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Circular route Quedlinburg - Gernrode - Ballenstedt - Quedlinburg

  • 25.10 km long
  • Round trip
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Condition: very easy
  • Great panorama
  • Bicycle
  • 1:23 h
  • 25.10 km
  • 135 m
  • 133 m
  • 113 m
  • 252 m
  • 139 m
  • Start: Abteigarten Quedlinburg
  • Destination: Abteigarten Quedlinburg
Circular route from/to Quedlinburg (Abteigarten) via Gernrode to Ballenstedt

The route leads from the Abteigarten (Quedlinburg) first to Gernrode towards the HSB station and from there onto the new cycle path to Ballenstedt. Past the Gegensteinen (Devil’s Wall), along Gersdorfer Castle, it goes back to Quedlinburg.

Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt
Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

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Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Abteigarten - Brühlstraße - Am Schiffsbleek - Harzweg - Gernröder Weg - Suderöder Chaussee - at the roundabout behind Quarmbeck onto the Selketal-Stieg - Dreibogen Bridge - cycle path (R1) towards Bad Suderode - Bückemühle - Am Bückeberg - Baumschulenweg - R1 towards Gernrode - Otto-Franke-Straße (approx. 150m) - cross the street - new cycle path towards Ballenstedt - past Rieder and the Roseburg - cross L242 - Am Zehling - follow the path to the end, then right and immediately left again - at the end left past the Gersdorfer Castle - behind the underpass (L66 / Quedlinburg bypass) left - Johannishöfer Trifft - Stresemannstraße - Harzweg - Am Schiffsbleek - Kaiser-Otto-Straße - Abteigasse - Abteigarten

Equipment

  • Mountain bike
  • Trekking bike

Directions & Parking facilities

Getting there
The Abteigarten is easily accessible from all directions via the city ring (Kaiser-Otto-Straße)
Parking
There is a public car park directly at the park in Abteigasse.
Public transportation
  • Arrival by train from the directions Magdeburg or Thale (Abellio) or from direction Nordhausen / Wernigerode / Stiege (HSB)
  • Timetable information: www.insa.de | www.hsb-wr.de
  • The train station / bus station is located 1.4 km from the start.

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

  • Collegiate Church of St. Cyriakus Gernrode
  • Roseburg Rieder
  • Ballenstedt Castle

Safety guidelines

  • Rough field path from Gegensteinen to Gersdorfer Castle

Map

  • Harz cycling map
  • Schmidt Book Publishing
  • ISBN: 978-3-936185-70-6

Nearby

Contact

Welterbestadt Quedlinburg
Travel by carTravel by public transport