Hiking Highlight
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Oberes Selketal
An approximately ten meter long rock breakthrough on the pioneer path. There is no way around it. In the truest sense of the word "We have to go through" :-)
September 18, 2016
Hats off to the pioneers, the way is fantastic and the tunnel an absolute highlight in the Harz
November 20, 2019
The pioneering tunnel is a tunnel that can be passed by hikers. The tunnel is located in the course of the Pionierweg, a hiking path that was also called Magdeburger Stieg in the past, above the Selketal between Alexisbad and Mägdesprung. The pioneer cliff is not far from the tunnel. The pioneer tunnel was cut through the rock from May 14 to 19, 1900 as part of an exercise by the 2nd company of the Magdeburg Pioneer Battalion No. 4. The tunnel was partly excavated in a mining manner.
Source: Wikipedia
March 3, 2017
That's a nice change if you can walk directly through the rock.
July 12, 2022
Great highlight on the pioneer trail up to the Köthener Hütte, it's worth it! If you pay attention, you can discover some of the names of the pioneers in the stone.
February 16, 2022
One of the most interesting and beautiful sections of the Pioneer Trail 🦊🙏
August 29, 2021
Larger people would have to move their heads a bit, but otherwise it's 👍🤠
March 27, 2018
Just through, don't worry, it's been there forever
March 31, 2022
At the exit of the tunnel in the direction of Alexisbad, the lovingly designed wooden struts catch their eye, as they used to be in mining tunnels.
November 13, 2018
Pioneer path with pioneer cliff and pioneer tunnel. Wonderful part of this great path.
April 20, 2017
Without question the most interesting and beautiful section of the pioneer path.
November 13, 2018
Charming, rustic path with wonderful views. Even our 16-year-old dachshund mix has mastered him.
January 27, 2019
Madness what people create hands in such a short time.
April 7, 2018
A nice hiking trail, on which one comes to the Pioneer Cliff and the Pioneer Tunnel.
April 16, 2019
You can take the Pioniersweg from the Köthener Hütte to Alexisbad. This path is recommended because it is very beautiful and always "forcing" to stop. Protruding rocks and again and again the view of the valley, and if you're lucky you can hear and see the narrow-gauge railway "put you in" other worlds. "The peace was very relaxing.
April 21, 2019
Beautiful path with views of the valley - be careful not to trip
June 15, 2020
Not for tall people, although you can crouch
April 18, 2022
It is estimated that it is about 12 meters through the rock
October 28, 2021
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