Halberstadt village life

62.61 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Great panorama
Bicycle
  • 4:19 h
  • 62.61 km
  • 166 m
  • 167 m
  • 94 m
  • 210 m
  • 116 m
  • Start: Spiegelsberge station in Halberstadt
  • Destination: Spiegelsberge station in Halberstadt

On this cycling route, you can see the villages around Halberstadt from their best side. Discover on your way the rustic caves of Langenstein, the 1,000-year chess tradition of Ströbeck, and enjoy the enchanting landscapes between the Harz and Huy.

Attractions:

  • Halberstadt with cathedral, museums, old town and more
  • Historic landscape park Spiegelsberge
  • Viewpoint "Glass Monk" near Langenstein
  • Cave dwellings Langenstein
  • Concentration camp memorial Langenstein-Zwieberge
  • Estate Mahndorf
  • Chess village Ströbeck
  • Kloppstock spring in Aspenstedt
  • Watchtower Sargstedt

Places to eat:

  • Shepherd's farm Langenstein
  • Estate café Gut Mahndorf (only on weekends)
  • Restaurant "Prinz von Preußen" in the chess village Ströbeck
  • Restaurant Hagenguth in Aspenstedt

Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt
Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

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Pavements

Street
Gravel
Trail
Asphalt

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

The start is Spiegelsberge station in Halberstadt, which has a direct connection to the Aller-Harz cycling route.

You follow the Aller-Harz cycling route for 5 km through the Spiegelsberge.

At the Thekenbergen, you then turn left onto a path that leads you directly to the Zwieberge memorial site.

From the functional building of the Langenstein Zwieberge memorial, you continue to the entrance of Langenstein - 2.5 km

In Langenstein, you go along Quedlinburg street past the Schäferhof country hotel to the exit of Langenstein.

Then you cross the railway line and B 81 and reach Böhnhause - 2 km

At the roundabout, take the first exit, cross the L 82 and ride to the Mahndorf field barn. - 2.4 km

Here you leave the paved road and turn left onto a cobblestone path. This leads to the Mahndorf estate park. Over a footbridge, you reach the village of Mahndorf. - 0.6 km

From Mahndorf, the route follows K 1324 to the chess village Ströbeck. - 3 km

About 0.5 km behind the village exit sign, a concrete path branches off to the left. You follow this to Athenstedt. - 3 km

North of Athenstedt, a concrete path leads to Aspenstedt. - 3 km

Above Aspenstedt, a concrete path passes the orchards to Sargstedt. - 5 km

In Sargstedt, you ride along the main street and then turn left onto Schwanebecker Weg.

You follow this to the first intersection, where you turn right onto a field path.

You follow the field path for 3 km until you reach a fork where you turn left and continue to Klein Quenstedt.

In Klein Quenstedt, you go over the Trift, Dorfstraße, Fahrt, and Kirchstraße to the village exit on Hohen Weg. You do not follow this but turn shortly before right onto a field path that leads you directly to Wehrstedt.

In Wehrstedt, you turn left at the first intersection and ride along Halberstädter See via the B245 to Emersleben.

In Emersleben, you turn right from Gartenstraße into Bruchweg, which leads you straight over the B81 to Wegeleben.

In Wegeleben, you turn right immediately after the village entrance sign onto a field path, which you follow to a fork.

There, you turn left onto the next field path that takes you to Harsleben.

In Harsleben, you go onto the B 79.

Now you follow B 79 to the intersection: Am Sülzegraben and Rudolf-Diesel-Straße and turn left there. From there, you go straight ahead to Westerhäuser Straße.

Arriving there, you turn right over the railway tracks and then immediately left and reach Spiegelsberge station again.

Directions & Parking facilities

via B 79 from the directions of Wolfenbüttel and Quedlinburg

via B 81 from the Magdeburg direction

via A 36 and B 79 from the directions of Braunschweig, Goslar, Halle

Free large parking lot "Düsterngraben"

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

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

Additional information

Author

Stadt Halberstadt

Organization

Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

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