Halberstadt Wernigerode - always along the Holtemme

23.43 km long
Difficulty: easy
Condition: very easy
Great panorama
Bicycle
  • 1:35 h
  • 23.43 km
  • 110 m
  • 1 m
  • 116 m
  • 233 m
  • 117 m
  • Start: Tourist Information Halberstadt (Town Hall)
  • Destination: Wernigerode

Magnificent churches and castles, delicate half-timbered houses, and enchanting nature trails along the Holtemme; discover special highlights on this relaxing bike route at the northern edge of the Harz. The route offers unique insights into the wealth of former princes and bishops, the idyllic rural life of past times, and masterful glassmaking art.

Sights:

  • Halberstadt - Cathedral and cathedral treasury, museums, old town
  • Gut Mahndorf
  • Harzkristall glass manufactory
  • Wernigerode – historic old town, castle, miniature park, town hall

 Places to eat

  • Halberstadt - numerous restaurants in the old town
  • Farm café at Gut Mahndorf (weekends only)
  • Derenburg castle villa
  • Restaurant “Weißer Adler”
  • Rothe Mühle
  • Wernigerode – numerous restaurants in the old town

Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt
Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

Good to know

Pavements

Asphalt (23%)
Street (33%)
Gravel (18%)
Trail (26%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Start: Tourist Information Halberstadt (Town Hall)

In Halberstadt leave via Heinrich-Julius-Str., Schmiedestr., Westendorf, Am Berge, Sternstr., Mahndorfer Str. towards Mahndorf 

Continue through Veltensmühle towards Mahndorf

In Mahndorf keep going straight on the village street over cobblestone to reach the Holtemme bike path

Detour Gut Mahndorf: turn left on the village street

Stay on the natural gravel path, cross a small footbridge and follow the Holtemme upstream

After several kilometers, turn right onto a slab path to reach Derenburg

In Derenburg take Im Freien Felde, Schlossstr., Kanalstr., Kornstr., Halberstädter Str., Minslebener Str., Utzlebener Str., Rothestr.

Follow the natural path to the Harzkristall glass manufactory

Detour Harzkristall glass manufactory

Continue on the natural path towards Silstedt

In Silstedt cross the Holtemme twice and follow the signage of the Holtemme bike path

In Minsleben take Hauptstr., Dorfstr. and stay on the Holtemme bike path 

Detour to the beer and coffee garden ‘Rothe Mühle’

In Wernigerode turn right into Dornbergsweg and follow the signs towards the old town

Directions & Parking facilities

via B 81 from the direction of Magdeburg

via A 36 from the directions of Braunschweig, Goslar, Halle

via B 79 from the direction of Quedlinburg and Wolfenbüttel

Free large-area parking lot "Düsterngraben"

You can reach Halberstadt by train from the direction of Magdeburg, Halle, or Thale (Abellio)

Schedule information: www.insa.de | www.bahn.de

From the main station, take tram line 1 or 2 to the Holzmarkt stop

Schedule information: www.hvg.de

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