From Eibenstock to Auersberg (1,018 m) and back via Wildenthal

  • 15.29 km long
  • Round trip
  • Difficulty: medium
  • Condition: medium
  • Hiking
  • 4:35 h
  • 15.29 km
  • 525 m
  • 525 m
  • 569 m
  • 1,018 m
  • 449 m
  • Start: Tourist-Service-Center Eibenstock
  • Destination: Tourist-Service-Center Eibenstock

"Up to the summit!" - The challenging hike to the second highest mountain of the Saxon Ore Mountains is rewarded with a fantastic panoramic view from the observation tower.

From the Tourist-Service-Center Eibenstock (640 m above sea level) initially out of the town and down into the beautiful wooded valley of the Große Bockau. After crossing the Rektorbrücke (the lowest point of the route at 570 m above sea level), the actual ascent begins on the Bärenweg. The last section up to the Auersberg leads literally over the Heavenly Ladder behind the "Großer Stern" (shelter) to the summit at 1,018 m. The hiker is also rewarded with a magnificent view from the oldest stone observation tower (1860) of the Ore Mountains. The adjacent mountain inn was built in 1907. The descent over the Schlangenweg reaches the idyllic Wildenthal, one of the first summer resorts of the Ore Mountains. Through the deeply incised valley of the Große Bockau you reach after about 5 km in a northerly direction the starting point again in Eibenstock. The entire circular hike leads through magnificent high forest and offers excellent views again and again. You will be accompanied on your route only by the rustling of the mighty treetops and the lively babbling of the streams.

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Good to know

Pavements

Street (5%)
Asphalt (22%)
Gravel (53%)
Trail (20%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

see: the route

Tour information

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

  • Summit

Equipment

Hiking boots, sufficient to drink

Directions & Parking facilities

Getting there

from B 283 Aue - Klingenthal: 3 exits to Eibenstock

Parking

free parking at the Tourist-Service-Center Eibenstock, Dr.-Leidholdt-Str. 2

Public transportation

by bus: RVE lines

346 from Johanngeorgenstadt to Eibenstock (Postplatz)

371 Aue - Eibenstock - Carlsfeld (Postplatz)

373 Aue - Eibenstock (Platz des Friedens)

351 Aue - Eibenstock - Schönheide-Stützengrün 

354 Aue - Eibenstock - Schönheide

355 Eibenstock - Sosa (Platz des Friedens)

www.rve.de   

Additional information

Access to the observation tower (usually open like the Auersberghaus) via turnstile (€1.00)

Author

Henry Pansch

Organization

Tourist-Service-Center Eibenstock

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Stopover at the "Auersberghaus"

From the historic observation tower, on very clear days, the view extends about 100 km to Leipzig (notably the Lippendorf power plant) in the north and to the highest peaks of the Bavarian Forest (Großer Arber 160 km) in the south.