Tour: Langenstein - Böhnshausen - Derenburg - Osterholz - Benzingerode

11.63 km long
Bicycle
  • 0:52 h
  • 11.63 km
  • 134 m
  • 56 m
  • 144 m
  • 232 m
  • 88 m
  • Start: Country Hotel Schäferhof Langenstein
  • Destination: Benzingerode

This bike tour covers 12 km and includes the villages of Langenstein, Böhnshausen, and Benzingerode, as well as the town of Derenburg near the city of Halberstadt. It offers many different sights and places to stop.

Sights:
-Langenstein - Zwieberge, cave dwellings
-Derenburg - Derenburg glass manufactory, town hall with marketplace, local history room, remains of the city fortifications (not on the route), Stone Age menhirs

Places to stop:
-Langenstein - Schäferhof
-Benzingerode – Restaurant Lindenhof

Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt
Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

Good to know

Pavements

Street (40%)
Trail (47%)
Path (9%)
Gravel (2%)
Asphalt (2%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

You drive left along Quedlinburger Straße and Dorfstraße until the village exit sign, cross the railway line and B 81 and reach Böhnshausen. – 2 km

At the roundabout, take the second exit and drive on a concrete path towards Derenburg until the sports field. - 3 km

Before the sports field, turn left to Osterholz. You are then on the path of German emperors and kings. - 1.5 km

Now turn right and drive westwards to the pond at Hellbach and the L 84 (Derenburg — Heimburg) - 1.5 km

Cross this and drive through the fields to the B 6n (there are three Stone Age menhirs here) and reach Benzingerode. - 4 km

In Benzingerode you can take route R 1 to Wernigerode or to Blankenburg.

Directions & Parking facilities

via B 81 from Magdeburg

via A 36 and B 81 from the directions of Braunschweig, Goslar, Halle

At the Ölmühlenteich
accessible by train, car, and bus

Additional information

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