Bad Schlema - Small Gleesberg circular route Terrainkurweg 11

  • 3.94 km long
  • Round trip
  • Difficulty: medium
  • Condition: medium
  • Great panorama
  • Hiking
  • 1:45 h
  • 3.94 km
  • 164 m
  • 163 m
  • 398 m
  • 563 m
  • 165 m
  • Start: At the Bad Schlema guest information, Richard-Friedrich-Str. 18, 08301 Aue-Bad Schlema OT Bad Schlema
  • Destination: At the Bad Schlema guest information, Richard-Friedrich-Str. 18, 08301 Aue-Bad Schlema OT Bad Schlema
This terrain route leads directly to the summit of the Gleesberg. A varied route with demanding ascents and descents.

On one side of the Schlema valley, toward the south, rises the local mountain, the Gleesberg.

With its 593 meters in height, it is the highest mountain in the immediate surroundings. On the summit, the Erzgebirgsverein Neustädtel built an observation tower and a mountain inn last century.

Waypoints

Start
Start
At the Bad Schlema guest information, Richard-Friedrich-Str. 18, 08301 Aue-Bad Schlema OT Bad Schlema

Good to know

Pavements

Unknown (2%)
Street (1%)
Asphalt (43%)
Gravel (14%)
Trail (28%)
Path (12%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

The start is at the Bad Schlema guest information. After a steep climb, you reach the Gleesberg spring. The cozy shaded spot invites you to linger. The hike then proceeds relatively flat and offers panoramic views over Aue. Many benches along the way invite to rest. Afterwards, it goes uphill again towards the Berggaststätte Gleesberg. 

Here the mountain inn offers the possibility to refresh yourself. The observation tower "Köhlerturm" can be climbed and a view over the region from above compensates for the ascent. Through the forest, the path leads back to the Gleesberg spring. From there, you return along the same path towards the spa center and the guest information.

Tour information

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Equipment

Poles are advantageous when ascending towards "Berggaststätte Gleesbeerg".

Directions & Parking facilities

Getting there

Arrival by car
For arrival by car, you can take the A72 motorway, exit Hartenstein, through Aue towards Schneeberg. In the district Bad Schlema, turn right at the first or second traffic light on Auer Straße towards the center of Bad Schlema.

Arrival by bus
For arrival by bus, you can use the VMS online timetable. Here is the VMS timetable: www.vms.de

Arrival by train
For arrival by train, you can use the Deutsche Bahn online timetable. Here is the info: www.bahn.de

Parking
  • Parking lot "Markus-Semmler" at the Markus-Semmler visitor mine
  • Parking bays on Markus-Semmler-Straße
  • Bad Schlema parking garage - entrance is via Markus-Semmler-Straße (entrance in front of house no. 65)
  • Parking lot on the main street opposite the bus stop "Center"
  • Parking lot Marktpassage Bad Schlema
Public transportation
  • Bus stop "Ärztehaus am Kurpark"
  • Bus stop on Auer Straße "Way to the health spa"
  • Bus stop on the main street "Center"
  • Bus stop "Turning point at Kurpark"

Author

Lydia Schloesinger

Organization

Städteverbund Silberberg

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Places to eat:

  • Berggaststätte Gleesberg +49 3772 22453
  • Badcafe, Tel. +49 3771 215530
  • Hotel "Am Kurhaus", Tel. +49 3772 37170
  • Restaurant 2008 in the Kurhotel Bad Schlema, Tel. +49 3771 215000
  • Hotel "Neue Thüringer" Klause, Tel. +49 3772 22687

For children:

  • Playground at the Kurpark
  • Wildlife enclosure