랑게놀라 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

right next to a free parking lot 😉

nice free parking space between the sports field and the playground

Unfortunately the view was not so good today

Curious place in the middle of the forest that serves as a rescue point and rest area.

"As early as 1320, the place southeast of Hummelshain was referred to as "Welke" in a Naumburg document. The name Welkerode can be traced back to a clearing that was created in the Welke. The part of the name Welke in turn probably comes from the Slavic word for wolf. The The town itself was plundered and destroyed several times during the Thirty Years' War. The residents - men, women and children all died of the plague. Only the priest remained alive and went to Lichtenau. For many years no one had set foot on this place of horror, as an old document reports. In 1828 there were still large remains of the church, which were demolished in 1840. The buried bell of the church was dug up again by wild boars and still tolls today in the tower of the Schmöllner Church." (Source: http://www.hummelshain-schmoelln.de/schichtes-gehenswerts/wuestungen/welkeroda)

The old manor is a little hidden behind hills, not far from the Orla cycle path. Good gastro. From there you quickly disappear into the forest along the old mountain path and find yourself in Hummelshain.

The Iron Hand is located in the Vordere Heide on the edge of the northern foothills of the Orla Depression, which ends in Freienorla. The Iron Hand is a hiking point with no branch-off, more precisely on the Hohe Straße from Ratsberg to Freienorla. Langenorla is at the foot of the eastern slope. To the north lies Freienorla and Orlamünde, to the south the Ratsberg, to the north Langenorla and to the west the Hüttner Grund and Hütten.   There is actually not much to see here. Only a bench invites you to linger. The rescue point has very poor cell reception. Source: https://www.christianhildebrand.de/hil/ausflugwanderer/eisernehand/eisernehand.htm

we were hoping to get a coffee or ice cream here on our tour. A sign "for house guests only" hangs directly at the entrance. Countless tables and chairs, all empty Too bad.. because the atmosphere was really inviting