Gabriele-Kohlisch-Tour

11.80 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Hiking

3:26 h
11.80 km
310 m
310 m
868 m
1,058 m
190 m
Start: Valley station of the Fichtelberg suspension railway, 09484 Kurort Oberwiesenthal, Vierenstraße 10
Destination: Valley station of the Fichtelberg suspension railway

The circular route leads to the ski jumping hills and over the clearings to the Black Pond. Via the Seltmannweg and the Schindelbachtal, it goes back to the starting point.

The wooded circular route leads to the ski jumping hills and further over the clearings to the Black Pond. After a rest, you reach another water idyll, from where it goes back to the starting point via the Seltmannweg and the Schindelbachtal.

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Pavements

Unknown (4%)

Asphalt (13%)

Gravel (66%)

Trail (16%)

Path (1%)

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

Directions

From the valley station of the Fichtelberg suspension railway, the path initially leads towards the ski jumping hills and over the former hotel hut “Berg Kristall” on the Philosophenweg to the “Rotes Vorwerk”. It continues along shady forest paths over the clearings to the Black Pond – a rafting pond. Via the Zschopauweg and the Pförtelstraße you reach the Gifthüttenstraße, where the hut “Am Steinel” is located, from here you experience a wonderful view towards Bärenstein. You leave the Gifthüttenstraße at a junction to the left into the Seltmannweg, which leads you back to the “Rotes Vorwerk”. Parallel to the Vierenstraße, your path runs back to Oberwiesenthal to the starting point.

Tour information

Loop Road
Stop at an Inn

Directions & Parking facilities

Getting there

Bus, train

Parking

Parking lot at the suspension railway (paid)

Parking lot at the Hüttenbach

Public transportation

Train

Fichtelberg railway from Cranzahl to Oberwiesenthal

Bus

Line 411 from Annaberg-Buchholz to Oberwiesenthal (At the train station)

Line 414 from Rittersgrün to Oberwiesenthal (At the train station)

Line 429 from Jöhstadt to Oberwiesenthal (At the train station)

Line 436 from Neudorf to Oberwiesenthal (At the train station)

Line 210 from Chemnitz to Oberwiesenthal (Bus station)

Additional information

Guest information Kurort Oberwiesenthal
Karlsbader Straße 3
09484 Kurort Oberwiesenthal
Tel. +49 37348 1550-50
Fax: +49 37348 1550-182
info@oberwiesenthal.de
www.oberwiesenthal.de

Author

Ute Florl

Organization

Stadt Kurort Oberwiesenthal

Website

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Attractions

Ski jumping hills
Bird-catching museum
Views of the Schindelbachtal
Views towards Bärenstein
Black Pond
Marine aquarium
Monument to honorary citizen Dr. Erwin Jäger

Places to eat

Appartementhotel Jens Weißflog (Tel. +49 37348 10101)
Naturbaude Eschenhof (Tel. +49 37348 20211)
Snack bar "An der Schwebebahn" (Tel. +49 37348 20292)

Gabriele Kohlisch - World champion in luge and two-person bobsleigh

Map

Hiking map Oberwiesenthal & Surroundings

Gabriele-Kohlisch-Tour

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