--- title: "Polenztalweg" url: "https://www.visitsaxony.com/tour/polenztal-route-hohnstein" description: "Route: Porschdorf stop - Polenztal - Schindergraben - Hohnstein - Brandstraße - Brand - Brandstufen - Tiefer Grund - Porschdorf stop" language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://dam.destination.one/2723164/dcc5f93db1eafe67e7c67008c7448d4b758fe12784b5a1a3ff329292c84487f9/.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Home > Special > Destination.Data Details > Tour" --- GPX Share Polenztalweg ============ - 13.65 km long - Round trip - Difficulty: medium - Condition: medium - Great panorama - Hiking - 4:30 h - 13.65 km - 291 m - 310 m - 132 m - 358 m - 226 m - - Start: Porschdorf stop - Destination: Porschdorf stop A classic valley route in the footsteps of Caspar David Friedrich **Route:** Porschdorf stop - Polenztal - Schindergraben - Hohnstein - Brandstraße - Brand - Brandstufen - Tiefer Grund - Porschdorf stop Read more Good to know ------------ Pavements Street (3%) Asphalt (10%) Gravel (19%) Trail (46%) Path (22%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Directions The tour starts at the Porschdorf stop, which lies somewhat enchanted in the Sebnitz Valley. As a stop on the National Park Railway U28, it is easy to reach by public transport from Bad Schandau. Shortly after the stop, the Sebnitz flows into the Polenz, whose you now follow upstream (marked with a red dot). "Core zone" is written on a sign at the edge of the forest. Here the national park is particularly wild and in need of protection. The first imposing mountain ridge soon comes into view. The Polenz winds its way elegantly through the valley. At the Waltersdorfer Mühle mill, you cross over a bridge to the other side of the river. On the left, the rocks of the Ziegenrücken, a narrow, almost two-kilometer-long rock formation, stand like a wall. As a result, very little light reaches this side of the valley. Perfect conditions for mosses, some of which grow here as beards on branches or completely envelop trunks. On the other side, the massive Polenztalwächter and its graceful companion, the Polenztalbarine, come into the light.Above the Alter Hockstein, the path turns right into the Schindergraben, which takes you up to Hohnstein Castle. Below the castle, you pass the remains of a once mighty barrier wall of the former . The ivy-covered ruins, through which a stream babbles, stand so perfectly eerily romantic between the slopes, as if they were just waiting to be painted by Caspar David Friedrich on a full moon night. From Hohnstein, follow the blue line for around 30 minutes to the Brand viewpoint. Once you reach the "Balcony of Saxon Switzerland", you can enjoy a unique 180-degree panorama of the Polenz Valley, fields, forests, villages and the curious silhouettes of the Table Mountains on the horizon. The epilogue of the tour is the 800 or so steps down into the valley. Once you reach Tiefen Grund, the Waitzdorfer Bach stream and the Polenz river accompany you along the blue line markings back to Porschdorf. Read more Tour information - Loop Road - Stop at an Inn Equipment - Onion-skin clothing and winter hiking boots - Backpack with hiking map, snacks, thermos flask with a warm drink, smartphone, flashlight, first aid kit - Hiking poles, ice goggles Read more Directions & Parking facilities **Parking**Polenztal Frintzthalmühle Read more **Public transportation**from/to Porschdorf: Timetable information: Read more Additional information **Open for refreshments:** (open daily) (open daily) Read more Author Nicole Hesse Organization Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz License (master data) Nicole Hesse Safety guidelines This is a blue tour (easy tour, mostly flat, often cleared, almost always passable). The path over the fire steps is black (difficult tour, with steep climbs, steps and on paths, not always passable (especially in snow and icy conditions)). Read more Map Read more Nearby ------ View on map Contact 01814 Bad Schandau Download GPX file - -