--- title: "Hike into soup country" url: "https://www.visitsaxony.com/tour/hike-into-soup-country" description: "Once you arrive at Vierenstraße station, you walk a good kilometer into the center of Suppenland until a large open wooden gate reveals a lovingly restored three-sided courtyard: the home of the Weihrichkarzl. Here you can not only watch how the incense candles are made from black charcoal and all kinds of ingredients, but also make them yourself by hand and take them home as a souvenir of a wonderful day. If you don't have the patience to shape the cones, you can visit the store, where you can buy many more Erzgebirge products in addition to the large \"Karzl collection\" from Huss. And, how could it be otherwise in soup country, in addition to smoking stoves and pots, you will also discover the silver Karzl spoon, an ingenious utensil on which the Karzln smoke safely and quietly, and not just at Christmas time. There are even more spoons, which were used for their intended purpose in the old days, to be seen in Germany's only soup museum, just opposite. Here you can travel back in time to the days of our ancestors and discover four kitchens decorated in the style of years gone by. There are well over 10,000 exhibits on show, with over 1,000 pieces on display in the \"Löffellei\" alone, including ice cream spoons, spoon spindles and more. It also reveals how Suppenland actually got its name..." language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://dam.destination.one/568997/c1eaee554bebc3594a79725adbf8e2c3024d70e6cbd0a32a8aac302ab87e5b72/.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Home > Special > Destination.Data Details > Tour" --- GPX Share Hike into soup country ====================== - 8.14 km long - Difficulty: medium - Condition: easy - Great panorama - Hiking - 2:11 h - 8.14 km - 81 m - 311 m - 689 m - 981 m - 292 m - - Start: Herberger Inn, Oberwiesenthal health resort - Destination: Fichtelbergbahn railroad station, Oberwiesenthal spa town Well fortified with a hearty Ore Mountain lunch in the "De Schachtelbud" restaurant in Oberwiesenthal, the 8 km hiking tour to Neudorf - known far and wide as the land of soup - begins. The route continues uphill through the town on the Fichtelberg to Waldeckbaude. From there, the Vierenstraße leads through the forest directly down into the Sehmatal valley - a hiking trail that is also ideal for a 5 km sledging run in winter. Once you arrive at Vierenstraße station, you walk a good kilometer into the center of Suppenland until a large open wooden gate reveals a lovingly restored three-sided courtyard: the home of the Weihrichkarzl. Here you can not only watch how the incense candles are made from black charcoal and all kinds of ingredients, but also make them yourself by hand and take them home as a souvenir of a wonderful day. If you don't have the patience to shape the cones, you can visit the store, where you can buy many more Erzgebirge products in addition to the large "Karzl collection" from Huss. And, how could it be otherwise in soup country, in addition to smoking stoves and pots, you will also discover the silver Karzl spoon, an ingenious utensil on which the Karzln smoke safely and quietly, and not just at Christmas time. There are even more spoons, which were used for their intended purpose in the old days, to be seen in Germany's only soup museum, just opposite. Here you can travel back in time to the days of our ancestors and discover four kitchens decorated in the style of years gone by. There are well over 10,000 exhibits on show, with over 1,000 pieces on display in the "Löffellei" alone, including ice cream spoons, spoon spindles and more. It also reveals how Suppenland actually got its name... Read more Waypoints --------- View on map Start Start Herberger Inn, Oberwiesenthal health resort - Inn Destination Destination Fichtelbergbahn railroad station, Oberwiesenthal spa town Good to know ------------ Pavements Street (13%) Asphalt (34%) Gravel (40%) Trail (12%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Tour information - Stop at an Inn Directions & Parking facilities **Parking**At Gasthaus Herberger or at the Fichtelbergbahn station Read more Additional information Gasthaus and Pension Herberger: Tel.: 037348 8691 Weihrichkarzl show workshop, tel. 037342 149390 Soup museum Neudorf: 037342 16045 Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft mbH: 037348 1510 Digital hiking pin Read more Author Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge Organization Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author To this day, Erzgebirge herbs are not only used to create tasty soups. If you have booked a ride on the Fichtelbergbahn train for the return journey to Oberwiesenthal under the motto "Kräuterzauber - hochprozentig", you will be whisked away into the herbal world of the Erzgebirge. On ten dates each year, a carriage of the historic Bimmelbahn is transformed into a show distillery of the "Grenzwald Destillation" manufactory in Crottendorf. And while the steam locomotive puffs along narrow tracks through the Erzgebirge forest up to the foot of the Fichtelberg, you can enjoy the exclusive liqueur tastings with oven-fresh bread and herbal spread - all pure Erzgebirge medicine, of course! **Digital hiking pin:** The hike is part of the digital hiking pin "For connoisseurs". The focus here is on the world of indulgence, with restaurants and regional producers of fine schnapps, delicious cheese, refreshing beer and fragrant honey, for example. Download the SummitLynx app, activate your mobile GPS and log in at check-in points worth seeing. The special thing about our digital hiking pins is that you can create your own personal tour book with pictures, texts and locations. Read more Nearby ------ View on map Contact 09484 Oberwiesenthal Download GPX file - - - -