Hike from Trautenstein to the Carlshaus Tower (HWN 51)
- 1:23 h
- 4.55 km
- 169 m
- 3 m
- 455 m
- 624 m
- 169 m
- Start: Parking lot at Café "Dammbachtal"
- Destination: Parking lot at Café "Dammbachtal"
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Directions
Our hike begins and ends at the parking lot of the Café "Dammbachtal" in Trautenstein.
It is located at the entrance of Trautenstein coming from Benneckenstein or Tanne.
We follow the field path to the right and go as far as the forest parking lot at the edge of the high forest.
Here we turn left into the lower Dammbach Valley.
After about 800 m we leave the high forest and see a small bridge on the left side.
We cross this and keep to the right.
From the weather shelter hut, we follow the hiking trail signs of the Harz Club Trautenstein for about 3.1 km to the Carlshaus Tower.
About 500 m before the destination, there is another steep ascent to the plateau of the Carlshaus Tower, the highest point of the hike at 626 m above sea level.
At the top, we find stamp station no. 51 of the Harz Hiking Badge, a weather shelter, and a rest area.
The observation tower is a free-to-enter steel tower with 150 steps to the upper viewing platform at about 30 m height.
Climbing the Carlshaus Tower rewards the effort with a fantastic panoramic view of the Brocken panorama and opposite to the Joseph Cross and Kyffhäuser.
Directions & Parking facilities
You can reach Trautenstein by car
- from the direction of Wernigerode via the B244, Elbingerode junction B27, Königshütte junction L98, Tanne junction B242
- from the direction of Braunlage via the B242
- from the direction of Nordhausen via the B4/B81, Hasselfelde junction B242
You can reach the Harz town of Trautenstein by bus from the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe:
from the direction of Wernigerode with line 260 / 265
from the direction of Blankenburg with line 263
from the direction of Braunlage with line 262
TIP :
With the Harz Holiday Ticket, you can travel free of charge throughout the Harz district.
HATIX – free use of the public bus lines of Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe, Q-Bus local transport company, Halberstädter Verkehrs-GmbH, as well as the Südharz transport company in the Harz district.
More information is available at: www.hatix.info
Additional information
Tourist Information Benneckenstein/Trautenstein
Bahnhofstraße 21 b
38877 Oberharz am Brocken
OT Benneckenstein
benneckenstein@oberharzinfo.de
Tel.: 039457/2612
Author
Sandra Marquardt
Organization
Tourismusbetrieb der Stadt Oberharz am Brocken
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