Routes to the Brocken - Goetheweg

From the west, starting at Torfhaus, Goethe once set out to the Brocken. Along the B4 there is already a beautiful view of the Brocken. The popular Goetheweg follows the Abbegraben. Goethe did not yet know this watercourse – it was built in 1827 and today is part of the new World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System. A wooden boardwalk leads through the Large Torfhaus Moor. Peat was once extracted here; today the valuable moors of the Harz are under strict nature protection. The path leads at the foot of the Quitschenberg to Eckersprung. Now the hiker crosses the former inner-German border. The Goetheweg runs along the Brocken Railway at the Goethe Moor. The forest thins out, heath areas become increasingly visible. The last section must be covered by the hiker on the Brockenstraße. The Goetheweg is part of the Harz Witches' Trail.