Winter hiking trail Benneckenstein - Sorge (Benneckenstein)

Start your hike from the parking lot at the train station and cross the railway tracks. After a few meters, turn left into Sandbrink. Your path leads you along some apartment blocks. After the last apartment block, turn right and follow the hiking trail towards Sorge. After about 2.5 km, you will reach the picturesque village of Sorge. Here you have the opportunity to enjoy the view of the Harz narrow-gauge railway with its station as well as the impressive mountain masses such as the Wurmberg and the Brocken.

At the end of Benneckensteiner Street, the small border museum is located in the station building (season: May to October - guided tours possible on request in the winter months!). If you want to take a short detour to the open-air border museum (open year-round), follow Ebersbachstraße, which crosses the railway tracks. The open-air border museum is about 1.5 km from the station.

Continue your circular route via Försterbergstraße. Here you can take one last look at the mountains before heading towards Benneckenstein. After about 1 km from Sorge, you will come across the former border company. Hike along the buildings to a junction and turn left.

From there, continue where you can enjoy the idyllic peace. After another 1.5 km, the path leads over the railway tracks, from where you can already see the first houses of the Benneckenstein district. Pass the fire station and hike the last meters of this historic circular route until you return to the starting point of your hike.

Have fun on your exploration route!

You can reach Benneckenstein by car

- from the direction of Wernigerode via the B244, turn-off Elbingerode B27 onwards to the turn-off Königshütte B242 and in Tanne onto the L98

- from the direction of Braunlage via the B242, turn-off Tanne onto the L98

- from the direction of Nordhausen via the B4 to turn-off L98 Benneckenstein

Parking lot at the train station

You can reach the Harz village Benneckenstein by bus of the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe:

from the direction of Wernigerode 

from the direction of Blankenburg 

from the direction of Braunlage 

or

with the Harz narrow-gauge railway from the direction of Wernigerode or Nordhausen.

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TIP : 

With the Harz Holiday Ticket you are free to travel throughout the entire Harz district.

HATIX - free use of the public bus lines of Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe, Q-Bus public transport company, Halberstädter Verkehrs-GmbH, as well as Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz in the Harz district.

More information is available at: www.hatix.info

Tourist Information Elbingerode
Markt 3
38875 Oberharz am Brocken OT Elbingerode
Tel.: 03 94 54 / 89 48 7
elbingerode@oberharzinfo.de
www.oberharzinfo.de

Tourist highlights on the winter hiking trail:

- Benneckenstein: East German Oldtimer Museum with toy exhibition and camping equipment on about 1700 m² (open April to October)

- Sorge: Border museum at the train station with relics from the time of the border village Sorge (open April to October, guided tours possible on request in the winter months!)

- Sorge: Open-air border museum with the Ring of Remembrance, which is intended to remember the division of East and West Germany (open year-round)

- Harz narrow-gauge railway with direct connection to the Brocken

Those who want to arrive by bus or the Harz narrow-gauge railway can start the hike at the bus stop or directly at the train station. Both are located right next to each other.

We recommend sturdy footwear.

Those who feel a bit uncertain when winter hiking are recommended to carry hiking and ski poles.

Hiking map - Town of Oberharz am Brocken 1:25000 ; ISBN 978-3-86973-065-3

Bike and hiking map "To the Brocken" 1:25000; ISBN 978-3-86973-096-7

Bike and hiking map "Harzer Grenzweg" 1:40000; ISBN 978-3-86973-038-7