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Rothaarsteig Trace - Zinser Border Path
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- 14.44 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: difficult
- Condition: difficult
- Great panorama
- Hiking

- 3:45 h
- 14.44 km
- 246 m
- 250 m
- 456 m
- 667 m
- 211 m
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- Start: Hiking car park 'Am Zinsebach'
- Destination: Hiking car park 'Am Zinsebach'

The Zinser Border Path connects water and nature highlights and offers us a border experience that dates back to the 17th century.

Starting in the picturesque small village of Zinse, the 14 km long circular route follows the **meandering Zinsebach**, along the **Rösper Pond** and past the **enchanted ponds of the Schwarzbach valley**. Many rare plant and animal species such as kingfisher, grey wagtail, and greylag goose can be observed here. From there, the path leads steeply uphill directly along the border to Heinsberg to the **Hermeskopf** (611 m). Through idyllic beech forests and over narrow paths, you can also count the border stones along the way, which commemorate the old border between Wittgenstein and the Electorate of Cologne Sauerland.

With a detour over the **Dreiherrenstein** (673 m) – where the territories of the Electorate of Cologne Duchy of Westphalia, the County of Nassau-Oranien, and the Princes of Wittgenstein-Hohenstein met – the path finally leads back along the lonely Zinsebach valley with the small rock cave, the **former settlement of Fuchshausen**, back to Zinse.

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Tour information

- Cultural Interesting
- Loop Road
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Author

Nathalie Treude

Organization

Touristikverband Siegen-Wittgenstein e.V.

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Contact

57339 Erndtebrück

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