After a few meters, we reach the first active station "Slender Spruce." We remain active along the rest of the path and come to a balancing log. 

A few hundred meters further, we reach the crossroads to the Rißweg; here we first go straight past the wood storage area to the signposted retention pond with a shelter. Here you can take a break; while walking around the pond, we discover an insect hotel and a lookout.

We continue the path, go back to the crossroads, and turn right to cross the double bridge over the Red Göltzsch after a few meters. Hikers have the option here to go down to the stream bed, maybe dip their feet in the water or play in the mud. Opposite is a resting bench and a sand play area. Here we also reach the turning point of the route and now walk back north towards Ellefeld.

Along the way, we encounter another active and discovery station with a long jump and balancing course as well as a path into the undergrowth. The path always leads along the Red Göltzsch and changes from coniferous to mixed forest. In an area of a beech clearing is another info station on forestry.

We come to the end of the forestry educational trail with the last active station with a cone throwing setup.

The further path leads us back to the parking lot at the starting point of the hike.

You can reach Ellefeld via the A 72. From the direction of Chemnitz, take the Reichenbach exit and follow the B 94 towards Rodewisch. At the entrance to Rodewisch, turn right onto the bypass road (B 169) and after about 3 km reach the roundabout with the exit to Ellefeld. From the direction of Hof/Plauen, take the Treuen exit and follow the state road towards Auerbach. Before Auerbach turn left towards the Auerbach-West industrial area and follow the bypass road to the junction Ellefeld/Auerbach airfield.

• Parking lot/motorhome parking Hohofener Straße at the Old Bath Ellefeld
• Parking lot Ellefeld Erbwaldweg at the Red Göltzsch

Information about arriving by bus and train is available from the Vogtland Tourism and Transport Center at www.vogtlandauskunft.de or via the service phone 03744 19449.