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title: "From the Hercules Columns to the Moorteich in the Saxon Switzerland Landscape Protection Area"
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From the Hercules Columns to the Moorteich in the Saxon Switzerland Landscape Protection Area
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- 11.42 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: medium
- Great panorama
- Hiking

- 3:45 h
- 11.42 km
- 299 m
- 305 m
- 346 m
- 508 m
- 162 m
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- 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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Pavements

Street (2%)

Asphalt (26%)

Gravel (36%)

Trail (11%)

Path (26%)

Best to visit

suitable

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Tour information

- Loop Road
- Loop Road
- Stop at an Inn
- Summit

Author

Amrei Voigt

Organization

Sachsenforst I Nationalpark- und Forstverwaltung Sächsische Schweiz

License (master data)

Amrei Voigt

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Contact

01824 Rosenthal-Bielatal

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