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title: "South Harz Karst Trail - Harzer Tourismusverband e.V."
url: "https://www.harzinfo.de/en/experiences/hiking/long-distance-walking-routes/south-harz-karst-trail"
description: "Stretching over 200 km, the South Harz Karst Trail runs from Sangerhausen to Bad Grund through an area rich in gypsum rock."
language: "en"
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Karst Hiking Trail South Harz
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Discover the South Harz on the Karst Hiking Trail
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Over a distance of more than 200 km, the Karst Hiking Trail South Harz leads from Pölsfeld near  to  through an area rich in gypsum rock.

Over the course of thousands of years, a gypsum karst landscape has developed in the South Harz, whose geological richness and biological diversity form a natural area unique in Europe.
The landscape extends across the districts of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony, Nordhausen in Thuringia and Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt. The route can be hiked via a northern or southern variant. Detailed information can be found at .

 

### Karst Hiking Trail Northern Route 

 

### Karst hiking trail southern route 

 

### 25 circular routes on the Karst hiking trail

 

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