10th Route: With Fairy Tales and Legends through the Tharandt Forest

Based on an idea by the Kneipp Association at the Tharandt Forest e.V., the project "With Fairy Tales and Legends through the Tharandt Forest" was created as part of the care of Kneipp children's facilities. Today it is brought to life by the Traffic and Beautification Association "Tharandt Forest" e.V., among others, through annual hikes in spring and autumn together with the Erzgebirge Guides Association e.V. The aim is to encourage children and young people to engage in physical activity in nature by searching for the fairy tale stations, each with a hint to the next station, or by finding a suitable geo-cache nearby. They are accompanied expertly, among others, by the forester and the Tharandt Forest Queen, and also encounter the good witch of Hartheberg on the way…

Points of interest along the way:

• Kurplatz with flower sundial and Hubertus deer

• Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Stone and Wettin Oak

• Old pine, paths of songs, salt lick, and Kneipp facility

• Ernemann Hut shelter

• Fairy tale station Little Red Riding Hood

• Kling Spring with Kneipp facility, fairy tale station Brother and Sister

• Spechtshausen Switzerland (Sandstone), fairy tale station Snow White

• Witch's House / Basalt Quarry Ascherhübel, shelter / rest area, fairy tale station Hansel and Gretel

• Sun Bath with Kneipp facility / forest playground, rest area / shelter, fairy tale station Snow-White and Rose-Red