Pleasure hiking in Bad Elster 4: Heink hut/ Friedrich-August-Stein

In this hike, you explore the hunting grounds of the last Saxon King Friedrich August III. (in office from 1904 to 1918). For Friedrich August, hunting was a passion he regularly pursued in Bad Elster — even long after the end of his royal reign. It is reported that he liked to stay in Bad Elster in spring — even before the opening of the official and thus busy cure season — to pursue his favorite hobby besides spa and bathing. Your destination today, the Friedrich-August-Stein, reminds of the last hunting visit of the former Saxon king and marks the place where in 1930 he shot his last capercaillie in the forest district of Bad Elster.

Along the way, there are further stations waiting to be discovered and enjoyed, such as the Heink hut and the historic natural pool, a unique and idyllic gem in the Paul-Schindel-Park, the starting and ending point of this route.