--- title: "Family-friendly Bergwiesen-Lehrpfad" url: "https://www.braunlage.de/en/tour/family-friendly-bergwiesen-lehrpfad" description: "The Harz miners created a gem that has remained alive to this day: the mountain meadows. We marvel at the diversity and colorfulness of the meadows and should be aware that this meadow idyll is not a matter of course. Life of the Harz population in the Middle Ages and beyond was hard, arduous, and often not idyllic at all. Created through extensive use, the meadows depend on the continuation of traditional management. Without adapted agricultural use or care, the mountain meadows would disappear. - Excerpt from the brochure \"Bergwiesen Lehrpfad\" LK Harz -" language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://img.oastatic.com/img2/39572689/max/variant.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Braunlage - Das Herz im Harz > Special > Destination.Data Details > Tour" --- GPX Share Family-friendly Bergwiesen-Lehrpfad =================================== - 5.04 km long - Round trip - Difficulty: medium - Condition: easy - Great panorama - Theme trail Colorful mountain meadow with diverse flora and fauna Mountain meadow nature trail with views of Benneckenstein and the Brocken massif Colorfully blooming mountain meadows around Benneckenstein Enjoy the fresh scent of flowers on the mountain meadows around Benneckenstein Mountain meadow on the mountain meadow nature trail Mountain meadow near Benneckenstein View over the Bergweisen educational trail around Benneckenstein Family-friendly mountain meadow educational trail around Benneckenstein Benneckersteiner Laurentiuskirche Information boards - Stations on the Mountain Meadow Trail Beautifully blooming mountain meadow directly on the Bergwiesen educational trail Benneckenstein Signposts with learning stations along the route - 1:20 h - 5.04 km - 67 m - 69 m - 499 m - 568 m - 69 m - - Start: at the Waldschneise on the outskirts of Benneckenstein (direction Rothesütte) - Destination: at the Waldschneise on the outskirts of Benneckenstein (direction Rothesütte) The Bergwiesen-Lehrpfad around Benneckenstein is a family- and stroller-friendly themed and circular hiking trail. Various display boards/stations and an accompanying booklet describe the diversity of the mountain meadows in harmony with people and nature. Children can learn about the typical Harz mountain plants and animals as well as the healing powers of some meadow herbs. The Harz miners created a gem that has remained alive to this day: the mountain meadows. We marvel at the diversity and colorfulness of the meadows and should be aware that this meadow idyll is not a matter of course. Life of the Harz population in the Middle Ages and beyond was hard, arduous, and often not idyllic at all. Created through extensive use, the meadows depend on the continuation of traditional management. Without adapted agricultural use or care, the mountain meadows would disappear. \- Excerpt from the brochure "Bergwiesen Lehrpfad" LK Harz - Read more Good to know ------------ Pavements Asphalt (5%) Path (6%) Trail (32%) Gravel (57%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Directions **From the starting point "Waldschneise" in Benneckenstein:** ► we go left past the forest stage to a fork in the road shortly before Hotel Harzhaus. ► Then continue right towards Ziegenkopfecho. After enjoying a beautiful view here, the path leads us to Pfeiferberg. ► Going left it leads towards Benneckenstein to the "Unterstadt" parking lot. Now we take the path along the ski and toboggan slope towards Sophienhof on the Buchenberger Weg **(1\*)** and make a small detour at the top into a forgotten and revived forest meadow. Then we return over Grauberg back to the starting point of our route. **(1\*) Optionally** you can extend the circular route by about 8 km and collect two stamps of the Harzer Wandernadel. ► Here, after about 3.1 km at the fork (Finnhütte) you would go straight towards Sophienhof. ► After about 750 m, keep left at another fork and after about 400 m turn left into the small forest path along the Moser pond towards **Walzenhütte (HWN 50)**. ► From there you hike towards **Buchberg to the stamp point (HWN 47)** with a great view of the Brocken. ► Then you go back about 250 m and at the fork keep left towards Benneckenstein until you meet the Bergwiesen-Lehrpfad circular route. Read more Equipment Sturdy footwear, functional clothing, backpack provisions, sun and rain protection are recommended. Don't forget your camera and, if you want to extend the route, the stamp booklet of the Harzer Wandernadel. Read more Directions & Parking facilities **Getting there** **You can reach Benneckenstein by car** \- from Wernigerode via B244, turnoff Elbingerode (B27) continue to turnoff Königshütte (B242) and in Tanne onto L98 \- from Braunlage via B242, turnoff Tanne onto L98 \- from Nordhausen via B4 to turnoff L98 Benneckenstein Read more **Parking** Free parking is available at Waldschneise. Read more **Public transportation** You can reach the Harz town **Benneckenstein** by bus from the : from Wernigerode direction from Blankenburg direction from Braunlage direction or by the from Wernigerode or Nordhausen direction. **TIP:** **With the Harzer UrlaubsTicket you are free to travel throughout the Harz district.** HATIX - the free use of public bus lines by Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe, Q-Bus Nahverkehrsgesellschaft, Halberstädter Verkehrs-GmbH, and Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz in the Harz district. Now also free use in the districts of Goslar and Göttingen. More information at: Read more Additional information The accompanying booklet for the Bergwiesen-Lehrpfad is available at the tourist information Benneckenstein and the LPV Harz office in Hasselfelde. Read more Literature The accompanying booklet for the Bergwiesen-Lehrpfad is available at the tourist information Benneckenstein and the LPV Harz office in Hasselfelde. Read more Author Mandy Leonhardt Organization Tourismusbetrieb der Stadt Oberharz am Brocken License (master data) Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author Along the way there are always beautiful views of the town of Benneckenstein and the mountain ranges behind it with the Brocken massif, the highest elevation in the Harz (1141 m). Numerous benches invite you to linger and enjoy. The landscape on the Bergwiesen-Lehrpfad is particularly diverse and varied in the spring and summer months. **Optional see description:** You have the option to extend the circular route (not stroller-friendly) and collect two sought-after stamps of the Harzer Wandernadel. No. 47 – Buchenberg - Oberharzblick No. 50 - Walzenhütte Read more Safety guidelines No safety instructions are known. On some sections, short-term disruptions, detours, and closures due to forest changes and storm damage can occur at any time. Please check shortly before your hike. Read more Map Hiking map - Town of Oberharz am Brocken 1:25000; ISBN 978-3-86973-065-3 Read more Nearby ------ View on map - Tours 7.27 km - Theme trail 8.75 km - Theme trail 10.75 km - Theme trail **outdooractive** Contact Oberharz am Brocken Download GPX file - -