From the Hercules Columns to the Moorteich in the Saxon Switzerland Landscape Protection Area

3:45 h
11.42 km
299 m
305 m
346 m
508 m
162 m
Start: Bushaltestelle Schweizermühle
Destination: Bushaltestelle Schweizermühle

In the shadow of the Hercules Columns, the route begins and leads us over the Johanniswacht to the Moorteich. The return path runs through the Zauschengrund and Diebsgrund natural monuments. Relatively near the end of the route, the Sachsenstein is also climbed.

Schweizermühle – Herkulessäulen – Johanniswacht – Ottomühle – Mehlsteig – Moorteich – Hirschstange – Zauschengrund – Diebsgrund – Alte Rosenthaler Straße – Sachsenstein – Nachbar – Schweizermühle

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Author

Amrei Voigt

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Sachsenforst I Nationalpark- und Forstverwaltung Sächsische Schweiz

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