• 10.12 km long
  • Round trip
  • Difficulty: medium
  • Condition: medium
  • Great panorama
  • Hiking
  • 2:49 h
  • 10.12 km
  • 238 m
  • 238 m
  • 343 m
  • 495 m
  • 152 m
  • Start: Scharfenstein train station, 09430 Drebach, Bahnhofstr. 45
  • Destination: Scharfenstein train station

Varied circular hike following the footsteps of Karl Stülpner, the Robin Hood of the Erzgebirge, from Scharfenstein in the Zschopau valley via Großolbersdorf back again.  

Marking: white-green-white; historical educational trail

Pavements

Unknown (3%)
Street (19%)
Asphalt (9%)
Gravel (7%)
Trail (62%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Down Bahnhofstr. - along Karl Stülpner path past Stülpner stone and death house - upstream along Brauerbach - always follow (green) uphill - later on a field path cross Hohen Tannweg - through young forest and through the hollow of the Holzbach past Bauers Ruh and the Heini Wittig memorial plaque up to Großolbersdorf - follow street at town hall past guesthouse Linde and church on Schulstr. to Sättlerhaus and the cemetery with the Stülpner grave - past Schnitzerheim on Warmbadstraße with Stülpner hill - before the brook bridge turn right through a farmstead and later on Grünauer Straße downhill - at the following signpost right towards Scharfenstein - over a field and forest path to the Zschopautal trail - along the hiking hut and Besenberg back to Scharfenstein.

Tour information

  • Cultural Interesting

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Equipment

Recommended hiking map from Verlag Dr. Barthel, Central Erzgebirge - East part. ISBN 3-89591-019-8;

LVA, hiking map sheet 22 Zschopau, ISBN 978-3-86170-314-3

Directions & Parking facilities

Parking
Scharfenstein train station, 09430 Drebach, Bahnhofstr. 45
Public transportation
Bus - lines 233 and 238

Train - line 517 Erzgebirgsbahn

Additional information

Tourist Information Greifensteine

Greifensteinstraße 44

09427 Ehrenfriedersdorf

(+49) 37346 687-0

info@greifensteine.de

www.greifensteine.de

Author

Birgit Knöbel

Organization

Greifensteinregion

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

 Sights

1) Adventure castle with tower view and informative castle trail, closed on Monday.

2) Historical educational trail Scharfenstein

3) Stülpner stone and death house

4) Ensemble of town hall square, pond, guesthouse "Zur Linde" and church

5) Village museum Sättlerhaus, Schulstraße 16, April – Oct., Sat. + Sun. 2:00 – 5:00 pm, Tel. +49 37369 1410

6) Stülpner hill, Warmbadstraße 16, April – Oct. Sun 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Tel. +49 37369 1410

7) Karl Stülpner’s grave at the cemetery

8) Nature educational trail "Grünauer Tal"

Places to eat and drink

Café lumipöllö lounge, Drebach OT Scharfenstein, Bahnhofstr. 45, Fri-Sun, Tel. +49 152 23438810

Sports home, Drebach OT Scharfenstein, Hopfgartener Str. 35 D, Tel. +49 37369 9690

Butcher Göhler, Großolbersdorf, Am Rathaus 2, open Mon – Fri, Tel. +49 37369 5675

Guesthouse "Zur Linde", Großolbersdorf, An der Kirche 1, closed Mon-Tue, Tel. +49 37369 9323