• 13.33 km long
  • Round trip
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Condition: very easy
  • Hiking
  • 2:00 h
  • 13.33 km
  • 389 m
  • 378 m
  • 564 m
  • 867 m
  • 303 m
  • Start: Steinbach town center
  • Destination: Steinbach town center

Pavements

Street (2%)
Asphalt (6%)
Gravel (42%)
Trail (49%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

You start this hike in the center of Steinbach and walk in the direction of Waldbad. From here, the yellow markings lead you along the "Am Steinbach" nature reserve through spruce and beech forests to the top of the Hirtstein. This is on the left, approx. 5 minutes from the hiking parking lot. You then follow the ridge trail markings to Schmalzgrube and the technical monument of the blast furnace. Information boards here provide information about iron processing. After the railroad bridge, turn right onto the yellow-marked hiking trail to Steinbach. After a short rest at the refuge on the Bettelmädelweg, you will return to Steinbach. Continue up the village on the LPG road (green) with a view of the village until you reach the starting point again.

Tour information

  • Loop Road

Directions & Parking facilities

Parking
in Satzung: sports field (free of charge)
in Schmalzgrube: outdoor pool (free of charge)
in Steinbach: limited number of parking spaces at Steinbach train station, school square and gymnasium
Public transportation
Bus (line 431 to Steinbach / Reitzenhain)

Additional information

Jöhstadt Tourist Office
Markt 185
09477 Jöhstadt
Tel. +49 37343 - 805 10
Fax: +49 37343 - 805 22
fremdenverkehr@joehstadt.de
www.joehstadt.de

Author

Ute Florl

Organization

Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Sights
- Basalt fan on the Hirtstein (889 m above sea level) with panoramic views of the Ore Mountains
- Old blast furnace at the Schmalzgrube hammer mill with iron nature trail
- Steinbach village church 1686 with late Gothic carved altar


Refreshment stops
- Restaurant "Altes Brauhaus" Steinbach
- Hirtsteinbaude statutes
- Restaurant "Forellenhof" Schmalzgrube